Author: Michael VanDervort

Labor Relations Issues 2025: Trump, RTO Mandates, DEI Rollbacks, and Tech

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 25, 2025 | AFL-CIO, CWA, EEOC, Federal, Harold Daggett, Healthcare, IBT, ILA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, News, NLRB, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar

The workplace isn’t just evolving—it’s being rewritten in real time.

Introducing the Managing During Status Quo: Bargaining for a First Contract Podcast Series

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 15, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Managing During Status Quo Series: Bargaining for a First Contract, Podcast, Unionized Company, YouTube

Negotiating a first labor agreement is among the most complex challenges a company can face—especially in today’s environment of aggressive union organizing.

Can Starbucks Workers United Close the Deal? Wilma Liebman Suggests It May Be Time for a Rethink

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 10, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) struggles to finalize its first collective bargaining agreement...

NLRB’s New Moves to Streamline Case Handling

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 7, 2025 | General Counsel, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB

On January 6, 2025, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memo GC 25-03, announcing updates intended to improve the agency’s case-handling processes.