Category: Industry

The Semi-Resolved Longshoreman Strike: The Punted Automation Aftermath To Come

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 8, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, DOL, Harold Daggett, IBT, ILA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Logistics, News, Strikes, Transportation, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

“A job killer”: That’s how unions refer to automation, and they want none of it.

ILA Strike: Union Leader’s Tactics May Cripple U.S. Supply Chain

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 3, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Harold Daggett, ILA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Logistics, News, Politics, Strikes, Transportation, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

Here we are, days after ILA President Harold Daggett put 45,000 workers on strike at 36 Gulf and East Coast ports, thereby halting 60% of U.S. shipping traffic.

Under Fain’s Reign: UAW’s Fingerprints Across Industries

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 1, 2024 | AFL-CIO, Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Education, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, News, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Transportation, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

Shawn Fain and the United Auto Workers have been rubbing their fingerprints all over several industries, including higher ed.

The CWA’s Bite Out Of Apple Might Leave A Sour Taste In Workers’ Mouths

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Sep 19, 2024 | April Verrett, Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

This month, Apple and the Communication Workers of America (CWA) came to a tentative agreement for a first contract, making Oklahoma City Apple Store workers the second group to do so.