Category: Retail

Trendspotting: When Unions Decide To Make Broad Layoffs All About Themselves

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 17, 2024 | Aerospace, CWA, DOL, Harold Daggett, Healthcare, IAM, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, News, Retail, Shawn Fain, Strikes, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unions, White-Collar

Layoffs are abundant across many industries. This hasn’t stopped unions from ignoring financial realities to blame job losses on “corporate greed”.

Is the NLRB Unconstitutional? Untangling Current Efforts

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 9, 2024 | Aerospace, Courts, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Logistics, News, NLRB, Retail, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Transportation, Trending

It’s been a minute since we discussed the companies that are challenging the NLRB’s constitutionality.

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.

Latest Teamsters Turmoil: Retail, Railways, And A Rattled Sean O’Brien

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 27, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, News, Retail, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Transportation, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

The Teamsters and Sean O’Brien have been active lately, sometimes resulting in turmoil.

Musical Union Chairs In The Retail/Service Sector And A Starbucks Shocker

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 14, 2024 | Apple, Bargaining/Negotiations, IAM, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

Sheer chaos is the theme of this roundup, which includes disputes over the contentious subject of unions’ first contracts,

Trendspotting: When Unions Decide To Make Broad Layoffs All About Themselves

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

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