10 Strikes In 10 Days: A Not-So-Great Situation For A Great Outdoors Retailer
REI, as an outdoor equipment and clothing retailer and co-op, advocates for sustainable business...
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 22, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, Strikes, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
REI, as an outdoor equipment and clothing retailer and co-op, advocates for sustainable business...
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 6, 2024 | Healthcare, Hospitality, IAM, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, Strikes, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW, White-Collar
We increasingly see that no industry or business sector remains immune to union activity in 2024 and beyond.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 17, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
A few years ago, unions aggressively entered the retail sector in an effort to make “the next Starbucks” happen.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 2, 2024 | Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW
As our own Phil Wilson has discussed at length, several recent campaigns have seen union activists, who act as paid covert internal organizers, often referred to as “salts.”
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 26, 2024 | Courts, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Retail, Service Industry, Union Organizing
Last November, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered some of its trademark rulemaking whiplash with a new final rule to considerably increase the number of businesses defined as “joint employers.”
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