Category: Tech - Media - Labor Relations News and Analysis

Teamster Troubles, Trials and Tribulations: Tariffs Edition

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | May 8, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Federal, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Logistics, News, Retail, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Tech - Media, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

Tariffs will hit UPS Teamsters, too: During a recent earnings call, UPS projected 20,000 job losses due to a tariff-influenced restructuring.

Union Playbook 2.0: Skirting the NLRB

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 29, 2025 | CWA, Gig Economy, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Union Organizing, Unions, UNITE-HERE

Employers should anticipate unions trying to pull other levers in their toolbox, including some seasoned methods that could be used in new ways.

Heads Up: Video Game Organizers Are Taking On Morphing Federal Labor Policy With UVW-CWA

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 21, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

These changes are motivating one deep-pocketed union in particular to modify their toolbox of strategies. That would be the Communication Workers Of America, which previously embarked upon an aggressive plan to unionize tech workers through its CODE-CWA (Coalition to Organize Digital Employees) initiative.