Labor Organizing In 2024: No Safe Harbors
We increasingly see that no industry or business sector remains immune to union activity in 2024 and beyond.
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Category: White-Collar
Unions Can’t Protect Workers From Layoffs, Although They Sure Will Deflect The Blame
Since we already mentioned UPS, this week brings news of the parcel delivery company announcing that 12,000 workers will be axed as the company hopes to cut costs by $1 billion.
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Union’s First Contracts: More Twists Than A Season Of ‘Stranger Things’
So, here’s the tea: securing a first-time CBA is tougher than finding a polite comment on Twitter. And thanks to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employers aren’t legally bound to agree to a contract. It’s like being in a ‘Hunger Games’ scenario – may the odds ever be in your favor, but don’t bet your bottom dollar on it.
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The Great Return-To-Office Experiment: Why Are Some Workplaces More Up To This Task Than Others?
At Farmers Insurance, the RTO push grew messy with workers threatening to form a union after the rollback of a 2022 policy, which held that “most” full-time workers could remain long-term remote.
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