Category: Labor Relations Insight

Is 2022 Big Labor’s Flint Moment?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Mar 31, 2022 | Labor Relations Insight, Strikes, UAW, Union Organizing

This week I was on a call when someone with an appreciation for labor history asked, “With all of...

Unions Breaking Organizing Records… Or Are They?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Feb 25, 2022 | Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Union Organizing

Unions are off to a blistering pace for organizing in 2022. Late last year I predicted a record...

Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 26, 2021 | AFL-CIO, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Unions

Be careful what you wish for Tomorrow the NLRB will officially flip to a Democrat majority, with former SEIU in-house counsel David Prouty replacing William Emanuel. The Republican majority was in place for just over four years,...

What Keeps You Alive Kills You in the End

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Jul 22, 2021 | Labor Relations Insight, Politics, Unions

I’m a big Neil Young fan. I’ve been listening to him since I got my first “sound system” – one of those 1980’s all-in-one turntable, cassette tape, radio deals. The speakers were terrible, but in a weird way that probably made...