Unions and AI: Why the Labor Movement Is Split
Unions and AI: Trade unions are supporting AI work projects like data centers while nurses and entertainment unions push back. What employers need to know.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 22, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Bargaining/Negotiations, Culture, Healthcare, Healthcare, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, National Nurses United, Tech - Media, Transportation, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Unions and AI: Trade unions are supporting AI work projects like data centers while nurses and entertainment unions push back. What employers need to know.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 15, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Union Organizing, What's In Their Feed
The account he wrote up, Notes from Organizing a Union at Best Buy, is more useful to you than most union press releases, because nobody’s spinning a win. Here’s the key advice for employers hiding in one union organizer’s quiet, no-petition campaign.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 11, 2026 | AFL-CIO, AFSCME, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Liz Shuler, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Unions
Five of the largest labor union conventions in the United States take place this summer, including the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the UAW.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | May 26, 2026 | Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Union Organizing
Unions are building smarter organizing systems. Employers that fail to understand workforce sentiment are leaving themselves vulnerable to labor union organizing.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | May 12, 2026 | Culture, Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Next 52 Weeks
Winning a union election is not the end of the process. It is the beginning of a more difficult one, healing the rifts in your culture that develop during a union election.
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