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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Nov 4, 2026 | Approachability, Approachable Leadership, Approachable Leadership, EXWP, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, positive employee relations, Positive Workplace
A pay complaint in February. Scheduling complaints in April. Empty seats at the second-shift town hall by May. In September, a union petition arrived. This article traces where the information stalled and who should have owned it.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Nov 3, 2026 | AI, Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Employee engagement, Frontline Supervisors, IAM, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, News, Podcast, Strikes, Trending, Unionized Company
Engagement is falling, members are voting down recommended contracts, and workers who want out are staying put. These signals may share a root: a sense that the people making decisions aren’t listening.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 29, 2026 | AI tips, Employee engagement, Frontline Supervisors, labor relations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Legal, NLRB, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Employers set engagement goals without naming what managers will do differently. Seven sessions from the Fall 2026 CUE Conference in San Antonio put specifics behind the goal.
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Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 31, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Certification in Applied Labor Relations, labor relations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, LRI Institute, positive employee relations, Unionized Company
LRI’s new Certificate in Applied Labor Relations puts HR and ER teams through live simulations, not lectures, to build bench strength before the next crisis hits.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 26, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, News, Trending, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Teamsters Local 455 rejected Cargill’s contract by 25 votes, then approved the same deal by 902 two weeks later. The difference wasn’t the offer, it was whether members understood it.
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