Unions Are Building Workforce Intelligence. Are Employers Ready?
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 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.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Mar 3, 2026 | Culture, Frontline Supervisors, Leader-Shift, Leader-Shift PLaybook, Leadership, Media, Podcast
The discussion explores why bad news gets buried, how fear shapes communication flow, and what leaders can do to build environments where candor beats comfort.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Feb 5, 2026 | AI, AI cool tools, Artificial Intelligence, Breaking, ChatGPT, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Tech - Media, Trending, Union Organizing
Some of these AI agents are talking about unions. Not human unions. AI unions. Strikes. Collective bargaining. Algorithmic management.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Feb 3, 2026 | Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Employees who are going to vote on union representation need to understand how unionization works, including the rules, obligations, and trade-offs involved.
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