Category: Leadership

When Union ‘Successes’ Lead To Job Losses, Big Labor Shrugs Its Shoulders And Points Fingers

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 3, 2024 | IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, SEIU, UAW, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

We recently explored how unions cannot protect workers from layoffs but deflect responsibility and claim that “corporate greed” is to blame.

Yum or Yuck?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Mar 25, 2024 | Leadership

Most leaders don’t want to be glass-half-empty types whose approach reinforces a terrible “race to the bottom” culture. They want something more. They want to reap the benefits of their hard work and see their teammates thrive. They want to feel like they matter. And they do.

Union’s First Contract? More Faltering Steps And A Full-On Stumble For Organized ‘Castles’

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 18, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Service Industry, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Organizing

That brings us to fresh news of a crumbled union at Medieval Times, eighteen months after workers in California voted to form the dinner theater company’s first union of knights, queens, and other costumed performers.

Bans On Mandatory Meetings About Unionization: Where Does Your State Stand?

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 6, 2024 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, NLRB, States, Union Organizing

In a further wrinkle, several states – Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, Maine, and Oregon – have taken matters into their own hands by banning mandatory meetings.