465 Days and Counting: When Union Wins Don’t Deliver
In May 2022, history was made over venti lattes and espresso shots. The downtown Birmingham Starbucks became the first Starbucks store in Alabama to vote to unionize.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 22, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Culture, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
In May 2022, history was made over venti lattes and espresso shots. The downtown Birmingham Starbucks became the first Starbucks store in Alabama to vote to unionize.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 21, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
These changes are motivating one deep-pocketed union in particular to modify their toolbox of strategies. That would be the Communication Workers Of America, which previously embarked upon an aggressive plan to unionize tech workers through its CODE-CWA (Coalition to Organize Digital Employees) initiative.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 18, 2025 | Approachable Leadership, Culture, Extraordinary Workplaces, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leader-Shift, Leader-Shift PLaybook, Leader-Shift Playbook, Leadership, Leadership, Media, News, Positive Workplace, Trending
Phil Wilson, author of The Leader-Shift Playbook, recently joined Mike Harbour on The Lead Up Podcast for a straight-shooting conversation about what leadership really demands today.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 17, 2025 | Approachable Leadership, Culture, Extraordinary Workplaces, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leader-Shift, Leader-Shift PLaybook, Leader-Shift Playbook, Leadership, Leadership, Media, News, Positive Workplace
Most leadership collapses aren’t surprises — they’re slow-motion disasters.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 14, 2025 | Approachability Minute, Courts, EEOC, Federal, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Trending
In the months since Trump issued an executive order (EO) dismantling federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) within the federal government, ripple effects have landed in the private sector. First
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