A Retail Roundup: Another Bite Of The Apple, More Trader Joe’s Woes, And A Revolt Within The UFCW
A few years ago, unions aggressively entered the retail sector in an effort to make “the next Starbucks” happen.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 17, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
A few years ago, unions aggressively entered the retail sector in an effort to make “the next Starbucks” happen.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 15, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Like many Big Labor leaders, Teamsters President Sean “Militant” O’Brien has been putting on a brave face regarding dwindling union membership numbers since he took office two years ago.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 10, 2024 | Cannabis, Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Politics, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Cannabis employers sit in an unenviable spot in 2024. It’s not easy to run a business that is not federally legal yet still required to adhere to federal law, including the National Labor Relations Act.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
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