Managing During Status Quo: The First 90 Days After A Union Election
Once a union is certified, employers owe a duty to bargain and can’t make unilateral changes, a status quo period most management teams are navigating for the first time.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 6, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, Managing During Status Quo Series: Bargaining for a First Contract, Next 52 Weeks, NLRB, status quo, Trending, Uncategorized, Unionized Company
Once a union is certified, employers owe a duty to bargain and can’t make unilateral changes, a status quo period most management teams are navigating for the first time.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 29, 2026 | Culture, EXWP, Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Left of Boom Show, Next 52 Weeks, Next 52 Weeks Series, Podcast, positive employee relations, Trending
Build a positive employee relations strategy with LRI’s free Next 52 Weeks video series covering frontline leadership, workplace culture, employee engagement, and union organizing risk.
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 | Apr 15, 2026 | Culture, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Leadership, Left of Boom Show, Next 52 Weeks Series, Podcast, Podcast, Trending, Union Organizing
When people feel like they’re not being listened to, that’s what motivates them to join a union.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Apr 7, 2026 | Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Media, Podcast, UFCW, Unions
Phil Wilson joined a recent podcast discussion on the Working Lunch Podcast to break down a developing labor situation
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