How Union Research Provides A Labor Relations Edge
Nancy Jowske spent 10 years organizing for SEIU. Now she mines LM-2 filings, doing union research via NLRB petitions, and contract language for what the press releases leave out.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 14, 2026 | Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom, Left of Boom Show, Legal, Podcast, Union Research
Nancy Jowske spent 10 years organizing for SEIU. Now she mines LM-2 filings, doing union research via NLRB petitions, and contract language for what the press releases leave out.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 29, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, NLRB, Trending, Union Organizing
Littler’s Alex MacDonald joins Phil Wilson to explain how labor peace agreements and sectoral bargaining are testing federal preemption, and why the shift from Washington to the states is accelerating.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 9, 2026 | Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, Legal, Local, Podcast, Sectoral Bargaining, States, Trending, Union Organizing
Littler attorney Alex MacDonald argues the Harvard Center’s new sectoral bargaining proposal is remarkable mostly for what it admits: worker choice was never the point.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 17, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Fractional Labor Relations, Fractional LR, Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Left of Boom Show, Podcast, Trending, Unionized Company
Union contracts don’t fall apart at the bargaining table. They erode one supervisor decision at a time, and fixing that starts long before the next negotiation.
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.
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