Fallout From CA Fast-Food Wage Hike: More Automation And Job Losses
California fast-food workers are becoming collateral damage of the SEIU-propelled AB 1228, which boosted most fast-food joints’ minimum wage from $16 to $20.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 16, 2024 | Approachable Leadership, April Verrett, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, Podcast, Politics, Positive Workplace, SEIU, Service Industry, States, Trending, Union Leaders, Unions
California fast-food workers are becoming collateral damage of the SEIU-propelled AB 1228, which boosted most fast-food joints’ minimum wage from $16 to $20.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 18, 2024 | AFL-CIO, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, NLRB, Podcast, Politics, SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SEIU, Starbucks, Unions
The Biden administration has been trying to expand labor policies and strengthen so-called “worker protections” through agency fiat, but it’s hitting some serious legal roadblocks lately.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 15, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Courts, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, NLRB, Podcast, SCOTUS, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
We welcome Jon Hyman, diving into hot labor topics starting with the Supreme Court’s decision involving challenges the NLRB faces with 10-j injunctions.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 7, 2024 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Podcast
Did you know that we now have a podcast called The Left of Boom Show?
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | May 31, 2024 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, OSHA, Podcast, Union Organizing
Under the new OSHA rule, third-party employee representatives “may accompany the OSHA inspector when good cause has been shown why they are reasonably necessary to the conduct of an effective and thorough physical inspection of the workplace.”
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