Friday Five: NYC’s Union Love, DOL’s Dirty Laundry Report, And Hotel Strikes
NYC creates a Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, a DOL Inspector General report details misconduct claims, and a Seattle hotel strike threatens to spread to Chicago.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Sep 11, 2026 | DOL, General Counsel, Labor Relations Ink, Legal, News, NLRB, SCOTUS, Strikes, Trending
NYC creates a Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, a DOL Inspector General report details misconduct claims, and a Seattle hotel strike threatens to spread to Chicago.
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 Kimberly Ricci | Sep 4, 2026 | Corruption, Federal, Healthcare, Labor Relations Ink, Legal, News, NLRB, Trending
This week: the NLRB is concerned about a rulemaking setback, California’s love affair with unions continues, and California nurses are picketing over AI.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 28, 2026 | Corruption, Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Legal, News, NLRB, Trending, UAW, Unions
This week, Starbucks Workers United is retrying stale moves, UAW’s Shawn Fain draws mainstream scrutiny, and a court strikes down the NLRB’s successor bar.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 27, 2026 | General Counsel, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Trending
GC Crystal Carey’s new GC memo 26-04 lists the NLRB precedents she’s already challenging and the ones she’s targeting next. Here’s what employers need to track.
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