Category: News

Sticky Fingers: Steel, Skies, And The Stubborn Shawn Fain

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 20, 2025 | Auto Manufacturing, Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, News, Shawn Fain, Travel, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unions, USSW, White-Collar

Our latest union corruption roundup reveals that 2025 is stickier than ever: Association Of...

Strange Bedfellows: The ‘Why?’ Of Josh Hawley’s Pro-Labor Framework

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 16, 2025 | Federal, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Sean O'Brien, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unions

If you were wondering whether the Teamsters were sitting out that drama, Sean O’Brien has other shenanigans at work, as organized labor repositions itself for a new era of labor policy.

NLRB’s New Moves to Streamline Case Handling

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 7, 2025 | General Counsel, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB

On January 6, 2025, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memo GC 25-03, announcing updates intended to improve the agency’s case-handling processes.

New Year, Old Tricks: Big Labor’s Exaggerated And Illusory Strikes

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 6, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Logistics, News, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Transportation, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

Welcome to 2025. Over the holidays, the SEIU-affiliated Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and the Teamsters-affiliated Amazon Labor Union (ALU) claim to have waged “historic” five-day strikes, but was that really the case?