Category: Don’t Be a Jerk

Coffee Klatch: Unionization Among Baristas Remains Volatile

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jun 3, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Don't Be a Jerk, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Positive Workplace, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

Employers like Starbucks and Compass Coffee are responding differently to significant unionization efforts among baristas and other employees in the coffee and café industry.

The Great Return-To-Office Experiment: Why Are Some Workplaces More Up To This Task Than Others?

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Nov 6, 2023 | CWA, Don't Be a Jerk, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Positive Workplace, Strikes, Tech - Media, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar

At Farmers Insurance, the RTO push grew messy with workers threatening to form a union after the rollback of a 2022 policy, which held that “most” full-time workers could remain long-term remote.