Coffee Klatch: Unionization Among Baristas Remains Volatile
Employers like Starbucks and Compass Coffee are responding differently to significant unionization efforts among baristas and other employees in the coffee and café industry.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 15, 2024 | Aerospace, Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, IAM, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, SBWU, Sean O'Brien, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, UAW, Uncategorized, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
The reasons that workers choose third-party representation are highly nuanced.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 6, 2024 | Healthcare, Hospitality, IAM, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, Strikes, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW, White-Collar
We increasingly see that no industry or business sector remains immune to union activity in 2024 and beyond.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 22, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Last December, Starbucks requested to reopen negotiations with Workers United. This move arrived a full two years after the first Starbucks cafe unionized and over a year after contract negotiations stalled out.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 2, 2024 | Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW
As our own Phil Wilson has discussed at length, several recent campaigns have seen union activists, who act as paid covert internal organizers, often referred to as “salts.”
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