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Unpacking Union Pushback In The Art World

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 24, 2025 | AFGE, AFSCME, Bargaining/Negotiations, Education, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Service Industry, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

As with many sectors, organizing activity within the arts has been on the rise for the past few years.

465 Days and Counting: When Union Wins Don’t Deliver

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 22, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Culture, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

In May 2022, history was made over venti lattes and espresso shots. The downtown Birmingham Starbucks became the first Starbucks store in Alabama to vote to unionize.

Phil Wilson Breaks Down Real Leadership on The Lead Up Podcast

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 18, 2025 | Approachable Leadership, Culture, Extraordinary Workplaces, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leader-Shift, Leader-Shift Playbook, Leader-Shift PLaybook, Leadership, Leadership, Media, News, Positive Workplace, Trending

Phil Wilson, author of The Leader-Shift Playbook, recently joined Mike Harbour on The Lead Up Podcast for a straight-shooting conversation about what leadership really demands today.

Boycotts, Investigations, And Rebranding: How Companies Are Feeling A DEI Catch-22

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 14, 2025 | Approachability Minute, Courts, EEOC, Federal, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Trending

In the months since Trump issued an executive order (EO) dismantling federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) within the federal government, ripple effects have landed in the private sector. First