Category: Workplace Disruption

How Employers Can Effectively Respond to Pickets and Protests

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 31, 2024 | Healthcare, Hospitality, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Logistics, Manufacturing, News, Retail, Service Industry, Strikes, Transportation, Trending, Union Avoidance, Union Organizing, Workplace Disruption

With the rise of activism and heightened awareness around labor issues, pickets, and protests have become increasingly common near workplaces.

How General Counsel Can Proactively Manage Labor Relations Today

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 14, 2024 | Communication, Culture, General Counsel, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Left of Boom, Legal, Strikes, Trending, Union Avoidance, Union Organizing, Vulnerability Assessments, White-Collar, Workplace Disruption

General Counsel must lead their organizations in adopting a “left of boom” approach—a proactive strategy designed to anticipate, address, and mitigate labor-related challenges before they escalate into larger problems.

Behind the Scenes: What’s Really Going on with Unionization at Trader Joe’s?

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 25, 2023 | Communication, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Positive Workplace, Retail, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, Union Avoidance, Union Leaders, Union Research, Unions, Vulnerability Assessments, Workplace Disruption

In this YouTube video posted on an account tagged “TJsTruth”, crew members from Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Massachusetts, discuss their experience with unionization.