Unions That Pressure Companies They Are Targeting Through Shareholder Initiatives Face A Reckoning
Unions are using the S to essentially scare shareholders into believing that policy changes must happen to protect a company’s bottom line.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 12, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, SBWU, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
Unions are using the S to essentially scare shareholders into believing that policy changes must happen to protect a company’s bottom line.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 10, 2024 | IBT, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
The Teamsters (IBT) worry about their own extinction. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU), meanwhile, wants a bailout in more ways than one.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 4, 2024 | Auto Manufacturing, Cemex Decision, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
In mid-May, Shawn Fain’s endless bravado hit a wall when Mercedes workers rejected UAW membership in Alabama.
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 Michael VanDervort | May 31, 2024 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Left of Boom Show, Legal, OSHA, Podcast, Union Organizing
Under the new OSHA rule, third-party employee representatives “may accompany the OSHA inspector when good cause has been shown why they are reasonably necessary to the conduct of an effective and thorough physical inspection of the workplace.”
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