Category: Union Organizing

The Teamsters + A Flailing Independent Union = A Team-Up For Disaster?

Posted 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.

Mercedes Strategy Recap: How An Automaker Warded Off The UAW

Posted 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.

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 Left Of Boom Show – Responding To OSHA’s New Walkaround Standard With Marc Freedman

Posted 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.”