Category: Union Organizing

Climbing the Walls: Another Fine Workers United Mess

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 30, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Service Industry, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

SEIU’s trendy Workers United affiliate has been circling a California-based indoor climbing wall chain while now ratcheting up the intensity.

Why Employers In Every Industry Should Pay Attention To Trump’s EO On College Athletes

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 29, 2025 | Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, SEIU, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar

Trump’s executive order (EO) blitz is now extending into university sports, where the EO in question instructs the NLRB and Secretary of Labor to provide a “clarifying” answer on “the status of student-athletes.”

Salts, Screens, and Suspicion: NLRB Tightens the Reins

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 28, 2025 | Compliance, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, USSW

Salting isn’t new. But the way unions are using it in 2025 feels like a remix, with mass applications, strategic ULP baiting, and coordinated PR pressure.

Webinar: Labor Relations Update: Gen Z, Unions & the NLRA — Oh My.

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 24, 2025 | empowER, HR Acuity, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Media, News, Trending, Union Organizing

We are partnering with HR Acuity to offer this free webinar, LRI’s Michael VanDervort, Danine Clay, J.D., and Evelyn Fragoso break down what HR and employee relations pros actually need to know about today’s workplace dynamics: