Big Names, Bad Results: Why UAW, UFCW, and Building Trades Can’t Win Elections
As part of our follow-up to LRIRightNow’s 2025 NLRB Review, we looked why the UAW, UFCW, and building trades unions are so awful at winning elections.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 29, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
As part of our follow-up to LRIRightNow’s 2025 NLRB Review, we looked why the UAW, UFCW, and building trades unions are so awful at winning elections.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 21, 2026 | Breaking, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, National Nurses United, News, Starbucks, Trending, UFW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, UNITE-HERE, USW
Newly Organized Workers Drop 38% in 2025. What the Numbers Really Say About Union Organizing.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Jan 12, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Healthcare, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Union Research
New Event Spring 2026: LaborVision Forum for Healthcare
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked out this week at major New York City hospitals.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Nov 24, 2025 | Media, News, Trending, Union Research
If your company has unionized locations, here is the question almost no one can answer with confidence: Where do you rank on labor relations performance?
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Oct 20, 2025 | IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, LRI RightNow, News, NLRB, SEIU, Trending, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
Union activity cooled in Q3 2025 — and that’s not necessarily bad news for employers.
The new LRI RightNow Petitions and Elections Review shows petition and election volume declined year-over-year, marking a slowdown from 2024’s peak levels.
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