Starbucks Union Tries to Raise Pressure as Strike Vote Begins
Starbucks unionized workers elect strike captains, hold practice pickets and rallies, and hold a strike vote while contract talks remain frozen.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 27, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Leadership, News, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
Starbucks unionized workers elect strike captains, hold practice pickets and rallies, and hold a strike vote while contract talks remain frozen.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 15, 2025 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
After nearly a year of bargaining, Volkswagen has dropped what it calls its “last, best, and final offer” for UAW-represented workers at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 13, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Culture, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Trending, Union Avoidance, Unionized Company, Workplace Disruption
Here are the top two lessons that stuck with the LRI team members who attended the Fall 2025 CUE Conference, along with a few additional nuggets we believe are worth sharing.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 7, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Gig Economy, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, SEIU, Trending, Unions
The California labor laboratory is at it again, both with an attempt to seize labor board jurisdiction and a new bill allowing rideshare driver unionization.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Sep 24, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Logistics, News, Sean O'Brien, Strikes, Transportation, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
The Teamsters recently marked the one-year anniversary of the Bigfoot Beverages strike by–weird flex, but okay–throwing a barbecue near the locally-owned, family-founded drinks distributor’s Oregon headquarters.
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