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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 8, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Trending, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Most labor disputes follow a familiar script: management pushes, the union resists, and the fight plays out across bargaining tables, grievances, or worse. This one changed the script.
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Posted by Michael VanDervort | Mar 23, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
Unions have been winning elections at some of the most culturally progressive, consumer-facing brands in the country, but almost none of these wins have resulted in a contract.
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Posted by Phillip Wilson | Mar 16, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
After several years of organizing and stalled negotiations, Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United may soon return to the bargaining table.
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Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 11, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Sectoral Bargaining, SEIU, Trending, UAW, Unionized Company
Unions promise job security, then celebrate contracts that make layoffs inevitable. Workers are left holding the bag, as this list of examples shows.
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Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 27, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Bargaining/Negotiations, Healthcare, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Unions
It’s Friday, and we’ve got five labor related stories that you might not have heard yet (including a chicken “win”).
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