The One Where Questions Get Dodged
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien recently power walked away from a young union member who is already witnessing broken promises after a year of membership.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 29, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien recently power walked away from a young union member who is already witnessing broken promises after a year of membership.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 22, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Last December, Starbucks requested to reopen negotiations with Workers United. This move arrived a full two years after the first Starbucks cafe unionized and over a year after contract negotiations stalled out.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 17, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Retail, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
A few years ago, unions aggressively entered the retail sector in an effort to make “the next Starbucks” happen.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 15, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Like many Big Labor leaders, Teamsters President Sean “Militant” O’Brien has been putting on a brave face regarding dwindling union membership numbers since he took office two years ago.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 18, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Service Industry, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Organizing
That brings us to fresh news of a crumbled union at Medieval Times, eighteen months after workers in California voted to form the dinner theater company’s first union of knights, queens, and other costumed performers.
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