Labor Relations Insight: Shawn Fain Hopes Southern Auto Workers Never See This Chart
In 2023, non-union manufacturing workers made 15.7% MORE than their unionized counterparts. And these non-union workers didn’t have to pay dues.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Feb 2, 2024 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, Strikes, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
In 2023, non-union manufacturing workers made 15.7% MORE than their unionized counterparts. And these non-union workers didn’t have to pay dues.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 1, 2024 | Approachable Leadership, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, NLRB, Positive Workplace, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Starbucks’ drink menu can be tweaked into an infinite variety of different drink possibilities. In the same way, there is no shortage of benefits from listening to workers’ concerns before they blend into a labor disaster.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 31, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions, White-Collar
Since we already mentioned UPS, this week brings news of the parcel delivery company announcing that 12,000 workers will be axed as the company hopes to cut costs by $1 billion.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 29, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Remember when the Teamsters took aim at ice cream supply lines a few years ago? They were hinting about coming for the beer back in 2022, too. Now, it’s early 2024, and the union has made it their mission to circle back to an American guilty pleasure by threatening to turn off those taps.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 18, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Starbucks, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing
The media loves to celebrate high-profile union wins, but in many recent cases, a union election win hasn’t translated into getting a union collective bargaining agreement.
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