Category: Bargaining/Negotiations

Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Already Upped Her Wild-Card Status On The PRO Act

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 17, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, DOL, Faster Labor Contracts Act, Federal, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, Politics, Pro Act, Sean O'Brien, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Research, Unionized Company, Unions

If there’s a current trend among D.C.-based politicians these days, it’s that labor policies will not be predictable down party lines.

“Running Government Like A Business”? The Chaotic Purge And Responses By Leaders, Employees And Unions

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 6, 2025 | AFGE, Bargaining/Negotiations, Courts, EEOC, Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Unionized Company, Unions, White-Collar

Typically we don’t enter into the labor relations of the public sector, but there is so much going on with federal employees, the executive branch, labor law, labor policy and federal labor unions that we thought it would be worth some analysis.

Breaking News: Faster Labor Contracts Act Introduced—Mandatory Arbitration on the Horizon?

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Mar 4, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Breaking, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Politics, Union Organizing, Unionized Company

In a bipartisan move, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Faster Labor Contracts Act on March 4.