Category: Unionized Company

Theatrical Leaders, Struggling Workers: UAW and IAM Presidents Strong-Arm Aerospace

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 28, 2025 | Aerospace, Bargaining/Negotiations, IAM, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

This month, the aerospace industry has been facing down work stoppage threats by two deep-pocketed unions.

Not So Fast: First Contracts, False Union Optimism, And Employers Caught In The Spin Cycle

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 6, 2025 | AFSCME, Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, SBWU, UFCW, Unionized Company

A first union contract generally takes at least a year to broker following an election.

Climbing the Walls: Another Fine Workers United Mess

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 30, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Service Industry, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

SEIU’s trendy Workers United affiliate has been circling a California-based indoor climbing wall chain while now ratcheting up the intensity.

Fiction Vs. Fact: The Teamsters, UPS, And The Driver Buyout Plan

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 14, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, News, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

O’Brien is also currently embroiled in fallout at UPS after a union-claimed contract “win” in 2023. That collective bargaining stint substantially raised labor costs, which forced UPS to cut corporate jobs, lean into automation, and shutter entire warehouse shifts.