Three Teamsters Tales Of Woe And More: When Union Wins Become Layoff Notices
Unions promise job security, then celebrate contracts that make layoffs inevitable. Workers are left holding the bag, as this list of examples shows.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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”).
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Feb 25, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Courts, Federal, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Trending, Unionized Company
If joint-employer law feels like a bad rerun you never asked for, you are not imagining it.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 9, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Trending, UAW, Unionized Company, Unions
UAW President Shawn Fain crowed about “a life-changing first agreement” for VW workers, but of course he isn’t telling the entire story. Let’s break it down.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Feb 3, 2026 | Frontline Supervisors, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Employees who are going to vote on union representation need to understand how unionization works, including the rules, obligations, and trade-offs involved.
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