Category: Unionized Company

The Teamsters Keep Trucking Away From Their Own Members’ Interests

Posted 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.

The Cannabis Industry’s Labor Tightrope: An Industry Still In Flux

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 10, 2024 | Cannabis, Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Politics, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company

Cannabis employers sit in an unenviable spot in 2024. It’s not easy to run a business that is not federally legal yet still required to adhere to federal law, including the National Labor Relations Act.

When Union ‘Successes’ Lead To Job Losses, Big Labor Shrugs Its Shoulders And Points Fingers

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 3, 2024 | IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, SEIU, UAW, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions

We recently explored how unions cannot protect workers from layoffs but deflect responsibility and claim that “corporate greed” is to blame.

Union’s First Contract? More Faltering Steps And A Full-On Stumble For Organized ‘Castles’

Posted 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.