Starbucks, Workers United May Head Back to the Bargaining Table
After several years of organizing and stalled negotiations, Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United may soon return to the bargaining table.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Mar 16, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United
After several years of organizing and stalled negotiations, Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United may soon return to the bargaining table.
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.
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