Climbing the Walls: Another Fine Workers United Mess
SEIU’s trendy Workers United affiliate has been circling a California-based indoor climbing wall chain while now ratcheting up the intensity.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 29, 2025 | Federal, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, SEIU, Trending, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar
Trump’s executive order (EO) blitz is now extending into university sports, where the EO in question instructs the NLRB and Secretary of Labor to provide a “clarifying” answer on “the status of student-athletes.”
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jul 28, 2025 | Compliance, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, USSW
Salting isn’t new. But the way unions are using it in 2025 feels like a remix, with mass applications, strategic ULP baiting, and coordinated PR pressure.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 22, 2025 | Hospitality, iatse, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Tech - Media, Trader Joe's, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
It’s been a minute since we checked in on the rising trend of organizing at progressive companies.
Read MorePosted 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.
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