Mercedes-Benz Union Vote In Alabama: What’s At Stake?
This week, over 5,000 employees at the Mercedes-Benz plants in Vance and Woodstock, Alabama, are making a big decision that’s got the local business community watching closely.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | May 14, 2024 | Auto Manufacturing, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, Manufacturing, NLRB, Politics, Shawn Fain, States, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions
This week, over 5,000 employees at the Mercedes-Benz plants in Vance and Woodstock, Alabama, are making a big decision that’s got the local business community watching closely.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 8, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Bargaining/Negotiations, iatse, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Tech - Media, Unionized Company, Unions
Yet those contract results provide a glimpse into how unions are seizing upon AI to convince workers that they can address their concerns more effectively than employers. Get ready for more industry crossover because the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is now in contract renewal talks with studios and streaming services.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 6, 2024 | Healthcare, Hospitality, IAM, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, Strikes, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW, White-Collar
We increasingly see that no industry or business sector remains immune to union activity in 2024 and beyond.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | May 2, 2024 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
If you are growing weary of seeing UAW President Shawn Fain’s face whenever a Big Labor conversation pops up, the bad news is that he’s still going like the Energizer Bunny.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 29, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien recently power walked away from a young union member who is already witnessing broken promises after a year of membership.
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