Category: IBT

The Friday Five: Union Hustles, AI Tangles & Rideshare Rumbles

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 22, 2025 | AI Coach's Corner, AI tips, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Courts, Federal, Healthcare, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, States, Strikes, Tech - Media, Union Leaders, Unions

The Friday Five: Union Hustles, AI Tangles & Rideshare Rumbles. It’s Friday, and we have five labor-related stories that you might not have heard yet.

Labor Isn’t Automatic for Democrats Anymore

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Aug 18, 2025 | AFGE, AFSCME, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Politics, SCOTUS, Sean O'Brien, Unions

For generations, unions were the Democratic Party’s most dependable ally. Not anymore.

Fiction Vs. Fact: The Teamsters, UPS, And The Driver Buyout Plan

Posted 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.