Category: UAW

What Do Employees Want Unions To Achieve On Their Behalf? It’s Complicated

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | May 15, 2024 | Aerospace, Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, IAM, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, SBWU, Sean O'Brien, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Starbucks, UAW, Uncategorized, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions

The reasons that workers choose third-party representation are highly nuanced.

Mercedes-Benz Union Vote In Alabama: What’s At Stake?

Posted 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.

Labor Organizing In 2024: No Safe Harbors

Posted 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.

Where In The World Is The UAW’s Shawn Fain? Everywhere!

Posted 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.