Big Names, Bad Results: Why UAW, UFCW, and Building Trades Can’t Win Elections
As part of our follow-up to LRIRightNow’s 2025 NLRB Review, we looked why the UAW, UFCW, and building trades unions are so awful at winning elections.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 29, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions
As part of our follow-up to LRIRightNow’s 2025 NLRB Review, we looked why the UAW, UFCW, and building trades unions are so awful at winning elections.
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Aug 6, 2025 | AFSCME, Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, SBWU, UFCW, Unionized Company
A first union contract generally takes at least a year to broker following an election.
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 | Jun 30, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, CWA, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, RWDSU, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unionized Company
Summer Reads, Union Leads—Just Don’t Judge the Hype by Its Cover
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jun 18, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Retail, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Trending, UAW, UFCW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
We recently discussed how the NLRB’s current lack of quorum has led to grey legal territory for employers and how that could contribute to upheaval within the grocery industry, which is already feeling plenty of union pressure.
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