Category: USSW

Higher Education Isn’t Throwing The Books At Unions Yet

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Mar 4, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Education, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, SEIU, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW

Over the past few years, union recruitment in the higher-ed industry has been particularly aggressive, with several unions going poaching.

Tipping The Balance On Tipping Culture: A Contradictory Perspective From Unions

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 5, 2024 | DOL, Independents, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, NLRB, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW

The tipping of servers is so customary that the practice is here to stay, although some restaurants have attempted to reverse the trend without much success. We will, however, discuss why unions are eager to spread tipping elsewhere.

‘Our White Whale’: A Fledgling Union Ramps Up Efforts Against Its Largest Target

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Dec 7, 2023 | Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Service Industry, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unions, USSW

USSW members have recently walked out and rallied for a $25 per hour wage for all Waffle House workers, from cooks to servers.

A First-Of-Its-Kind Union Ramps Up Efforts To Sweep The South

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Aug 29, 2023 | Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Service Industry, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Union Research, Unions, USSW

The Union of Southern Service Workers frames itself as a cross-sector organization, designed to retain members even if they job-hop between industries, i.e., fast food, retail, hotel, nursing home, warehouses, etc.