Category: Workers United

Climbing the Walls: Another Fine Workers United Mess

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 30, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Service Industry, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

SEIU’s trendy Workers United affiliate has been circling a California-based indoor climbing wall chain while now ratcheting up the intensity.

Dress Codes & Drama: How Not to Handle Workplace Change

Posted by Michael VanDervort | May 19, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

Baristas were walking off the job at unionized stores. Starbucks just served up a lesson on what happens when following the process takes a backseat to public relations.

Dispelling The Myth Of “Big Wins At The Bargaining Table”

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | May 13, 2025 | Auto Manufacturing, Education, Healthcare, IAM, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Manufacturing, News, Retail, Sean O'Brien, SEIU, Service Industry, Shawn Fain, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Workers United

Overall, do union “big wins” really win? Not so much, it turns out.

Unpacking Union Pushback In The Art World

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 24, 2025 | AFGE, AFSCME, Bargaining/Negotiations, Education, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, News, Service Industry, Trending, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

As with many sectors, organizing activity within the arts has been on the rise for the past few years.

465 Days and Counting: When Union Wins Don’t Deliver

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Apr 22, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Culture, Frontline Supervisors, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

In May 2022, history was made over venti lattes and espresso shots. The downtown Birmingham Starbucks became the first Starbucks store in Alabama to vote to unionize.

Category: Workers United

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