Negotiations Grounded: The Boeing 737’s Ripple Effect On Labor Issues
Boeing is also facing a potential strike by 31,000 Seattle-area machinists represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 8, 2024 | Aerospace, Bargaining/Negotiations, IAM, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Leadership, Manufacturing, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Boeing is also facing a potential strike by 31,000 Seattle-area machinists represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 1, 2024 | Approachable Leadership, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, NLRB, Positive Workplace, Retail, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Starbucks’ drink menu can be tweaked into an infinite variety of different drink possibilities. In the same way, there is no shortage of benefits from listening to workers’ concerns before they blend into a labor disaster.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Jan 29, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Politics, Sean O'Brien, Shawn Fain, Strikes, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
Remember when the Teamsters took aim at ice cream supply lines a few years ago? They were hinting about coming for the beer back in 2022, too. Now, it’s early 2024, and the union has made it their mission to circle back to an American guilty pleasure by threatening to turn off those taps.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Jan 8, 2024 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Shawn Fain, Strikes, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
In a display of tough labor negotiations, UAW Local 933 has reached a tentative agreement with Allison Transmission in Indiana, averting what could have been the first significant strike of 2024.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Dec 21, 2023 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Positive Workplace, Shawn Fain, UAW, Union Leaders, Unions
UAW President Shawn Fain also has another goal to land himself in the history books: He is not going to stop talking about the 4-day/32-hour workweek for five days/40 hours of pay.
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