A Healthcare RX: Long-Term Problems Require More Than Short-Term Solutions
It’s time for a checkup on the Kaiser Permanente saga, which means that some staggering numbers are coming your way.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Nov 21, 2023 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Healthcare, Healthcare, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Strikes, Union Leaders
It’s time for a checkup on the Kaiser Permanente saga, which means that some staggering numbers are coming your way.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Nov 6, 2023 | CWA, Don't Be a Jerk, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Positive Workplace, Strikes, Tech - Media, Union Organizing, Unions, White-Collar
At Farmers Insurance, the RTO push grew messy with workers threatening to form a union after the rollback of a 2022 policy, which held that “most” full-time workers could remain long-term remote.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Oct 31, 2023 | Auto Manufacturing, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Tech - Media, UAW, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
This week, GM became the last of the Big Three to reach a tentative contract. Then word arrived that an official organizing committee formed at Tesla’s Fremont, CA factory. Yes, the UAW will partially fund that effort.
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 29, 2023 | AI Coach's Corner, ChatGPT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Leadership, SEIU, Service Industry, Strikes, Union Leaders, Unions
The Starbucks Workers Union has been conducting regular strike/protest actions at their unionized...
Read MorePosted by Michael VanDervort | Oct 27, 2023 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Strikes, Transportation, Union Leaders, Unionized Company
Since October 18, the seaway has been closed because of a strike by its workers, who are unhappy with their pay, benefits, and working conditions. And that’s causing a lot of problems for everyone involved.
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