Higher Education Might Be Broken, But Unions Are Not The Solution
As we have previously detailed, a wild assortment of unions have gone poaching in higher ed to capitalize upon understandable Gen Z frustrations.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 25, 2024 | CWA, Education, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, SEIU, UAW, Union Organizing, Unions
As we have previously detailed, a wild assortment of unions have gone poaching in higher ed to capitalize upon understandable Gen Z frustrations.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 15, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Logistics, Sean O'Brien, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Like many Big Labor leaders, Teamsters President Sean “Militant” O’Brien has been putting on a brave face regarding dwindling union membership numbers since he took office two years ago.
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 21, 2024 | Bargaining/Negotiations, IBT, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Manufacturing, Sean O'Brien, Strikes, Transportation, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions
We already warmed up the discussion for this brewing kerfuffle, which could toss a wrench in St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Earlier this month, the union doubled strike benefits for brewery workers to $1000 per week, and here is how the union is using that boost
Read MorePosted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 14, 2024 | Aerospace, Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Strikes, Travel, Trending, Union Leaders, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions
Last year’s United Auto Workers “stand-up strike” affected auto manufacturers and caused collateral damage in other industries, propelling unions in other spaces, such as airlines, into strike mode.
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.
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