Labor Relations INK - Labor Relations News, Analysis and Insight

Although it has been posited that Millennials are more likely to be progressive/liberal in political mindset, they are pragmatic in their view toward the trajectory of their work life. This seems to be lost on unions, who rather than spend money to woo this infusion...

India’s textile and garment industry is worth $40 billion per year. And yet, forced labor, sexual harassment, and dangerous working conditions and abuses are common practice. In an effort to combat these worker injustices, two international groups were formed:...

by Phil Wilson It’s been a week since the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that state public sector unions may no longer compel employees to pay money to them as a condition of employment. As I said last week, this is the most important labor decision in the last...

NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memo in June loosening the standards by which employee handbooks should be judged. The memo was the outcome of the recent Boeing ruling in December, that established a new standard for evaluating employer rules that balances...

Since Big Labor is constantly lamenting the salaries and perks of the country’s highest paid executives (running companies that create millions/billions of dollars in economic value), it is useful occasionally to take a close look at the salaries of union executives,...

Electronic signatures are here to stay, and Big Labor is doing its best to take advantage.  This new site, UnionSignUp.com, offers a subscription service to unions to create online signup forms for the distribution and legal signing of authorization “cards.” Employees...

How would you like to get paid for 27 hours of work per day, 365 days of every year?  If you are a longshoreman working at the Port of New York and New Jersey, it is entirely possible! These “favored jobs” are typically filled by people connected to union leaders or...

Proponents for an increased minimum wage should be happy with this month’s developments. The Massachusetts legislature passed a $15 minimum wage bill. If signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker, the bill would nullify several ballot initiatives that were headed toward a...