Congratulations to the excellent employees & management of my client, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op, for ratifying its first collective bargaining agreement with its new labor union the Dill Pickle Food Co-op Workers’ Union (DPFCWU). This is a great example of what positive & cooperative (no pun intended) labor relations can accomplish. Please see the below [...]
My client, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op (DPFC), is pleased to announce that their former labor union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was decertified on 12/20/22. The IWW was replaced with the DPFC's own employees’ union, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op Workers Union. The new Union & DPFC are excited and pleased that employees chose to go [...]
The Food Institute Your Single Source for Food Industry News, Data and Trends Since 1928 Experts Predict ‘Striketober’ to Remember MARCY KREITER | SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Slightly more than a month before the mid-term elections, thousands of U.S. workers are threatening to turn October into “Striketober,” with restaurant workers at the forefront of the bid to increase [...]
Thanks to Professor Donald (Don) Hubbart, Senior Director, Compensation - Siemens, for having me lecture at his Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business employee relations class on April 11! I engaged with students in a one hour discussion concerning labor & union relations. This included the history of unions, why we have unions, the [...]
Thanks to Construction Dive for quoting me in another article. It's their 11/23/21 story: Construction firms search for legal loopholes to federal contractor vaccine mandate; Some companies may explore spinning off separate LLCs, but the chances of success are low, according to guidance from attorneys and the government. Also, interestingly enough, my prior Construction Dive [...]
