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 [...]
Illinois suspends requirement for in-state workers on public projects April 19, 2022, Sebastian Obando, Reporter Scott Olson / Staff via Getty Images Dive Brief: The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act, also known as the Illinois Preference Act, is no longer in effect, according to the Illinois Department of Labor. Illinois legislators knocked down [...]
Thanks to writer Joe Bousquin for quoting me in: Is 'Striketober' the moment construction unions have been waiting for? The convergence of worker shortages, supply chain snarls and vaccine mandates could give labor the upper hand at the bargaining table, experts say. Published Oct. 28, 2021 Joe Bousquin, Senior Reporter Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via Getty [...]
