Collective Bargaining
Collective Bargaining in 2023: End-of-Year Grades
2023 was a very important year for collective bargaining --- perhaps the most important in a generation. This year certainly proved, yet again, collective…
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Janitorial Workers Across New England Reach Tentative Deal on Historic Contract
All photos are courtesy of 32BJ/Ann Hermes. More than 12,000 janitorial workers across New England represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU)…
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Collective Bargaining in 2023: A Post-Mid-Year Assessment
In a post published at the end of March 2023 , I posited that "2023 could be the most important year for collective bargaining agreements in recent history."…
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The Concessions Bargaining Era May Be History in 2023
Those of us who are old enough to have lived through the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s remember a long, dismal era for the labor movement. Ronald Reagan using a…
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What the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision Means for Unions and Employers
In 1974, the United Steelworkers and Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corporation agreed to create a training program designed to remedy gross disparities between the…
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Labor Artifact: Teamsters Video from 1997 UPS Negotiations
The Power at Work Blog is delighted to lift up this 1997 video --- Actions Speak Louder Than Words --- when the Teamsters and UPS were negotiating another of…
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Six Observations About A Potential Teamsters Strike Against UPS
On June 16, the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will report the results of its authorization vote to strike against the United Parcel…
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The Union Difference When Bosses Demand a Return to the Office
Bosses from CEOs to front-line managers don't seem to like being alone in empty offices and darkened hallways. Most of them understood they could not force…
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In 2023, The Big Issue is Collective Bargaining
The biggest issue in labor during 2021 and 2022 was organizing. Union organizing activity increased substantially and the list of organizing successes for…
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Exploding the Myth That Unions are “Third Parties”
A favorite tactic of employers opposing their employees' union organizing efforts is to argue that the union is a "third party." The implication, which…