Employees have long memories.  This is especially true for union employees, as a Washington Post article reports yet another employer is learning.
Employees are on strike.  Employer wants concessions to survive.  Employees don’t buy the employer’s plea, because of promises made it the past.  It’s a timeworn story that almost never has a happy ending.

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What’s the deal about “May Day”?
In an article written by Barbara Goodwin, editor of the Maine Employment Law Letter, for HR Hero Line, there’s a summary of how “May Day” started, as well as practical tips about how we can relate May Day to the current workplace. 
Since this is May 1, check it out.

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What happened in California with grocery stores a few years ago won’t happen on the other side of the country–at least, not this time.  Click here to read an article in the Washington Post.

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In 2003, there was a crippling grocery store strike in California.  Will there be another one in another part of the country this year?   Click here to find out more.

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The writers have voted to end their strike.  Life is good again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/business/media/13vote.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

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An article in Slate Magazine agrees with my analysis (yesterday) of the settlement of the writers strike.  At least, that’s the way I’m spinning it.  But read it for yourself.

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After three months, the Writers Strike appears to be over.  The board of the Writers Guild has approved a new contract, and members are expected to follow suit.  For more on this development, click here, here, and here.
The spin has already started.  A Guild representative said this new contract contained “huge victories” for screenwriters.  Another […]

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Sooner or later in any strike, a question arises:  How much staying power do the union and its members have?  It appears that the Writers Guild and the writers are on the verge of having to answer that question.

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On November 24, I did a post on the recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board concerning employee email.  As you may recall, this ruling says employers can ban employees’ use of company email for purposes of union solicitation if the employer’s policy prohibits solicitations involving other outside entities.  Below is more analysis of this ruling from […]

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The National Labor Relations Board has finally decided the Register-Guard case.  In this case, the NLRB ruled that employers have the right to prohibit employees from using a company’s email system to send union-related messages, a decision that obviously interferes with communications between labor unions and their membership.
Labor Board Restricts Union Use of E-Mail
There is somewhat of […]

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