The data is in. More union strikes occurred in the fourth quarter of 2021 than at any time in the previous decade. Strikes have increased each quarter since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. I’m not surprised. The labor climate is changing. The combination of the Great Resignation and President Biden’s overwhelmingly pro-union labor agenda, newly…

More than 31,000 retail workers recently walked off the job at Stop and Shop supermarkets across three states. This is the largest retail industry strike in the past 16 years. In fact, more than 10,000 retail workers have not struck in over 15 years. The union and supermarket chain disagreed in negotiations on health-care benefits,…

Tomorrow is supposed to be a nationwide fast food worker strike. Organized by worker centers representing labor unions, this strike is the latest outburst by unions seeking to organize the largely non-union fast food industry. With union membership at (or near) an historic low, unions are trying to organize fast food workers and newly legalized…

My clients like to tell me that their employees will never go on strike. No matter how contentious negotiations get, or how angered their workers become, their people will never engage in the ultimate act of solidarity. And for the most part, my clients are right. However, just because they’re right, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t…

Collective bargaining agreements contain many different clauses. This three part series covers what I believe to be among the most important clauses to any labor contract. In Part 1 I discussed the recogition clause, management rights clause, and dues check off clause. Today I cover the no strike / no lock out clause and the sympathy strike clause.…