Archive: May 2022

On Jan. 7, Great Lakes Coffee Roasting in Detroit temporarily closed following a Covid outbreak that sidelined nine employees. It never reop...

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Everyone please wish my smart, compassionate, talented, beautiful, kick-ass daughter a happy 16th birthday!!! Here's what I read this pa...

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Unions aren't just having a moment, they are having their best moment in at least 50 years. What has caused the "perfect ...

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"Nothing you share will be attributed to you and your feedback will remain anonymous." That's what an HR consultant advised em...

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"Black lives" matter causes segregation. Have you ever hear[d] of "white lives" matter or "[J]ewish" lives m...

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On June 6, 2019, unionized employees of Vox Media , a left-leaning digital media company, walked off the job during union contract negotiati...

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If you're located in Northeast Ohio and don't have our upcoming Wickens Workshop on your calendar, why not? I, along with two of my...

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When I challenge the continued viability of labor unions and the lack of benefits they offer to or confer upon 21st century employees, this ...

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The "Great Replacement" is a conspiracy theory that certain leftist political forces are bringing non-whites into the United State...

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"Meet H&N's newest assistant brewer," the Instagram post began. How nice, a brewery advertising its female-friendly work e...

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"I'm here to listen." It's an innocuous enough statement for management to make to employees. What could possibly go wrong...

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How do you support your female employees amid times of great uncertainty about the continued viability of their reproductive rights and body...

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Let's see if you can spot the employment law issue from this story, which I've borrowed from our local police blotter . On April 26,...

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A video made the rounds yesterday on Twitter of a mass of Best Buy employees foiling a shoplifting attempt with a stellar zone defense. Thi...

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Friedrich Nietzsche once said , "It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge...

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Corrective action rules A dress code A prohibition on cell phone use while working A social media policy Confidentiality rules These are a f...

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Earlier this week our country officially passed 1 million Covid-19 deaths . According to the World Health Organization, Covid's full dea...

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Yesterday I shared about the moment labor unions are currently having, with representation petitions surging 57% over the past six months, a...

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Union representation petitions are surging.  According to the National Labor Relations Board , they have increased a whopping 57% over the p...

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The year was 1989. It was the summer between my junior and senior years in high school. I worked as a busboy in the dining room of an assist...

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Brenda Garcia led union efforts at Chipotle as one of its employees. Or, rather, she was one of its employees until last week, when the res...

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