This is what buyers’ remorse looks like
On May 9, 2022, the baristas working at the Starbucks store located at 1123 NW 63rd St., Nichols Hills, OK 73116 voted 10-9 to unionize . It...
Topic: labor relations
Unions: fad or trend?
By Jon Hyman
Last Friday I joined my good friend Eric Meyer via Zoom on his weekly Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. Our topic: whether the rec...
Jousting over union names and trademarks
By Jon Hyman
One of the trends that has come through in the recent wave of unionization is the use by labor unions of corporate names and logos in their ...
Ex-Starbucks manager throws employer under the bus for its alleged anti-union retaliation
By Jon Hyman
"I didn't want to do illegal stuff. I've worked my entire life to build up a career of integrity, and I was not going to allow ...
Why employees are quitting might also tell you why they are unionizing
By Jon Hyman
Why are employees quitting their jobs? StandOutCV (as reported by TLNT ) wanted to know the answer, so it analyzed 2,698 recent social med...
Is a labor union liable for damages caused by its members during a strike
By Jon Hyman
Suppose your employees walk off the job in protest of stalled negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement. Further suppose that ...
Show this story to your employees who start clamoring for a union
By Jon Hyman
When a labor union is engaged in organizing your employees, you are allowed to present facts to your employees to attempt to convince them ...
The NLRB is inching towards Weingarten Rights for all employees
By Jon Hyman
In NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. , the U.S. Supreme Court held that employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are entitled to req...
Like herpes, the NLRB’s efforts to liberalize its joint employer standard just won’t go away
By Jon Hyman
Joint employment under the NLRA has a tortured history over the past seven years. Yesterday, the NLRB released a Notice of Proposed Rulemak...
Checking the pulse of the American worker on labor unions as we enter Labor Day Weekend
By Jon Hyman
The following stats should be eye-opening for any business owner, CEO, or board of directors. 71 percent of Americans "approve" o...
Pizza shop closure is a teachable lesson on union avoidance
By Jon Hyman
We are truly heartbroken to announce that we've made the difficult decision to permanently close both Knead Slice Shop and Knead Market ...
NLRB re-writes law on employees displaying union logos at work
By Jon Hyman
Tesla's General Assembly plant maintained the following dress code: "It is mandatory that all Production Associates and Leads wear...
Consistency matters when applying anti-harassment rules
By Jon Hyman
Can an employer legally fire an employee who writes "whore board" on an overtime sign-up sheet? Let's explore. Following unsuc...
Employee too distraught to work over Dobbs decision loses job
By Jon Hyman
I haven't been shy about hiding my disgust over Dobbs , the end of constitutional protections for abortion, and the threat to reproducti...
Does craft beer have a labor problem?
By Jon Hyman
Does craft beer have a labor problem? Julie Rhodes , writing at PorchDrinking , sure thinks so. She cites low wages and labor conditions as...
NLRB dismisses charges against lawyers for alleged “union busting” against the employees of its client … but let’s not celebrate yet
By Jon Hyman
One law firm has been at the center of most of the recent high-profile anti-union organizing efforts in large multi-state employers such as ...
Have you listened to Labor Relatedly yet?
By Jon Hyman
Over the past few years, I've toyed with the idea of launching my own legal podcast. Two things have held me back. First, I don't re...
Apple becomes the latest national retailer to succumb to the union wave
By Jon Hyman
Workers at the Towson, Maryland, Apple Store made history by becoming the first such store to vote to unionize . It wasn't close, with 6...
Making threats vs. stating facts during union organizing
By Jon Hyman
"Just know that if you unionize, when you are negotiating your benefits, you could gain, you could lose, or you could stay the same....
Can you legally close a facility in response to unionization?
By Jon Hyman
Almost two months to the day that workers at the College Ave. Starbucks location in Ithaca, New York, voted to unionize, the coffee conglome...