If it feels like labor unions are having their moment, it’s because they absolutely are
Union representation petitions are surging. According to the National Labor Relations Board , they have increased a whopping 57% over the p...
What was your worst job ever?
By Jon Hyman
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...
I’m begging you, STOP firing union organizers
By Jon Hyman
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...
WIRTW #623: the “blocked” edition
By Jon Hyman
I've probably written more about labor organizing over the past six months than in the prior six years (or longer) combined. It's a ...
Series of promotions dooms gay brewery employee’s sex discrimination claim
By Jon Hyman
Midland Brewing Company hired Ryan Boshaw to work as a server. Over the span of nine months, it promoted him three times, to an hourly manag...