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Labor negotiations now a social process

October 10, 2011

Social media and labor negotiations at the UAW In a presentation I gave recently at the Ohio HR Conference, I mentioned some of the ways unions have adopted social media into the labor negotiations process, including the use of Twitter and private groups on Facebook. Turns out, it is progressing faster than I realized. The [...]

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Crossing the line

March 3, 2011

On Women of HR This is a link to my latest post for Women of HR.  It is about a non-traditional marriage, and erasing the lines that limit us every day. Here is a teaser: Whether we like it or not, there are still societal expectations in place that tell us we should conform to [...]

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Keep that line moving please!

January 2, 2011

Image via Wikipedia We hate waiting in lines Lots of HR people have been taking trips down here to Florida recently to visit the Mouse – Mickey Mouse, of course.    The holiday season always brings out the tourists in Florida, and everything gets a little busier  – more traffic, and longer lines.  We love you [...]

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New NLRB posting requirement for employers proposed

December 27, 2010

Image via Wikipedia NLRB continues aggressively changing the rules The last thing people think about during the holiday season is labor relations.  Well, most people – I am sort of a labor relations geek, but even I am surprised at the volume of news that continues to pour of the National Labor Relations Board offices [...]

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A Cautionary Tale: Social Media, the NLRB and Free Speech

November 9, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Facebook is NOT Free Speech for Employees There is a short article on the Mashable/ Social Media page written today by Julie O’Dell.  It is entitled “For Employees, Facebook counts as free speech“.  As I write this, the article had been retweeted 1,353 times, and liked on Facebook 1,975 times.  This is [...]

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Why Al Gore Shouldn’t Be This Year’s SHRM Annual Keynote Speaker

January 23, 2010

Al Gore via last.fm An Inconvenient Choice? Last week, China Gorman used Twitter to announce that Al Gore had been selected as the Keynote Speaker for the 2010 SHRM Conference and Exposition in San Diego. It didn’t take long for the news to spread, or for a debate to spring up on Twitter about whether [...]

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The Slow, Silent War for Talent

January 5, 2010

Image by dbking via Flickr A lot of people don’t like their job Shocking news from the Conference Board and MSNBC today folks!    Americans are unhappy at work! We can’t get no job satisfaction. Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to [...]

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