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History of the Labor Movement: The Battle of Blair Mountain

History of the Labor Movement: The Battle of Blair Mountain

by Stephen Koppekin | May 23, 2018 | Business, History of Labor Laws, Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Stephen Koppekin

In all of our country’s history, no single labor strike has engulfed more lives than the Battle of Blair Mountain: the largest labor skirmish ever in the US and one of the bloodiest battles fought on American soil since the Civil War. It began in 1921, as tensions...

A New Sheriff in Town: NLRB Under President Trump Reverses Obama-Era Decisions

by Stephen Koppekin | Jan 4, 2018 | Business, Labor Laws, News and Events, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin, Workplace Policies

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently overturned a number of prominent regulations and policies implemented during President Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House. These decisions came in the wake of President Donald Trump’s appointment of...

History of the Labor Movement: Labor and WWII

by Stephen Koppekin | Dec 27, 2017 | History of Labor Laws, Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin

Crippling unemployment, low wages, and labor uncertainty characterized workers’ lives during the torturous years of the Great Depression. Although President Franklin. D Roosevelt’s New Deal created jobs and relief programs for millions of Americans, by 1940, the...
The Steel Strike of 1919

The Steel Strike of 1919

by Stephen Koppekin | Oct 31, 2017 | Business, History of Labor Laws, Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Stephen Koppekin

At the turn of the 20th century, industrial expansion was the apple of America’s eye. Factories churned out products from silverware to guns to cars at a breakneck pace. A web of railroads tied the country together. Cities began to expand not just out, but up, with...
Unions and Worker Happiness

Unions and Worker Happiness

by Stephen Koppekin | Sep 18, 2017 | Business, Employee Engagement, Organized Labor, Stephen Koppekin

Job satisfaction is organizational mortar; it’s the substance that stabilizes pieces of a whole. Just as weak mortar may lead to loose, crumbling bricks, employees held at their workstations by a meager amount of professional pride and enjoyment are susceptible to...
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Stephen Koppekin is the founder and CEO of Koppekin Consulting, Inc. An experienced former executive who spent decades overseeing industrial relations and workplace safety for major businesses in the entertainment industry, Stephen started his own independent consulting business shortly after retiring. He uses 43 years of experience in labor and employment, during which time he worked at two major entertainment corporations and in government agency National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), to support a diverse client set.

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