Subject: Where Do You Rank? Take 5 Minutes to Find Out : LRI INK

December 22, 2025

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Take the 5-Minute Labor Relations Benchmark Assessment To See Where You Rank

by Michael VanDervort

Where Does Your Union Facility Really Rank?

If your company has unionized locations, here is the question almost no one can answer with confidence:


Where do you rank on labor relations performance?


At the Fortune 500 level, labor departments track everything. Grievance resolution rates. Arbitration velocity. Legal spend ratios. Contract administration workloads. They know exactly where they stand.


Mid-market employers? They are usually guessing. And guessing is not a strategy.


We are addressing this issue by building the first comprehensive labor-relations performance database. But we need your help. To make the benchmarks meaningful, we need data from union facilities across industries and regions.

What You Get For Participating

Everyone who completes the confidential seven-minute survey receives the complete Managing the Union Shop Toolkit:

  • The 7 Tests of Just Cause Decision Flowchart

  • The 6 Step Grievance Investigation Cheat Sheet

  • The Union Steward Communication Playbook, including ten ready-to-use supervisor scripts

  • Plus a signed copy of Managing the Union Shop if you want one. Please request it at the end of the survey.

What You Will Receive When We Hit 500 Responses

Once the data set is large enough to support reliable benchmarking, you will receive a custom report that includes:

  • Your percentile ranking across five core labor relations performance categories

  • A side-by-side comparison with top-performing facilities

  • Industry-specific insights for your sector

  • A list of targeted gaps and recommended improvements

This is the type of visibility large employers already use to get ahead of issues. Our goal is to make that level of intelligence available to everyone.


Take the 5 Minute Survey

You can complete the survey here:  lrionline.com/benchmark 


Every union facility that participates helps build the database that will shape the future of labor relations intelligence.


Thank you.


The Labor Relations Institute Benchmarking Team


P.S. Fortune 500 labor departments are invited too. Your data is essential for setting the benchmark.

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Contributing editors for this issue: Greg Kittinger, Michael VanDervort, and Kimberly Ricci.


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About LRI Consulting Services, Inc.

LRI Consulting Services, Inc. exists to help our clients thrive and become extraordinary workplaces. We improve the lives of working people by strengthening relationships with their leaders and each other. For over 40 years, LRI Consulting Services, Inc. has led the labor and employee relations industry, driven by our core values and our proven process, the LRI Way.

 

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