{"id":10339,"date":"2026-04-28T06:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=10339"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:56:55","slug":"this-ceo-values-her-union-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/this-ceo-values-her-union-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"This CEO Values Her Union Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast Company brings us this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91530758\/one-ceo-explains-why-she-values-her-union-workforce\">This CEO Values Her Union Workforce<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-collective-strengths-international-workers-day-is-may-1-a-public-holiday-in-many-parts-of-the-world-equivalent-to-labor-day-in-the-u-s-and-canada-in-recognition-of-may-day-i-spoke-with-judy-marks-chair-ceo-and-president-of-otis-worldwide-corporation-at-otis-which-makes-installs-services-and-modernizes-elevators-and-escalators-64-of-its-u-s-employees-are-governed-by-collective-bargaining-agreements-and-much-of-its-international-workforce-are-also-under-union-contracts-for-marks-those-agreements-provide-certainty-at-a-time-when-much-of-the-business-landscape-is-in-flux-as-a-ceo-i-would-love-predictability-in-everything-we-do-she-says-but-it-s-especially-valuable-in-labor-which-is-so-critical-for-us-otis-has-72-000-total-employees-and-45-000-frontline-workers-doing-installations-repairs-and-maintenance\"><strong>International Workers\u2019\u00a0Day is May 1, a public holiday in\u00a0many\u00a0parts of the world that\u2019s equivalent to Labor Day in the U.S. and Canada. In recognition of May Day,\u00a0I\u00a0spoke with Judy Marks,\u00a0chair,\u00a0CEO, and president\u00a0of Otis Worldwide Corp. At\u00a0Otis,\u00a0which makes, installs, services, and modernizes elevators and escalators, 64% of its U.S. employees are\u00a0governed by collective bargaining agreements, and much\u00a0of its international workforce are also under union contracts. For Marks, those agreements provide certainty at a time when much of the\u00a0business landscape is\u00a0in\u00a0flux<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-collective-strengths-international-workers-day-is-may-1-a-public-holiday-in-many-parts-of-the-world-equivalent-to-labor-day-in-the-u-s-and-canada-in-recognition-of-may-day-i-spoke-with-judy-marks-chair-ceo-and-president-of-otis-worldwide-corporation-at-otis-which-makes-installs-services-and-modernizes-elevators-and-escalators-64-of-its-u-s-employees-are-governed-by-collective-bargaining-agreements-and-much-of-its-international-workforce-are-also-under-union-contracts-for-marks-those-agreements-provide-certainty-at-a-time-when-much-of-the-business-landscape-is-in-flux-as-a-ceo-i-would-love-predictability-in-everything-we-do-she-says-but-it-s-especially-valuable-in-labor-which-is-so-critical-for-us-otis-has-72-000-total-employees-and-45-000-frontline-workers-doing-installations-repairs-and-maintenance\"><strong>\u201cAs a CEO, I would love predictability in everything we do, but it\u2019s especially\u00a0[valuable]\u00a0in labor, which is so critical for us,\u201d she says. Otis has\u00a072,000 total employees;\u00a045,000 are frontline workers doing installations, repairs, and\u00a0maintenance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(graphic by BCTGM.org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast Company brings us this This CEO Values Her Union Workforce&#8230;. International Workers\u2019\u00a0Day is May 1, a public holiday in\u00a0many\u00a0parts of the world that\u2019s equivalent to Labor Day in the U.S. and Canada. In recognition of May Day,\u00a0I\u00a0spoke with Judy Marks,\u00a0chair,\u00a0CEO, and president\u00a0of Otis Worldwide Corp. At\u00a0Otis,\u00a0which makes, installs, services, and modernizes elevators and escalators, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10341,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10339\/revisions\/10341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}