Labor and talent
73 of 521 companies added a paragraph in Risk Factors that uses one of these words:
labor shortage, labor union, labor unions, unionized, collective bargaining, key personnel, attract and retain.
The paragraph is in the latest 10-K and nothing like it was in the one before.
It counts text; it does not say how serious a risk is. Words in capitals only (such as AI) must be in capitals.
By sector
Sector is the SEC's industry description of the company. Each count opens that sector's quotes below.
| Sector | Companies | Compared |
|---|---|---|
| Air Courier Services | 1 | 1 |
| Farm Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 1 |
| Food and Kindred Products | 1 | 1 |
| Meat Packing Plants | 1 | 1 |
| Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries | 1 | 1 |
| Paper Mills | 1 | 1 |
| Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors | 1 | 1 |
| Retail-Retail Stores, NEC | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Management Services | 1 | 1 |
| Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, NEC | 1 | 1 |
| Railroads, Line-Haul Operating | 2 | 3 |
| Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys | 2 | 4 |
| Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC | 1 | 2 |
| Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware | 1 | 2 |
| Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) | 1 | 2 |
| Printed Circuit Boards | 1 | 2 |
| Rubber & Plastics Footwear | 1 | 2 |
| Services-Medical Laboratories | 1 | 2 |
| Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products | 1 | 2 |
| Finance Services | 12 | 28 |
| Beverages | 2 | 5 |
| Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies | 2 | 5 |
| General Industrial Machinery & Equipment | 1 | 3 |
| Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC | 1 | 3 |
| Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | 1 | 3 |
| Water Transportation | 1 | 3 |
| Pharmaceutical Preparations | 3 | 11 |
| Investment Advice | 2 | 8 |
| Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) | 1 | 4 |
| Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | 1 | 4 |
| Retail-Eating Places | 1 | 4 |
| Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services | 1 | 4 |
| Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | 1 | 4 |
| Semiconductors & Related Devices | 3 | 15 |
| Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) | 1 | 5 |
| Computer Storage Devices | 1 | 5 |
| Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. | 1 | 5 |
| National Commercial Banks | 2 | 11 |
| State Commercial Banks | 1 | 6 |
| Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | 1 | 7 |
| Electric Services | 2 | 15 |
| Services-Business Services, NEC | 2 | 16 |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts | 3 | 27 |
| Services-Prepackaged Software | 2 | 19 |
| Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | 1 | 10 |
119 paragraphs · Semiconductors & Related Devices show all sectors
the loss of key personnel and our ability to retain key employees to maintain or upgrade our business systems and maintain internal controls;
Read in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026 ↗
Certain of our employees have formed or joined labor unions, and additional unionization efforts may occur in the future. Labor unions representing a portion of our workforce have been engaged in union organizing and collective bargaining activities, including formal mediations (which, if not successful, could permit strike actions), and public demands for revised incentive structures. Such disputes could escalate rapidly and affect manufacturing output across the industry.
Read in the 10-K filed Oct 9, 2026 ↗
•our ability to negotiate agreements, social plans, and terms and conditions with our labor unions and works councils,
Read in the 10-K filed Nov 10, 2026 ↗