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Wal-Mart Cuts Some Workers’ Hours After Pay Raise Boosts Costs
by SMLR Library 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Wal-Mart Cuts Some Workers’ Hours After Pay Raise Boosts Costs *Source:* Bloomberg *Author: *Shannon Pettypiece <http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOTvH5Zg-1k/shannon-pettypiece> Date: Sept 1, 201*5* *Summary: *Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the midst of spending $1 billion to raise employees’ wages and give them extra training, has been cutting the number of hours some of them work in a bid to keep costs in check. *Link:* bloom.bg/1NITeZX *Related:* Fight for $15: the strategist going to war to make McDonald's pay bit.ly/1Iz59kZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Wal-Mart Cuts Some Workers’ Hours After Pay Raise Boosts Costs
by SMLR Library 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

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What you should know about the national labor ruling on subcontractors
by SMLR Library 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: What you should know about the national labor ruling on subcontractors *Source:* PBS NewsHour Date: Sept 1, 201*5* *Summary: *This week, the National Labor Relations Board made a ruling that could play an important role in holding companies legally responsible for employees hired through subcontractors or by independently-owned franchises. Link: to.pbs.org/1LFw6YV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Owned by Union, Amalgamated Bank Gives Lift to the Left
by SMLR Library 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Owned by Union, Amalgamated Bank Gives Lift to the Left *Source:* NY Times Date: Sept 1, 201*5* *Summary: *Four years after nearly collapsing amid the financial crisis, Amalgamated has aggressively carved out a position as the left’s private banker, leveraging deep connections with the Democratic establishment to expand rapidly in a niche long dominated by larger but less nimble financial institutions. Link: nyti.ms/1VrW8U8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Greg Schott of MuleSoft: Beware the Threats to a Positive Workplace
by SMLR Library 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Greg Schott of MuleSoft: Beware the Threats to a Positive Workplace *Source:* NY Times Date: Sept 1, 201*5* *Summary: **This interview with Greg Schott, <https://www.mulesoft.com/team> chief executive of MuleSoft, a software company, was conducted and condensed by **Adam Bryant.* Link: nyti.ms/1JGVWbo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Labor board landmark ruling affects contract workers
by SMLR Library 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Labor board landmark ruling affects contract workers *Source:* Marketplace Morning Report *Author: *Nova Safo Date: Aug 28, 201*5* *Summary: *In what is being called a landmark decision by both proponents and opponents, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a group of sanitation workers in Central California, who were deciding whether to unionize, can negotiate directly with the sanitation company for which they work, and not just the temp agency that hires and supervises them. Link: bit.ly/1It1JjX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Virginia Shooting Spotlights Riddle of Workplace Safety
by SMLR Library 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Virginia Shooting Spotlights Riddle of Workplace Safety *Source:* NY Times Date: Aug 28, 201*5* *Summary: *It is a nightmare for any employer: what to do with a volatile, constantly aggrieved worker who has had angry, even frightening confrontations with fellow workers — yet has committed no crime. Because he had no convictions and had not been adjudicated mentally ill, Mr. Flanagan was able to legally purchase from a licensed dealer the Glock 19 handgun used in the killings after passing a background check in June, federal officials said. Link: nyti.ms/1Jsi7oP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Labor Board Ruling on Joint Employers Leaves Some Companies Scratching Their Heads
by SMLR Library 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

<http://nyti.ms/1fN8lmd> *SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Labor Board Ruling on Joint Employers Leaves Some Companies Scratching Their Heads *Source:* NY Times *Author: *Stacy Cowley Date: Aug 28, 201*5* *Summary: *A National Labor Relations Board <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/nationa…> ruling that could significantly change the relationship between companies and their subcontractors <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/business/labor-board-says-franchise-worke…> and between franchise operators and their franchisees has businesses in those industries scrambling to understand the ramifications. Link: nyti.ms/1fN8lmd Related: A Ruling With a Bonus for Fast-Food Workers nyti.ms/1JshuLY <http://nyti.ms/1fN8lmd> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NYT: Buying Sex Should Not Be Legal
by SMLR Library 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Buying Sex Should Not Be Legal *Source:* NY Times *Author: *Rachel Moran Date: Aug 28, 201*5* *Summary: *HERE in my city, earlier this month, Amnesty International’s international council endorsed <http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/global-movement-votes-to-adop…> a new policy calling for the decriminalization of the global sex trade. Its proponents argue that decriminalizing prostitution is the best way of protecting “the human rights of sex workers,” though the policy would apply equally to pimps, brothel-keepers and johns. Link: nyti.ms/1PZjLjT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Court gives SeaTac workers a raise after $15 minimum wage exclusion
by SMLR Library 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Court gives SeaTac workers a raise after $15 minimum wage exclusion *Source:* PBS NewsHour *Author: *Paul Solman Date: Aug 28, 201*5* *Summary: *In SeaTac, Washington, home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, citizens voted in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But airport businesses challenged the law in court, excluding 5,000 or so workers from receiving the increased benefits. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the employees Link: to.pbs.org/1JBNYEI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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