Smlr_net August 2015

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N.L.R.B. Denies Request From Northwestern Football Players Seeking Union
by SMLR Library 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* *Source:* NY Times *Author: * Ben Strauss Date: Aug 17, 201*5* *Summary: * The National Labor Relations Board <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/nationa…> on Monday dismissed a petition by Northwestern football players who were seeking to unionize, effectively denying their claim that they were university employees. In a unanimous decision <http://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4581d7160d> that was a clear victory for the college sports establishment, the five-member Board declined to exert its jurisdiction in the case and preserved, for now, one of the N.C.A.A.’s core principles: that college athletes are primarily students. Link: nyti.ms/1WzINe7 Also: *NLRB unanimously rules Northwestern players can't unionze* cbsprt.co/1UPjyT5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Jeff Bezos Responds To 'New York Times' Report On Amazon's Workplace
by SMLR Library 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Jeff Bezos Responds To 'New York Times' Report On Amazon's Workplace *Source:* NPR *Author: * Laura Wagner Date: Aug 17, 201*5* *Summary: * Following a weekend New York Times feature <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-id…> that depicted an often harsh and unforgiving workplace culture at tech giant Amazon, CEO Jeff Bezos has responded in a memo to employees. Link: n.pr/1JmpAc0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Racial Wealth Gap Persists Despite Degree, Study Says
by SMLR Library 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Racial Wealth Gap Persists Despite Degree, Study Says *Source:* NY Times *Author: * Patricia Cohen Date: Aug 16, 201*5* *Summary: * A new study has found <https://www.stlouisfed.org/itv/itb-12> that for black and Hispanic college graduates, that shield is severely cracked, failing to protect them from both short-term crises and longstanding challenges. Link: nyti.ms/1hHKRR1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Let Older Americans Keep Working
by SMLR Library 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Let Older Americans Keep Working *Source:* NY Times *Author: * LAURENCE J. KOTLIKOFF and ROBERT C. POZEN Date: Aug 15, 201*5* *Summary: * Keeping older Americans on the job therefore benefits everyone: It is crucial to maintaining economic growth, and it will help the boomers to preserve and increase their savings if longevity continues to rise. Link: nyti.ms/1J9Y8Mu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace
by SMLR Library 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace *Source:* NY Times *Author: * JODI KANTOR <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/jodi_kantor/in…> and DAVID STREITFELD <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/david_streitfe…> Date: Aug 15, 201*5* *Summary: * Thanks in part to its ability to extract the most from employees, Amazon is stronger than ever. Its swelling campus is transforming a swath of this city, a 10-million-square-foot bet that tens of thousands of new workers will be able to sell everything to everyone everywhere. Last month, it eclipsed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the country, with a market valuation of $250 billion, and Forbes deemed Mr. Bezos the fifth-wealthiest person on earth. Link: nyti.ms/1J7i52n ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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The Nation: Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’?
by SMLR Library 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’? *Source:* The Nation *Author: * Michelle Chen Date: Aug 13, 201*5* *Summary: * Late last month, graduate students seeking to organize a union at the famously liberal institution were thwarted by a decade-old precedent that bars the right to unionize for graduate student instructors and researchers. Link: bit.ly/1EstdWf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Power Worker's Legacy: Lines Installed, Doubters Defied, Daughter Inspired
by SMLR Library 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Power Worker's Legacy: Lines Installed, Doubters Defied, Daughter Inspired *Source:* NPR Date: Aug 13, 201*5* *Summary: * When Monica Harwell started working for Con Edison as a line constructor in 1991, her job was to install power lines, dozens of feet in the air. She was the first woman to climb utility poles for the company. Link: n.pr/1NuDwhS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Women work or stay at home? Americans want it both ways, says author Jennifer Senior
by SMLR Library 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Women work or stay at home? Americans want it both ways, says author Jennifer Senior *Source:* PBS NewsHour Date: Aug 13, 201*5* *Summary: * A lot has changed about parenting since the first days of America, including our perceptions of what’s best for our children. Jennifer Senior, author of "All Joy and No Fun," offers her Brief But Spectacular take on the paradoxes of modern parenthood. Link: to.pbs.org/1LbCDNK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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The huge mistake almost everyone makes when they ask for a higher job offer
by SMLR Library 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Ask the Headhunter: The huge mistake almost everyone makes when they ask for a higher job offer *Source:* PBS NewsHour *Author: * Nick Corcodilos <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/ncorcodilos/> Date: Aug 13, 201*5* *Summary: * How should I request a better offer than the one that was made? By phone? By e-mail? By regular mail? Do you ask the HR person, since that is who handles the offer letter in the first place? How does the give-and-take take place? Link: to.pbs.org/1NtmO2p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Stop Stealing From Strippers
by SMLR Library 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management.* Title: Stop Stealing From Strippers *Source:* NY Times *Author: * Joanne Lipman Date: Aug 13, 201*5* *Summary: * Relegated to the fringes of the workplace, in part because of stigmas surrounding sex work, we are invisible. Clubs force us to work as “independent contractors.” We have no health insurance, workers’ compensation or other benefits. We have zero security. Strippers, or dancers, as some of us prefer, are women on our way to somewhere better or different, twerking topless in a club that will never have our backs — a club that will demand arbitrary fees from us and skim a share of our hard-earned tips all night, caring little if we are here again next week or if we vanish. Link: nyti.ms/1NcYOm1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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