Smlr_net October 2021

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October 29, 2021
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29 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 29, 2021* *Title:* Job Openings and Labor Turnover Trends for States in 2020 *Source:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Author:* Skyla Skopovi, Paul Calhoun, and Larry Akinyooye *Date:* October 2021 *Summary:* Explores trends in several measures—job openings, hires, separations (including quits, layoffs, and discharges), labor churn, fill rates, and unemployed persons per job opening—that can give us a deeper understanding of business cycles and labor demand across the United States and help businesses and workers make better informed decisions. This article also shows data users how they can use these estimates to evaluate labor demand and labor turnover at regional and state levels. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2ZrrUNP *Title:* New Jersey Has One of the Best Paid Family Leave Programs in America. Why Don’t More People Use It? | Opinion *Source:* Star Ledger *Author:* Debra Lancaster *Date:* October 28, 2021 *Summary: *In New Jersey, we are fortunate to have one of the few state-level paid family leave programs. Enacted in 2009 and expanded last year, Family Leave Insurance (FLI) provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave, wage replacement of up to 85% (capped at $903 a week), and a more inclusive definition of family. It’s one of the strongest programs in the country. Yet, it remains woefully underutilized. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GJ7p0r *Title:* U.S. Jobless Claims Drop to Pandemic Low of 281,000 *Source:* Politico *Author: *Associated Press *Date:* October 28, 2021 *Summary:* Jobless claims dropped by 10,000 to 281,000, lowest since mid-March 2020, the Labor Department said Thursday. Since topping 900,000 in early January, weekly applications have steadily dropped, moving ever closer to pre-pandemic levels just above 200,000. *Link:* https://politi.co/3CuVTmO *Title:* Labor Fines for Current Violations Kept in White House Plan *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Ben Penn and Paige Smith *Date:* October 28, 2021 *Summary:* The White House is moving forward with a proposal to fine employers for existing violations of labor laws, while dropping penalties for new labor violations, sources familiar with the negotiations said. The latest labor penalty proposal is included Democrats’ sweeping tax and social spending package released Thursday by the House Rules Committee, confirming earlier reports from sources familiar with the negotiations. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Cqj7KA *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 28, 2021
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28 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 28, 2021* *Title:* Unequal Vaccine Access Is Widening the Global Economic Gap, a U.N. Agency Says. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Nick Cumming-Bruce *Date:* October 27, 2021 *Summary:* Unequal access to coronavirus vaccines in developing countries is deepening a “great divergence” between rich and poor nations and slowing economic recovery from the pandemic, the United Nations organization that monitors labor market developments said on Wednesday. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/2XSfuOy *Title:* Paid Leave Falls Out of Democratic Package in Urgent Scramble to Secure Manchin’s Support *Source:* CNN *Author:* Phil Mattingly, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox *Date:* October 27, 2021 *Summary: *Democrats are expected to scrap paid family and medical leave from their cornerstone economic and climate package, discarding one of the central planks of President Joe Biden's proposal as they scramble to strike a deal with holdout senators, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3GuMwWl *Title:* Starbucks Raising US Workers’ Pay as Union Effort Looms *Source:* The Associated Press *Author: *Dee-Ann Durbin *Date:* October 27, 2021 *Summary:* Starbucks said Wednesday it is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes to improve working conditions in its stores. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nIcDkm *Title:* US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Meets with Kellogg’s Workers on Strike in Lancaster County *Source:* 8 WGAL (NBC) *Author:* Josslyn Howard *Date:* October 27, 2021 *Summary:* Walsh said workers shouldn't back off. "We are watching. You do have support, and I hope that this strike, with your leadership of your great union here, along with the company, get together soon, resolve this strike, get you where [you] belong – on the inside of the fence, not the outside of the fence," he said. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3pMclvq *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 27, 2021
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27 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 27, 2021* *Title:* Jersey City Could Owe Workers Millions After State Supreme Court Says It Won’t Hear City’s Appeal *Source:* The Jersey Journal *Author:* Jake Maher *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary:* Jersey City may be forced to pay hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to a group of city employees who worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, after the state Supreme Court said it wouldn’t hear its appeal. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3EhAHB9 *Title:* 2 Million Brits Get a Raise as Minimum Wage Jumps to $13 an Hour *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Walé Azeez *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary: *Up to 2 million UK workers will be getting bigger paychecks starting in April following a hike to the minimum wage. The minimum hourly wage for people over the age of 23 will increase by 6.6% to £9.50 ($13), the government said ahead of its budget announcement on Wednesday. *Link:* https://cnn.it/317A2E4 *Title:* Catholic Health Could Cut Health Insurance for Striking Workers at Mercy Hospital *Source:* The Buffalo News *Author: *Jon Harris *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary:* Twenty-six days into a strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, Catholic Health System said Tuesday it is weighing whether to continue paying for health care coverage for the roughly 2,000 workers on the picket line. Since the strike over wages and staffing began, Catholic Health President and CEO Mark Sullivan said the health system has spent more than $1.3 million for striking workers' health benefits, which he said the system is not legally required to provide. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3jInVDL *Title:* Costco Is Raising Starting Wages to $17 an Hour *Source:* Business Insider *Author:* Mary Meisenzahl *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary:* Costco just raised starting wages again, this time to $17, Costco confirmed to Insider in an email. The raise went into effect on October 25. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BjiX6u *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 26, 2021
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26 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 26, 2021* *Title:* Amazon Workers in Staten Island, N.Y., File for Union Election *Source:* NBC News *Author:* Olivia Solon, Ben Kesslen and Cyrus Farivar *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary:* Amazon workers at a cluster of warehouses in Staten Island filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board’s regional office in Brooklyn on Monday requesting an election to form a union. The effort, called the Amazon Labor Union, is headed up by Chris Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired in March 2020 after organizing a protest over the lack of protective gear and hazard pay for warehouse workers at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. It marks the latest in a series of attempts by a small but vocal portion of Amazon’s 950,000 U.S. employees to organize to demand better working conditions. *Link:* https://nbcnews.to/3mffLog *Title:* New York City’s Biggest Police Union Sues Over the City’s Vaccine Mandate *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sharon Otterman and Joseph Goldstein *Date:* October 26, 2021 *Summary: *The largest police union in New York City asked a judge on Monday to allow unvaccinated police officers to continue working, despite the city’s recently imposed vaccine mandate, which requires all municipal workers to have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose by Nov. 1. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3jCcIVw *Title:* John Deere, Workers Feeling Short and Long Term Effects of Strike *Source:* News 7 KWWL (NBC) *Author: *Daniel Perreault *Date:* October 25, 2021 *Summary:* John Deere union workers spend their 12th day out on the picket lines on Monday. Union workers walked off the job and onto the picket lines on October 14 after union leaders and the company could not agree on the terms of a new six-year contract. UAW leaders and John Deere representatives met in Moline on Monday to continue to negotiate another contract. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2XLUPM1 *Title:* 3 States Lead the U.S. in the Rate of Workers Quitting Their Jobs *Source:* October 25, 2021 *Author:* Aimee Picchi *Date:* October 25, 2021 *Summary:* A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs across the U,S., a trend some have dubbed the "Great Resignation." But the phenomenon is making an outsized impact in some regions: In Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho, more than 4% of workers voluntarily left their jobs in August — the highest rates in the country. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3Ccd646 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 25, 2021
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25 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 25, 2021* *Title:* Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jodi Kantor, Karen Weise and Grace Ashford *Date:* October 24, 2021 *Summary:* A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3pxQB66 *Title:* Reconciliation Negotiations Test New Clout of Caregiving Advocates *Source:* Politico *Author:* Caitlin Oprysko *Date:* October 22, 2021 *Summary: *Long sidelined as “women’s issues,” paid leave, Pre-K and other care issues are a focus of Democrats’ negotiations as they finalize their social spending package. *Link:* https://politi.co/3GhiaGX *Title:* SEPTA Workers Union Authorizes Strike *Source:* NBC 10 Philadelphia *Author: *Rudy Chinchilla *Date:* October 24, 2021 *Summary:* SEPTA workers on Sunday authorized a strike as they seek higher wages, better parental leave terms and financial assistance for families of workers who died due to COVID-19. The strike authorization by the Transport Workers Union Local 234 does not necessarily mean that workers will definitely strike, but it does give them leverage as they negotiate a new contract. The current contract expires at midnight on Oct. 31. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Eb5Aaj *Title:* McDonald’s Workers Strike To Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment With Goal of Unionizing *Source:* Fox Business *Author:* Emma Colton *Date:* October 24, 2021 *Summary:* McDonald’s employees are planning a one-day strike this week over the company’s handling of sexual harassment at the workplace and urging the workers to unionize. *Link:* https://fxn.ws/3mb5Fob *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 22, 2021
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22 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 22, 2021* *Title:* Deere’s Injunction Curbs UAW Strikers *Source:* Quad-City Times *Author:* Cara Smith *Date:* October 21, 2021 *Summary:* After a week on the picket line outside of the John Deere Davenport Works, strikers are now under strict restrictions over how and where they can picket. *Link:* https://bit.ly/30GUv2c *Title:* For Police Unions, It’s Not Just a Vaccine Issue. It’s a Workers’ Rights Issue *Source:* CNN *Author:* Peter Nickeas and Priya Krishnakumar *Date:* October 21, 2021 *Summary: *Big cities across America are forcing employees to get vaccinated as part of their jobs, and many police unions are pushing back, driven by a mix of anti-vaccine ideology and principled disagreement over changing work rules on the fly. Unions are availing themselves of their collecting bargaining rights to resist the mandates, citing laws and contract provisions that require employers to negotiate with unions when they want to change workplace rules. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3prTXYk *Title:* Jobless Claims Fall Again as Enhanced Pandemic Benefits Fade Away *Source:* CNBC *Author: *Jeff Cox *Date:* October 21, 2021 *Summary:* First-time filings for jobless claims totaled 290,000 for the week ended Oct. 16. That was down 6,000 from the previous week and below the 300,000 Dow Jones estimate. Continuing claims also dropped to a new pandemic low, falling to 2.48 million. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3GlK9W2 *Title:* SEPTA Transit Union Tells Members To Be Ready For a Strike Vote *Source:* The Philadelphia Inquirer *Author:* Thomas Fitzgerald *Date:* October 20, 2021 *Summary:* Transport Workers Union leader Willie Brown warned local members to stand by for a strike authorization vote Sunday in a videotaped update of contract negotiations with SEPTA as talks enter the final stretch. Management’s wage proposals mean TWU members’ wages would not keep pace with increases recently given to other public unions in the region, he says. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2ZjuRQP *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 21, 2021
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21 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 21, 2021* *Title:* Latina Equal Pay Day *Source:* Economic Policy Institute – Working Economics Blog *Author:* Emily Carew and Valerie Wilson *Date:* October 20, 2021 *Summary:* October 21 is Latina Equal Pay Day. Last year, a typical Latina worker who worked full-time, year-round earned only 57 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men. This means that Latinas on average must work nearly 22 months to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earn in 12 months. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vzoTXz *Title:* Amazon Workers on Staten Island Aim for Union Vote *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Karen Weise and Coral Murphy Marcos *Date:* October 21, 2021 *Summary: *The organizers say they will have enough signatures by Monday to file for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. The company is pushing back. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3B1dpgW *Title:* Fed Report Shows Wage Pressures Amid ‘Modest to Moderate’ Economic Growth *Source:* Reuters *Author: *Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir *Date:* October 20, 2021 *Summary:* U.S. employers reported significant increases in prices and wages even as economic growth decelerated to a “modest to moderate” pace in September and early October, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in its latest compendium of reports about the economy. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3aZUjx8 *Title:* Thousands of Union Workers Dressed in ‘Squid Game’ Costumes Rallied in South Korea, Calling on the Government to Improve Workers’ Rights *Source:* Insider *Author:* Lauren Frias *Date:* October 20, 2021 *Summary:* About 80,000 members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in 13 different cities in South Korea went on strike on Wednesday local time, calling on the nation's government to impose better working conditions for irregular workers and a minimum wage hike, The Straits Times reported. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2XCLV3y *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 20, 2021
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20 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 20, 2021* *Title:* America’s Recovery: Labor Market Characteristics of People with a Disability *Source:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Author:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* October 2021 *Summary:* October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and the theme in 2021 is America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion. COVID-19 had a large impact on the labor market for people with and without disabilities. Historical differences between these groups remain largely unchanged during the pandemic and economic recovery. This Spotlight looks into some of the major labor force characteristics of people with a disability. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3lSYAsh *Title:* Facebook Will Pay Up to $14 Million to Settle Claims it Favored Foreign Workers *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* David McCabe *Date:* October 19, 2021 *Summary: *Facebook agreed on Tuesday to pay up to $14.25 million to settle claims brought by the federal government in the waning days of the Trump administration that the company had discriminated against United States workers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3BYwSQz *Title:* Southwest: We Won’t Put Unvaccinated Workers On Unpaid Leave *Source:* Associated Press *Author: *David Koenig *Date:* October 20, 2021 *Summary:* Southwest Airlines will let unvaccinated employees keep working past early December instead of putting them on unpaid leave if they apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds. Federal contractors — including major U.S. airlines – face a Dec. 8 deadline to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3lXxksP *Title:* A Drop in Wages Prompted Worries Some People’s Social Security Benefits Could Be Reduced. The Recovery Helped Change That *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Lorie Konish *Date:* October 19, 2021 *Summary:* When the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a dramatic drop in wages, that also sparked concerns that one particular cohort would see lower Social Security benefits as a result. Those concerns, however, have abated, according to new data from the Social Security Administration. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3pkfHp5 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 19, 2021
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19 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 19, 2021* *Title:* High Schoolers are Training to Drive 18-Wheelers Amid a Shortage of Truck Drivers *Source:* NPR *Author:* Jonathan Franklin *Date:* October 16, 2021 *Summary:* When thinking about the trucking industry, the first thing that comes to mind about its drivers is that they tend to be older — industry experts say the average trucker is 54 years old. But given the nationwide truck driver shortage, that's now changing. *Link:* https://n.pr/3BZRJD1 *Title:* Some State Workers Get a Delay in Return to Offices *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Lilo H. Stainton *Date:* October 19, 2021 *Summary: *Monday was the deadline for some 200,000 employees in New Jersey’s schools and state government to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — or start submitting to weekly viral screenings — and the day state workers were slated to return to their offices in person. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3jb7QGz *Title:* Amazon plans to Hire 150,000 Temporary Workers for the Holidays *Source:* CNN Business *Author: *Nathaniel Meyersohn *Date:* October 18, 2021 *Summary:* Amazon plans to add 150,000 temporary workers in the United States for the holiday shopping rush, a 50% increase from the company's holiday hiring push a year ago. *Link:* https://cnn.it/2Z7YnZM *Title:* The Great Resignation May Lead Companies to Offer Employees Financial Wellness Benefits *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Michelle Fox *Date:* October 18, 2021 *Summary:* American workers are financially stressed and employers are starting to listen. Whether it is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the threat of losing employees during the Great Resignation or something else that has long been brewing, there has been an uptick in financial wellness benefits being offered by companies, recent surveys have found. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3nbgMNl *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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October 18, 2021
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18 Oct '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *October 18, 2021* *Title:* Hollywood Crew Members Reach a Tentative Deal with Major Studios, Averting a Strike *Source:* NPR *Author:* Mandalit Del Barco *Date:* October 16, 2021 *Summary:* Hollywood crew members and major studios have averted a nationwide strike that would have shut down much of film and TV production. The tentative agreement must still be ratified by the union's members. *Link:* https://n.pr/30DyOQH *Title:* Labor Flexes its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Chris Isidore *Date:* October 16, 2021 *Summary: *Workers are saying enough is enough. And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result. The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle. *Link:* https://cnn.it/2YW0kbd *Title:* Child Care Crisis Leading to More Women Leaving the Workforce *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author: *Melissa Rose Cooper *Date:* October 15, 2021 *Summary:* The struggle to find quality child care is forcing more women to leave their jobs or not return to the workforce, according to a recent report by the Council from a Strong America, which shows 19% of mothers in New Jersey with young children left the workforce because they couldn’t find quality child care. Currently, the number of women working is the lowest it has been in the state in more than 30 years. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3jf9wyH *Title:* Further Strikes Threatened at Universities this Term *Source:* BBC News *Author:* Hannah Richardson *Date:* October 17, 2021 *Summary:* Students could face more strike action at universities this term after the academics' union opened a ballot over pay, pensions and conditions. University and College Union (UCU) general secretary Jo Grady said the UK's flagship university sector was built on the "exploitation of staff". They had experienced a decade of pension cuts, collapsing pay and insecure contracts, she said. *Link:* https://bbc.in/30DA0DF *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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