Smlr_net November 2021

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November 12, 2021
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12 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 12, 2021* *Title:* Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Miriam Jordan *Date:* November 12, 2021 *Summary:* Longtime field laborers in the Mississippi Delta said in a lawsuit that they were asked to train white guest workers from South Africa before losing their jobs to them. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Da2Ud3 *Title:* For Some Workers With Disabilities, the Pandemic Brought Surprising Benefits. Now the Flexibility is Fading With a Return to the Old Ways of Working *Source:* The Washington Post *Author:* Karla L. Miller *Date:* November 11, 2021 *Summary: *The shift to Work From Home and a move to greater flexibility helped workers with disabilities. Many hope they will remain permanent fixtures of the post-pandemic workplace. *Link:* https://wapo.st/3oqAfKo *Title:* Kellogg’s Files Lawsuit Against Its Striking Cereal Workers *Source:* Associated Press *Author: *Josh Funk *Date:* November 12, 2021 *Summary:* The Kellogg Co. has filed a lawsuit against its local union in Omaha complaining that striking workers are blocking entrances to its cereal plant and intimidating replacement workers as they enter the plant. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2YDA5GH *Title:* Hospital Cuts Off Health Benefits for Striking Workers *Source:* The Herald Dispatch *Author:* Fred Pace *Date:* November 11, 2021 *Summary:* Union service and maintenance workers who went on strike last week say their health care coverage has been cut off by Cabell Huntington Hospital. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3HgmCGd *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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November 11, 2021
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11 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 11, 2021* *Title:* Inflation Has Taken Away All the Wage Gains for Workers and Then Some *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* November 10, 2021 *Summary:* The Labor Department reported Friday that average hourly earnings increased 0.4% in October, about in line with estimates. That was the good news. However, the department reported Wednesday that top-line inflation for the month increased 0.9%, far more than what had been expected. That was the bad news – very bad news, in fact. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3c6HSji *Title:* A New Recruitment Tool for Employers – Paying Workers Every Day *Source:* CBS News *Author:* Khristopher J. Brooks *Date:* November 10, 2021 *Summary: *Dozens of employers — including fast-food chains Arby's, Wendy's, Jimmy John's and Taco Bell as well as retailers Big Lots, Dollar Tree and Kroger— are now giving employees the option to withdraw money from their paychecks moments after finishing their shift by using smartphone apps like Branch or DailyPay. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3n5oUQL *Title:* NJ Pension-Credit Abuses Easing, Saving Millions *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author: *John Reitmeyer *Date:* November 11, 2021 *Summary:* Nearly a decade ago, a fiscal watchdog’s report raised alarms about municipal attorneys and other professional-services contractors enrolling in New Jersey’s massive public-employee pension system when they were not even public employees. According to a new report issued this week, the state, municipalities and school boards appear to be doing a better job of curtailing the abuses. But the report also said there are still more cases to investigate and policy improvements to be made. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3wBbZZH *Title:* Some Gen Z Job Applicants are Scrubbing Campus Political Activism from their Résumés *Source:* The Washington Post *Author:* Jennifer Miller *Date:* November 9, 2021 *Summary:* Gen Z Is the most politically active generation in decades. But some don’t want future employers to know about their work on voting rights, Black Lives Matter and other causes as they start applying for jobs. *Link:* https://wapo.st/3F4AQIl *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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November 10, 2021
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10 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 10, 2021* *Title:* Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Puerto Rico’s Exclusion From Federal Benefits *Source:* NBC News *Author:* Nicole Acevedo *Date:* November 9, 2021 *Summary:* The Supreme Court heard arguments on a potential landmark case Tuesday looking into whether it’s constitutional to deny federal benefits to aging and disabled U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico, even though they can access them if they live on the mainland. *Link:* https://nbcnews.to/3bZp4Ti *Title:* Starbucks Workers at Three More Buffalo-Area Stores File for Union Elections. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* November 9, 2021 *Summary: *One day before ballots were scheduled to go out to workers at three Buffalo-area Starbucks in a vote on unionization, workers at three other stores in the area filed petitions with federal regulators on Tuesday requesting elections as well. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3kntfwT *Title:* Labor Union Representing TSA and Other Federal Workers Urges White House to Postpone Vaccine Deadline Until 2022 *Source:* CNBC *Author: *Leslie Josephs *Date:* November 9, 2021 *Summary:* A union that represents some 700,000 government employees on Tuesday asked the White House to give workers until Jan. 4 to comply with a Biden administration vaccine mandate instead of a deadline just before Thanksgiving. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3kpANPt *Title:* IKEA is Increasing Its Starting Pay to $16 Per Hour Starting in 2022 *Source:* Business Insider *Author:* Ben Gilbert *Date:* November 9, 2021 *Summary:* In addition to the pay increase for new employees, Ikea is giving existing staff a benefits increase: "a minimum of five weeks of paid time away from work for all co-workers, education assistance, back-up child and adult care, and more inclusive health care benefits," the company said in a press release. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kld96Y *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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November 9, 2021
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09 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 9, 2021* *Title:* Blocked for Now, Biden’s Vaccine-or-Test Rule for Workers Faces Uncertain Future *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* November 8, 2021 *Summary:* It took just a day-and-a-half for President Biden's vaccine-or-test rule covering 84 million workers to be blocked by a federal appeals court. Now, the Biden administration is gearing up for a fight. In a court brief filed late Monday, administration officials including Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda warned that maintaining the stay "would endanger many thousands of people." *Link:* https://n.pr/3084kGk *Title:* Wirecutter Workers Threaten a Walkout During a Peak Shopping Week Over Contract Delays *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Katie Robertson *Date:* November 8, 2021 *Summary: *Union members at Wirecutter, a product review website owned by The New York Times Company, said on Monday that they were prepared to stop work during the busy shopping period around Black Friday if a deal for a contract was not reached. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3ofA0BI *Title:* Macy’s Raises Hourly Wage to $15 and Rolls Out College Tuition to Try to Win Workers *Source:* CNBC *Author: *Lauren Thomas *Date:* November 8, 2021 *Summary:* Macy’s is the latest retailer to sweeten its benefits and wages in a bid to attract talent in a tight labor market. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3bSquz1 *Title:* Portugal Makes it Illegal for Your Boss to Text You after Work in ‘Game Changer’ Remote Work Law *Source:* Euronews *Author:* Tom Bateman with AP *Date:* November 8, 2021 *Summary:* Under the new rules, employers could face penalties for contacting workers outside of office hours. Companies will also have to help pay for expenses incurred by remote working, such as higher electricity and internet bills. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kkII0s *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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November 8, 2021
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08 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 8, 2021* *Title:* More U.S. Workers Bought Their Employers’ Stock in Pandemic - Study *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Jessica DiNapoli *Date:* November 4, 2021 *Summary:* More U.S. workers bought shares in their companies through employee stock purchase plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study from Rutgers University. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3c6Gv4x *Title:* Can Progress on Diversity Be Union-Made? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Eduardo Porter *Date:* November 6, 2021 *Summary: *Prominent advocates of racial equity push for Black and Hispanic contractors, whose operations are often small and nonunion but hire a lot of workers of color. Unions push back against the charges, sometimes forcefully, arguing that the growing number of apprentices of color indicates an embrace of diversity. In the first three months of this year, for example, nearly 30 percent of apprentices across the building trades in Massachusetts were nonwhite, up from 24 percent six years earlier. The unions also contend that nonunion contractors and their allies are cynically using a discussion of racial diversity to exploit workers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3027Mly *Title:* U.S. Employers Shrugged Off Virus and Stepped Up Hiring *Source:* Associated Press *Author: *Christopher Rugaber *Date:* November 5, 2021 *Summary:* America’s employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2ZXK0r0 *Title:* Starbucks Union Vote Sets Up a Watershed Moment for U.S. Labor *Source:* Bloomberg via Yahoo! Finance *Author:* Josh Eidelson *Date:* November 7, 2021 *Summary:* U.S. workers have authorized strikes in a wide swath of industries and quit jobs in record numbers but could soon pull off an even more audacious coup: Winning a unionization vote at one of the country’s signature non-union firms, Starbucks. *Link:* https://yhoo.it/3EUjb6b *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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November 5, 2021
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05 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 5, 2021* *Title:* Many Women Have Left the Workforce. When Will They Return? *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Bobby Caina Calvan and Christopher Rugaber *Date:* November 4, 2021 *Summary:* Even with children back in school, the influx of women into the job market that most analysts had expected has yet to materialize. The number of women either working or looking for work actually fell in September from August. For men, the number rose. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GTXjcP *Title:* Weekly Jobless Claims Better Than Expected in Another Sign of Healing for Employment *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* November 4, 2021 *Summary: *The U.S. unemployment picture improved again last week, with initial filings for unemployment insurance falling to another pandemic-era low. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3GM7G2q *Title:* Striking Alabama Mine Workers Bring Protest to New York City *Source:* CNN Business *Author: *Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore *Date:* November 4, 2021 *Summary:* Mine workers have been on the picket line outside of two mines owned by Warrior Met Coal in rural Alabama for the last seven months, waging one of the longest US strikes this century. On Thursday they brought that protest to the streets of New York City. *Link:* https://cnn.it/30383Fp *Title:* Biden Vaccine Mandates Will Hit after Holiday Season, Offering Relief to Businesses *Source:* Politico *Author:* Rebecca Rainey *Date:* November 4, 2021 *Summary:* The Biden administration’s forthcoming vaccine mandates for millions of private employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors will not be enforced until after the holiday season, following weeks of pressure from business leaders who complained the rules would wreak havoc on the supply chain and aggravate worker shortages. *Link:* https://politi.co/3COVewy *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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November 4, 2021
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04 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 4, 2021* *Title:* Deere Warns Striking Workers Not to Expect Better Offer *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Josh Funk *Date:* November 3, 2021 *Summary:* Deere executives said Wednesday that the company wouldn’t return to the bargaining table with striking workers because it wouldn’t offer a better contract than one they rejected that included immediate 10% raises. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3k4Y5KB *Title:* House Democrats are Bringing Back Paid Leave in Their Spending Bill *Source:* NPR *Author:* Caitlyn Kim *Date:* November 3, 2021 *Summary: *Paid family and medical leave is back in Democrats' sweeping domestic policy bill. In a letter to colleagues Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote that the inclusion of paid leave is at the urging of members of the House Democratic caucus. It also comes the morning after Republicans performed strongly in Tuesday's elections, including among suburban voters and women in places like Virginia. *Link:* https://n.pr/3CPD8uk *Title:* Governments Must Create Millions of New Green Jobs, Ban Ki-moon Says *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Jenny Gross *Date:* November 3, 2021 *Summary:* Global leaders must create jobs in the renewable energy sector so that the costs of transitioning from fossil fuels do not exacerbate economic inequalities, Ban Ki-moon, the former United Nations secretary general, said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3q2tVeE *Title:* West Hollywood Is About to Vote on the Highest Minimum Wage in the United States *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Jordan Valinsky *Date:* November 3, 2021 *Summary:* West Hollywood's city council is set to vote on hiking the local minimum wage to $17.64 an hour, which would be the highest in the United States. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3k5oRCk *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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November 3, 2021
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03 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 3, 2021* *Title:* How American Leaders Failed to Help Workers Survive the ‘China Shock’ *Source:* NPR *Author:* Greg Rosalsky *Date:* November 2, 2021 *Summary:* It was not a surprise to economists that China, with its endless supply of cheap labor, killed American manufacturing jobs. But most economists, like most American leaders, had believed that workers would adapt somewhat smoothly to economic change and that they would find solid places to work in other sectors. *Link:* https://n.pr/3CJ4kL5 *Title:* Autoworkers at John Deere Will Remain on Strike after Voting Down Another Tentative Deal *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Chris Isidore *Date:* November 3, 2021 *Summary: *More than 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union will stay on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere after rank-and-file members voted down a second tentative labor deal with the company late Tuesday. The vote was much closer this time, with 45% voting in favor of the proposed six-year deal and 55% opposed. An earlier tentative agreement reached on October 1 was rejected by 90% of membership in a ratification vote concluded on October 10. *Link:* https://cnn.it/2ZMqI8t *Title:* Another Apple Worker Says the Company Retaliated Against Her *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Kellen Browning *Date:* November 2, 2021 *Summary:* One of the leaders of an activist movement at Apple took her complaint to a federal agency, marking an escalation of a conflict between Apple and some of its workers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3mDQrrX *Title:* UPMC Bumps Up Starting Wage Jan. 1; Also Announces $500 Bonuses *Source:* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *Author:* Kris B. Mamula *Date:* November 2, 2021 *Summary:* Health care giant UPMC is bumping up its starting wage to $15.75 an hour on Jan. 1, a 5% increase since the start of the year at its urban hospitals and part of a larger package of wage and benefit enhancements announced on Tuesday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ExpMDw *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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November 2, 2021
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02 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 2, 2021* *Title:* People With Disabilities Still Face Barriers Finding Work During the Pandemic – Here’s How Companies Can Help *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Morgan Smith *Date:* November 1, 2021 *Summary:* For nearly 20 months, debates about the future of work have dominated meetings and Twitter feeds as the coronavirus pandemic upended every aspect of our jobs from commutes to office dress codes. These conversations continue to influence companies’ return-to-office plans and their remote work policies. But despite the pandemic taking a disproportionate toll on their job prospects and well-being, people with disabilities continue to be left out of many of these critical conversations. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3wacwlq *Title:* Labor ‘Militancy’ is on the Rise in Philly. Workers and Experts Explain #Striketober *Source:* WHYY *Author:* Laura Benshoff *Date:* October 29, 2021 *Summary: *Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia region saw an uptick in labor organizing, particularly cultural, professional, and service workers. When the economy turned upside down in 2020, thousands in the region lost jobs. As the economy recovers, the number of positions posted far outstrips the number of unemployed people, and workers are flexing. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GHnunc *Title:* The Largest Municipal Force in the U.S. Has Thousands on Unpaid Leave Over Vaccines *Source:* NPR *Author: *Scott Neuman *Date:* November 1, 2021 *Summary:* Thousands of New York municipal workers, including police officers and firefighters, have chosen unpaid leave rather than getting inoculated against COVID-19, as the city's vaccine mandate went into effect. *Link:* https://n.pr/3GF94nw *Title:* Georgia-Based Kaiser Permanente Workers Vote to Authorize Strike *Source:* The Atlanta Journal-Constitution *Author:* Tamar Hallerman *Date:* November 1, 2021 *Summary:* Health care workers from Kaiser Permanente’s Georgia locations voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as unions continued to butt heads with management over pay and other benefits. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3q7cWYq *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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November 1, 2021
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01 Nov '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *November 1, 2021* *Title:* Union for John Deere Workers Reaches Tentative Deal to End 2-Week Strike *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* October 30, 2021 *Summary:* The agreement must still be approved by U.A.W. members. They had rejected an earlier accord negotiated by the union. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3pWqHJI *Title:* German Union Calls for Strikes at Seven Amazon Sites *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Reuters *Date:* October 31, 2021 *Summary: *The German labour union Verdi on Sunday called on employees to strike at seven different Amazon locations in a protracted pay dispute. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3mtkMtj *Title:* Harvard Graduate Student Strike Ends After Three Days of Picketing *Source:* The Boston Globe *Author: *Charlie McKenna *Date:* October 30, 2021 *Summary:* A strike launched by the union representing Harvard graduate students concluded Friday after three days of picketing leading up to the university’s parents’ weekend, according to a union official. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3munG10 *Title:* Higher Restaurant Wages Whack Profits – Some Warn More Pain is Still Ahead *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Amelia Lucas *Date:* October 30, 2021 *Summary:* Customers are returning to restaurants in droves, but workers haven’t, putting even more pressure on fast-food chains to retain market share and protect profits while navigating a tight labor market. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3BtSdQF *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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