Smlr_net March 2021

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March 31, 2021
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31 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 31, 2021* *Title:* Ending the Tipped Minimum Wage Will Reduce Poverty and Inequality *Source:* Center for American Progress *Author:* Justin Schweitzer *Date:* March 30, 2021 *Summary:* A new Center for American Progress analysis shows that setting one fair minimum wage for all workers across the nation, specifically tipped but also for disabled and temporary teenage workers, will help alleviate poverty, sustainably grow the economy, and advance gender, racial, disability, and economic justice. *Link:* https://ampr.gs/3w84okK *Title:* ‘Who do they Trust? It’s their Union’ Organized Labor Steps in to Convince Immigrant Workers to Get Vaccines *Source:* Politico *Author:* Eleanor Mueller *Date:* March 30, 2021 *Summary:* Unions and advocacy groups are racing to convince both documented and undocumented immigrant workers that they should get Covid-19 shots after former President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns sowed fears about using government services. *Link:* https://politi.co/3cE3kxn *Title:* Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jim Tankersley *Date:* March 31, 2021 *Summary:* The president will begin selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3uaBX3M *Title:* German Unemployment Slightly Lower in March *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* March 31, 2021 *Summary:* Unemployment in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, was slightly lower in March thanks to seasonal factors, official data showed Wednesday. Extensive use of a short-term salary support program continued to keep the figures in check amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3dgCACc *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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March 30, 2021
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30 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 30, 2021* *Title:* What Unemployment Insurance Tell Us about Work During a Pandemic *Source:* NPR *Author:* Samuel Cai *Date:* March 30, 2021 *Summary:* A new working paper from Professor Arindrajit Dube of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, suggests that policymakers need not worry: higher unemployment benefits don't seem to affect employment levels the way many economists assumed. *Link:* https://n.pr/3m5pax1 *Title:* United Steelworkers Begin Strike at ATI *Source:* Tribune Live *Author:* Brian C. Rittmeyer *Date:* March 30, 2021 *Summary:* The United Steelworkers began a strike against Allegheny Technologies Inc. at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The union alleges the company has engaged in unfair labor practices and that it has sought economic and contract language concessions from roughly 1,300 union members at the company’s nine facilities. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3dg83V7 *Title:* Opinion: More Companies Should Consider Employee Ownership *Source:* Cincinnati.com *Author:* Tim Steigerwald *Date:* March 29, 2021 *Summary:* At a time when pandemic-driven job losses are being felt by so many in our community, leaders in business and government should work together to help empower our region’s hardworking people with the economic opportunity and security of employee ownership. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3froZe8 *Title:* Elon Musk and His Anti-Union Tweet: NLRB Rules Explained *Source:* Bloomberg *Author:* Robert Iafolla *Date:* March 29, 2021 *Summary:* The NLRB directed Tesla to delete Musk’s offending post on Twitter. This wasn’t the first time the agency has used this remedy. The board handed down the same sanction in November in a case involving the conservative online magazine, The Federalist. The agency also included a delete-the-tweets directive in a settlement with Barstool Sports last January. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3sCW0aK *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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March 29, 2021
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29 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 29, 2021* *Title:* The COVID Downturn May Cut Social Security Benefits for Some. Whether That Will Be Fixed is Uncertain *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Lorie Konish *Date:* March 28, 2021 *Summary:* When the Covid-19 pandemic set in last year, one of the unintentional effects from the deep economic downturn included a potential reduction in Social Security benefits for one group of people. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3rtq6fv *Title:* Anger and Incredulity at Hearing on NJ’s Unemployment System *Source:* New Jersey 101.5 *Author:* Michael Symons *Date:* March 28, 2021 *Summary:* The third and perhaps final pandemic oversight hearing held by Republican lawmakers shined a light on problems with unemployment benefits, a challenge that persists a year after jobless claims first surged in the initial lockdown. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rwnhue *Title:* Why the Amazon Union Vote is Bigger than Amazon *Source:* The Verge *Author:* Josh Dzieza *Date:* March 28, 2021 *Summary:* For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. Their ballots are due on Monday, March 29th, and counting will begin the next day. If the union wins, the warehouse employees would become the first members of Amazon’s US workforce to unionize, a momentous event at a company that has long aggressively resisted labor organizing, and one that could be a first step toward improving conditions at the country’s second-largest employer. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rwnxJI *Title:* Contentious Union Vote at Amazon Heads to a Count *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Karen Weise and Michael Corkery *Date:* March 29, 2021 *Summary:* By the end of Monday, thousands of yellow envelopes mailed to a squat brick building in Birmingham, Ala., will hold the fate of one of the most closely watched union elections in recent history, one that could alter the shape of the labor movement and one of America’s largest employers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/31qMr2T *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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March 26, 2021
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26 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 26, 2021* *Title:* U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 684,000, Fewest Since Pandemic *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Christopher Rugaber *Date:* March 25, 2021 *Summary:* The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3lV2yik *Title:* San Francisco Janitors are on Strike for COVID safety – and the Fight Doesn’t End There *Source:* Mother Jones *Author:* Lil Kalish *Date:* March 25, 2021 *Summary:* More than 700 San Francisco janitors represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) walked off the job yesterday morning, kicking off a three-day strike for improved COVID protections and working conditions after months of contract negotiations broke down. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3w02rqw *Title:* Congress Backed a Trillion-Dollar Job-Saving Program. ‘No One Really Knows’ if it’s Working *Source:* Politico *Author:* Zachary Warmbrodt *Date:* March 26, 2021 *Summary:* Almost a year after the popular program’s launch, Congress, the Biden administration and even small-business advocates have no firm estimate of how many jobs it saved. *Link:* https://politi.co/3lUTJVZ *Title:* A Year into Remote Work, No One Knows When to Stop Working Anymore *Source:* Wall Street Journal *Author:* Chip Cutter *Date:* March 26, 2021 *Summary:* Workers are exhausted from nonstop working from home; many managers want to get everyone off the treadmill and breathing again. *Link:* https://on.wsj.com/31iFu3T *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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March 25, 2021
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25 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 25, 2021* *Title:* N.J. Public Workers Should Not Be Forced to Live in State, Lawmaker Says *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Kelly Heyboer *Date:* March 24, 2021 *Summary:* A New Jersey law that requires hundreds of thousands of public employees and teachers to live within the state’s borders should be repealed, a top Republican lawmaker said following a court ruling that called the residency rule “unconstitutional.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/39eHcaH *Title:* Amazon Faces Growing Worker Pressure in Shadow of Alabama Union Vote *Source:* Wall Street Journal *Author:* Sebastian Herrera *Date:* March 24, 2021 *Summary:* Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in Alabama are voting on whether to unionize this month. Whatever the result, the e-commerce giant faces pressure from staff world-wide to make changes to its working conditions. *Link:* https://on.wsj.com/3cpHKg9 *Title:* Women’s Soccer Stars Join Biden to Promote Closing Pay Gap *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Josh Boak *Date:* March 24, 2021 *Summary:* President Joe Biden made the case Wednesday that the pay disparity between men and women has hurt the economy, bringing members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team to the White House to help set new goals for equality. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2Qv4UZK *Title:* Journalists at the Medical News Site Stat Will Join The Boston Globe’s Union *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Katie Robertson *Date:* March 24, 2021 *Summary:* Journalists at Stat, the medical and science news website lauded for its pandemic coverage, will join the Boston Newspaper Guild, union representatives said in a statement Wednesday. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3snuPkj *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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March 24, 2021
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24 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 24, 2021* *Title:* Hennepin County Employees Will See Minimum Wage Rise to $20 an Hour *Source:* Minneapolis Star Tribune *Author:* David Chanen *Date:* March 23, 2021 *Summary:* Hennepin County on Tuesday became the only public-sector government organization in the Midwest to offer its employees a minimum wage of $20 an hour. *Link:* http://strib.mn/3fbbOOm *Title:* Should Gig Work Be Government-Run *Source:* The New Yorker *Author:* Nick Romeo *Date:* March 23, 2021 *Summary:* The labor reformer Wingham Rowan wants to reimagine labor markets for the digital age. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3clOZFT *Title:* Competing with Unemployment Checks, Local Restaurants are Struggling to Fill Open Positions *Source:* WSYR *Author:* Andrew Donovan *Date:* March 23, 2021 *Summary:* In a survey conducted by the New York State Restaurant Association, 89% of restaurants claimed to have lower staffing levels compared to without the pandemic. It’s a stark contrast considering the unemployment rate: 7% in Onondaga County, which translates to about 15,000 people out of work, according to January data from the New York State Department of Labor. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vTci1p *Title:* Amazon was Supposed to Kill Instacart. Instead Instacart Became a Mini-Amazon *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Sara Ashley O’Brien *Date:* March 23, 2021 *Summary:* When Amazon bought Whole Foods in 2017, the outlook appeared bleak for Instacart. Not only did the grocery delivery startup suddenly have to compete with one of the most sophisticated delivery companies in the world, it also counted Whole Foods as one of its biggest partners at the time. But as the shock of the deal settled, calls started pouring in from grocers who wanted to work with Instacart to gird their businesses against the new threat Amazon posed to them. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3rhZuOr *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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March 23, 2021
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23 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 23, 2021* *Title:* State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Kyle K. Moore *Date:* March 2021 *Summary:* The second half of 2020 was marked by protests against police brutality, a rising death toll from COVID-19, and a historic general election. The economy began its slow recovery from the worst of the pandemic-induced recession, with financial markets showing particular strength—however, the labor market showed rising racial inequality, underlining just how disparate experiences of the recovery have been. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3feBedA *Title:* N.J. Unemployment Agents Would be Assigned to Work Directly with Legislative Offices Under New Bill *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* March 23, 2021 *Summary:* After a year of residents fighting to get their unemployment benefits, New Jersey lawmakers could get extra help from unemployment agents working directly with them under a recently introduced bill. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3cbEBQI *Title:* Gen Z is Getting Screwed by Remote Work, Microsoft Survey Finds *Source:* C|Net *Author:* Ian Sherr *Date:* March 22, 2021 *Summary:* Millions of people are embracing a new way to work. The coronavirus pandemic has compelled employers to largely accept remote-working arrangements to keep employees safe and flexible schedules to let workers take care of family. But though large margins of people Microsoft surveyed in January about work habits said they hope the flexible office will remain when COVID-19 subsides, Generation Z workers are struggling. *Link:* http://cnet.co/3lJclbp *Title:* U.S. Senate Confirms Marty Walsh as Next Labor Secretary in Union Win *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Nandita Bose *Date:* March 22, 2021 *Summary:* The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former union leader Marty Walsh, a son of Irish immigrants, as the next labor secretary, boosting Biden’s efforts to expand workers’ protection and delivering a win for the country’s organized labor movement. *Link:* http://reut.rs/3lIBenA *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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March 22, 2021
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22 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 22, 2021* *Title:* High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws *Source:* NPR *Author:* Nina Totenberg *Date:* March 22, 2021 *Summary:* California's agricultural growers square off against the farmworkers union at the Supreme Court on Monday over a nearly half-century-old law stemming from the work of famed union organizer Cesar Chavez. The law, enacted in 1975, allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union. *Link:* http://n.pr/2NFSOvZ *Title:* Company with Hundreds of East Moline Employees Makes Work from Home Permanent *Source:* KWQC *Author:* Michael Tilka *Date:* March 21, 2021 *Summary:* Aquent IT Solutions has roughly 300 employees based out of their East Moline office, according to Senior Vice President Phillip Lewis. Although the East Moline office will soon no longer exist. *Link:* http://bit.ly/319gCv2 *Title:* U.S. Reps. Tlaib, Stevens, Dingell, Andy Levin Join Strike at 7 Up Warehouse *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author:* Minnah Arshad *Date:* March 21, 2021 *Summary:* About 80 Teamsters members received some high-profile support Saturday when several members of Michigan's congressional delegation joined them on the picket line outside the 7 Up warehouse in Redford Township. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3926Teu *Title:* Worker at U.S. Meat Plants, Early COVID Hot Spots, are Now Getting Vaccinated in Many States *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Bonnie G. Wong and Matt Craig *Date:* March 21, 2021 *Summary:* Employees at food processing facilities, which had some of the country’s largest known coronavirus outbreaks early in the pandemic, are now eligible for vaccines in at least 26 states, a New York Times survey found. *Link:* http://nyti.ms/3c9dJB1 *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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March 19, 2021
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19 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 19, 2021* *Title:* Myanmar Garment Workers Urge Global Brands to Denounce Coup *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Anne D’Innocenzio and Elaine Kurtenbach *Date:* March 19, 2021 *Summary:* Tin Tin Wei used to toil 11 hours a day, six days week sewing jackets at a factory in Myanmar. But she hasn’t stitched a single garment since a coup in February. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3vzXwMK *Title:* New Unemployment Claims Tick Up in N.J. as More Reach End of Benefit Year *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* March 18, 2021 *Summary:* Since the coronavirus pandemic led to hundreds of thousands of New Jersey workers to apply for unemployment one year ago, the state Labor Department has paid out $24.8 billion in benefits. And another 10,242 people filed new unemployment claims for the week ending March 14, a slight rise from the prior week, which was the first time initial claims fell below 10,000 since the pandemic began. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3f8IurN *Title:* Companies Wrestle with Hybrid Work Plans – Awkward Meetings and Midweek Crowding *Source:* The Wall Street Journal *Author:* Emily Glazer and Chip Cutter *Date:* March 19, 2021 *Summary:* Big U.S. companies are discovering that “hybrid” work comes with plenty of complications. As employers firm up plans to bring white-collar workers back into offices while still allowing them to do some work at home, many are encountering obstacles. *Link:* http://on.wsj.com/3r3fJia *Title:* H-1B: Biden Administration to Impose Long Delay on Wage-Boost Rule for Foreign Workers *Source:* The Mercury News *Author:* Ethan Baron *Date:* March 19, 2021 *Summary:* A controversial boost to minimum required wages for foreign workers on the H-1B visa will be delayed until 2023, according to a new proposed rule from the administration of President Joe Biden. *Link:* http://bayareane.ws/3bXB8oS *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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March 18, 2021
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18 Mar '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *MARCH 18, 2021* *Title:* Will Work from Home Outlast Virus? Ford Move Suggests Yes *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Tom Krisher and Christopher Rugaber *Date:* March 17, 2021 *Summary:* It’s a question occupying the minds of millions of employees who have worked from home the past year: Will they still be allowed to work remotely — at least some days — once the pandemic has faded? *Link:* http://bit.ly/3s5qbHC *Title:* Union Targets Community-Based Health Providers Over Low Pay for Staff *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Lilo H. Stainton *Date:* March 17, 2021 *Summary:* Large behavioral health providers in New Jersey have gained new financial stability in recent years, but frontline caregivers continue to struggle with low pay and poor working conditions, according to a labor organization seeking to unionize staff at these facilities. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3vCoH9Q *Title:* Light at End of Tunnel? Fed Sees Faster Economic Growth, With Only Modest Inflation *Source:* NPR *Author:* Scott Horsley *Date:* March 17, 2021 *Summary:* The Federal Reserve expects the U.S. economy to grow faster this year, although it still expects only a modest uptick in inflation. The central bank issued its new forecast at the end of a two-day meeting. It comes as the public health outlook is improving and after Congress approved trillions of dollars in federal spending to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic. *Link:* http://n.pr/38UMeZP *Title:* A New Law Would Require Employees to Save for Retirement *Source:* MarketWatch *Author:* Alessandra Malito *Date:* March 17, 2021 *Summary:* Only half of Americans participate in a workplace retirement plan, a staggering statistic considering how much of the responsibility for funding an adequate retirement now falls on individuals. *Link:* http://on.mktw.net/38SEOX6 *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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