Smlr_net April 2021

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April 30, 2021
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30 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 30, 2021* *Title:* No College, No Problem. Some Employers Drop Degree Requirements to Diversify Staffs *Source:* NPR *Author:* Kirk Carapezza *Date:* April 29, 2021 *Summary:* On a recent afternoon, Emily Knowles was testing out apps with her software development team, making sure they work properly. "This is something that I never thought would be possible," she said. That's in part, because the 23-year-old from Watertown, Mass., has some credits but she doesn't have a college degree. Knowles, a quality assurance analyst, is bi-racial. Both her parents are immigrants and they never went to college. And now Knowles is working in tech — a field dominated by highly-educated white and Asian men. *Link:* https://n.pr/3e1QIRo *Title:* Graduate Students are on Strike at N.Y.U., Long a Labor Battleground *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Emma Goldberg *Date:* April 30, 2021 *Summary:* N.Y.U.’s campus is in limbo as graduate students stop working, with their union demanding higher wages, more benefits and less police presence on campus. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/334iy9a *Title:* U.S. Labor Secretary Throws His Support Behind Classifying Gig Workers as Employees *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Nandita Bose *Date:* April 29, 2021 *Summary:* A lot of gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” who deserve work benefits, President Biden’s labor secretary said on Thursday, suggesting a shift in policy that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend on contractors such as Uber and Lyft. *Link:* https://reut.rs/2RfjNzD *Title:* New York City Sues Chipotle, Alleging Hundreds of Thousands of Labor Law Violations *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Danielle Wiener-Bronner *Date:* April 29, 2021 *Summary:* New York City is suing Chipotle Mexican Grill, alleging that the company violated a law that requires fast food chains to give their employees more predictable, less hectic schedules. In a lawsuit filed this week, the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said that from the end of November 2017 through at least September 2019, workers experienced nearly 600,000 violations of the law. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3u6JlOj *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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April 29, 2021
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29 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 29, 2021* *Title:* Working-Class Mothers and the COVID-19 Shecession *Source:* Center for Economic and Policy Research *Author:* Hayley Brown, Simran Kalkat, & Aiden Lee *Date:* April 28, 2021 *Summary:* Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, women have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic devastation. Literature on gender-related economic divergence during the public health emergency has been mostly concerned with disparities between men and women. Studies looking at parents specifically, including those parsing the pandemic’s effects on working hours and employment levels, have similarly tended to primarily compare mothers to fathers. Less has been written about within-group employment disparities among women and mothers during the pandemic. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nAayqa *Title:* The Impact of Changes in Public-Sector Bargaining Laws on Districts’ Spending on Teacher Compensation *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Emma García and Eunice Han *Date:* April 29, 2021 *Summary:* In this report, we examine state collective bargaining restrictions on public-sector unions and how they impact spending on teacher compensation. Specifically, we develop a framework to estimate how spending on teacher compensation was affected by changes in the legal institutions (laws, court decisions, and other administrative mechanisms) governing public-sector unions in five states that experienced these changes early in the previous decade. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3e1Oj9n *Title:* Amazon Plans to Raise Wages for 500,000 Workers *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Clare Duffy *Date:* April 28, 2021 *Summary:* Amazon has announced that it will raise wages for more than 500,000 workers — but it's not planning to increase its $15 per hour minimum wage. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3t14pnR *Title:* N.J. Unemployment Claimants Deal with Another Headache After Program Switch Leaves Some Out *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* April 28, 2021 *Summary:* When New Jersey’s unemployment rate dropped below 8%, the state was disqualified from High Extended Benefits. Claimants relying on the program were told they didn’t need to do anything, and would be “automatically, seamlessly” transitioned to another federal program. But hundreds of unemployed residents have reported receiving error messages when trying to certify their claims, even if they are still eligible for unemployment. *Link:* https://bit.ly/32Vst0W *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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April 28, 2021
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28 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 28, 2021* *Title:* Tensions Rise as Return-to-Work Plans Gain Steam *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jessica Dickler *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* As COVID vaccinations gain steam, so are plans to return to the office — despite how some workers feel about it. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3aLxMnV *Title:* Settlement Reached in Suit Against Ultra-Rich Montana Club *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Matthew Brown *Date:* April 26, 2021 *Summary:* Dozens of Jamaican citizens recruited to work as cooks, servers and housekeepers at a Montana ski resort for the ultra-rich have reached a $1 million settlement over allegations they were discriminated against and paid less than other employees to do the same work. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3u2y3ud *Title:* Another Tech Company Bans Employees From Talking Politics at Work *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sarah Kessler *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* Basecamp, a company that makes productivity software, said on Monday that it had “made some internal changes,” including a ban on talking about politics at work. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3e3CTlD *Title:* Strike Over Wages, Benefits Continues Into Second Day at Oregon Institute of Technology *Source:* KATU (ABC) *Author:* KATU Staff *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* Tuesday marked the second day of strikes at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in Wilsonville. This is the first-ever faculty strike at a public university in the state of Oregon. The faculty and school are at odds over wages, workload, and benefits, and have been negotiating for 16 months. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3aJsg58 *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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April 27, 2021
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27 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 27, 2021* *Title:* Democrats Outline ‘Care Infrastructure’ Plan, With Paid Leave and Child Care *Source:* NPR *Author:* Kelsey Snell *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* Congressional Democrats are further expanding the definition of infrastructure with a plan to provide paid leave and family benefits for the vast majority of Americans. *Link:* https://n.pr/3vjjFOz *Title:* Hunger Strike for Undocumented N.J. Residents Wins Support From National Labor Leaders *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* National labor leaders are joining the chorus of calls for Gov. Phil Murphy to provide aid to undocumented immigrants who have been excluded from coronavirus relief funds over the last 13 months, including some who are marking the third week of a hunger strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3voyCyU *Title:* Biden to Sign $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Josh Boak *Date:* April 27, 2021 *Summary:* President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of workers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3dV1RmX *Title:* Blah Blah Blah: The Lack of Small Talk is Breaking Our Brains *Source:* The Walrus *Author:* Hannah Seo *Date:* April 22, 2021 *Summary:* In our pandemic world, casual conversation has been all but eliminated. The closest thing I get these days is saying “thank you” to a delivery person or greeting a grocery store clerk. Even then, I’m hesitant to linger—every unnecessary moment with a stranger feels taboo, every breath a hazard. And, now, in the absence of chit-chat, I feel isolated and unenergized. This has led to a potentially controversial revelation: small talk gets an unfairly bad rap. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3eymnsF *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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April 26, 2021
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26 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 26, 2021* *Title:* Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Louise Donovan *Date:* April 25, 2021 *Summary:* Foreign employees in wealthy households — most of them women — have been using the video-sharing app to bring abuses to light. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3sSCQgn *Title:* Analysis: Fed’s ‘Maximum Employment’ Push May Fall Short in Post-Pandemic Economy *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Howard Schneider *Date:* April 26, 2021 *Summary:* The Federal Reserve has promised to help restore the U.S. economy to "maximum employment," and is pointing to the months just before the coronavirus pandemic as the touchstone for what that might mean. Yet early evidence from the reopening of the economy suggests the push to reach that goal may be elusive, or at best a more drawn-out process, as the labor market shifts away from the types of jobs lost in 2020, is potentially further transformed by massive infrastructure spending, and sees some workers quit job-seeking altogether. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3xot0Xc *Title:* U.S. Wages Are About to Sink in Odd Sign of Economic Strength *Source:* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *Author:* Alex Tanzi *Date:* April 24, 2021 *Summary:* With so many gauges of the U.S. economy pointing to an accelerating recovery, and even a post-pandemic boom, it seems like a strange time for the government to warn that wages are about to shrink. But that’s what is likely to happen with at least one key measure of paychecks — thanks to another COVID-19-era quirk in the economic data, which led the White House to warn this week that growth in average hourly earnings is set to “decline dramatically” in the coming months. It may even turn negative on a year-over-year basis. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tWRftw *Title:* Nursing Home Strikes Loom Large in CT as Strike Votes are Underway *Source:* The CT Mirror *Author:* Keith M. Phaneuf *Date:* April 23, 2021 *Summary:* Connecticut continues to slide closer to a major nursing home strike with initial union votes at 33 facilities overwhelmingly favoring a strike, and balloting at 11 more homes scheduled to begin shortly after May 1. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tWSPvs *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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April 23, 2021
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23 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 23, 2021* *Title:* West Virginia Unions Pressure Manchin to Back Biden on Infrastructure Plan *Source:* NPR *Author:* Don Gonyea *Date:* April 23, 2021 *Summary:* If President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan is going to become a reality, it will very likely need the vote of every Democrat in the evenly divided Senate. That simple fact puts a bright spotlight on West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who represents a deep-red Republican state — a place that Donald Trump carried in the past two elections by some 40 percentage points. *Link:* https://n.pr/3dJ4ZlO *Title:* U.S. Wages Are About to Sink in an Odd Sign of Economic Strength *Source:* Bloomberg *Author:* Alexandre Tanzi *Date:* April 23, 2021 *Summary:* With so many gauges of the U.S. economy pointing to an accelerating recovery, and even a post-pandemic boom, it seems like a strange time for the government to warn that wages are about to shrink. *Link:* https://bloom.bg/2QODC0O *Title:* The Labor Market is Heating Up As Fewer People Seek Unemployment Benefits *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Patti Domm *Date:* April 22, 2021 *Summary:* Weekly unemployment claims fell to a new pandemic-era low for a second week, suggesting the labor market’s recovery is picking up steam and that the April employment report could be strong. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/2RY4Dzn *Title:* N.J.’s Unemployment Benefits Fiasco Was Caused by the Feds, Labor Chief Says *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* April 22, 2021 *Summary:* Federal programs created for workers who weren’t typically eligible for unemployment insurance and didn’t pay into the unemployment fund contributed to the major delays in distributing benefits quickly at the start of the pandemic, Labor officials said during state Assembly budget hearings Wednesday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2QSmIhO *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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April 22, 2021
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22 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 22, 2021* *Title:* Gen X Workers Experiencing Worrisome Mental Health Declines *Source:* Human Resource Executive *Author:* Kathryn Mayer *Date:* April 21, 2021 *Summary:* The latest data from Total Brain’s Mental Health Index demonstrates the “continued strain on the mental health of America’s workforce.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/32HtGsl *Title:* Shortchanged – Weak Anti-Retaliation Provisions in the National Labor Relations Act Cost Workers Billions *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Lynn Rhinehart and Celine McNicholas *Date:* April 22, 2021 *Summary:* Workers who exercise their federally protected right to organize a union or engage in collective action with their co-workers to improve their working conditions are supposed to be protected from retaliation by their employers. But because the anti-retaliation protections and remedies in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) are much weaker than anti-retaliation and whistleblower protections in other labor and employment laws, the NLRA provides no real deterrent to employers retaliating against workers and interfering with their rights. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3gItVfl *Title:* In 2020, 9.8% of Families Include an Unemployed Person, Double the Share in the Prior Year *Source:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Author:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* April 21, 2021 *Summary:* In 2020, 9.8 percent of families included an unemployed person, twice as high as in 2019 (4.9 percent). This increase among families reflects the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the labor market. Of the nation's 83.1 million families, 78.2 percent had at least one employed member in 2020. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tIy4DA *Title:* Union Workers Strike Scheppers Distributing Over Working Conditions, Wages *Source:* KOMU (NBC) *Author:* Zachary Mandernach *Date:* April 21, 2021 *Summary:* Drivers on Business Loop slowed down and honked their horns at Scheppers union employees Wednesday afternoon. The workers are committed to striking until the union, Teamsters Local 833, and N.H. Scheppers Distributing can make a deal on a new labor agreement. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3n906p6 *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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April 21, 2021
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21 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 21, 2021* *Title:* Welcome to the YOLO Economy *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Kevin Roose *Date:* April 21, 2021 *Summary:* Something strange is happening to the exhausted, type-A millennial workers of America. After a year spent hunched over their MacBooks, enduring back-to-back Zooms in between sourdough loaves and Peloton rides, they are flipping the carefully arranged chessboards of their lives and deciding to risk it all. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3tHfZpe *Title:* Why Black Workers Still Face a Promotion and Wage Gap that’s Costing the Economy Trillions *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Courtney Connley *Date:* April 16, 2021 *Summary:* Black workers continue to face significant gaps in the labor market when it comes to promotion, pay and opportunity, costing the U.S. economy trillions of dollars. If the Black wage, education, housing and investing gaps had been closed 20 years ago, it would have added an estimated $16 trillion to the economy, according to a report by Citi, with the Black pay gap alone accounting for $2.7 trillion. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/2QKA7bH *Title:* MLB, Players’ Union Meet for 1st CBA Talks, Sources Say *Source:* ESPN *Author:* Jeff Passan *Date:* April 20, 2021 *Summary:* Leaders from Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association met Tuesday for their first official negotiating session a little more than six months before the sport's collective bargaining agreement lapses, sources told ESPN. *Link:* https://es.pn/3xezXd5 *Title:* N.J. Police Officers, Firefighters Can Retire Early Under Bill Signed by Murphy *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Samantha Marcus *Date:* April 20, 2021 *Summary:* Nearly 8,000 New Jersey police and firefighters with 20 years of service can now retire early under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Monday. The legislation (S1017), known as a “burnout bill,” allows public safety workers who reach 20 years of service within the next two years to retire with a pension, regardless of their age. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3grjBrK *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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April 20, 2021
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20 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 20, 2021* *Title:* Union Says Amazon Violated Labor Law in the Alabama Election *Source:* Wired *Author:* Caitlin Harrington *Date:* April 19, 2021 *Summary:* In the matchup between Amazon and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, round one went decisively to Amazon. Workers at BHM1, the company’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 1,798 to 738 against unionizing, with 505 challenged ballots left uncounted. For months, the union has accused Amazon of fighting dirty, and now it’s making those accusations official. On Monday the RWDSU said it has filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming Amazon violated the terms of the election and asking the board to void the result. Thus begins round two. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tDCdbY *Title:* Teachers’ Union Backs Stringer for N.Y.C. Mayor, Giving Him a Boost *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Eliza Shapiro and Katie Glueck *Date:* April 19, 2021 *Summary:* New York City’s influential teachers’ union endorsed the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, in the race for mayor on Monday, providing a much-needed boost to a campaign that has struggled to gain momentum thus far, despite Mr. Stringer’s deep experience in city politics. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3ehHG1t *Title:* Nurses’ Union Projects Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester Has Spent Nearly $40 Million on Replacement Staffing, Police Details as Strike Enters 7th Week *Source:* MassLive.com *Author:* Michael Bonner *Date:* April 20, 2021 *Summary:* The nurses’ strike at Saint Vincent Hospital entered its seventh week on Monday and the Massachusetts Nurses Association projects that Tenet Healthcare, parent company of the Worcester hospital, has spent $39.4 million to prolong the strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3n1BZZD *Title:* Miners’ Union Backs Shift from Coal in Exchange for Jobs *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Matthew Daly *Date:* April 19, 2021 *Summary:* The nation’s largest coal miners’ union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden’s plan to move away from coal and other fossil fuels in exchange for a “true energy transition” that includes thousands of jobs in renewable energy and spending on technology to make coal cleaner. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tMklf7 *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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April 19, 2021
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19 Apr '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *APRIL 19, 2021* *Title:* Economic Growth Is Set to Surge. Hiring Might Not Keep Up. *Source:* The Wall Street Journal *Author:* Sarah Chaney Cambon *Date:* April 18, 2021 *Summary:* U.S. employers might have trouble hiring workers fast enough in coming months to keep up with the projected burst of economic growth. *Link:* https://on.wsj.com/3twWgst *Title:* Labor Law: What Does the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Use Mean for Virginia Employers *Source:* Richmond Times-Dispatch *Author:* Karen Michael *Date:* April 18, 2021 *Summary:* Possession of marijuana will be legal in Virginia effective July 1, with certain restrictions. Employers have begun to question how this new state law that legalizes recreational marijuana possession and presumably consumption will impact workplaces in Virginia, if at all. *Link:* https://bit.ly/32pOZPl *Title:* Remote Workers Expect Pay to Reflect Their Locations *Source:* SHRM *Author:* Stephen Miller *Date:* April 19, 2021 *Summary:* Geographic pay policies that set and adjust pay for far-flung workers based on local compensation factors, such as cost of labor and cost of living rates, are becoming more common among employers, new research shows. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3sAwJgt *Title:* ATI, Steelworkers Returning to Bargaining Table as Strike Continues *Source:* TribLIVE *Author:* Brian C. Rittmeyer *Date:* April 19, 2021 *Summary:* Negotiators for Allegheny Technologies Inc. and the United Steelworkers union are returning to the bargaining table. About 1,300 USW members have been on strike at nine ATI facilities since March 30. On Friday, the union said it had proposed returning to in-person negotiations with ATI to resolve the outstanding issues that led to the strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3an5sbi *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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