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May 28, 2021
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28 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 28, 2021* *Title:* You Can Still Count the Number of Black CEOs On One Hand *Source:* NPR *Author:* David Gura *Date:* May 27, 2021 *Summary:* According to Equilar, a clearinghouse for corporate leadership data, 29.6% of companies on the S&P 500 do not have at least one Black board member. Today, there are five Black CEOs in the Fortune 500. When Ken Frazier retires from Merck next month, there will be four. *Link:* https://n.pr/3fQgfgb *Title:* Jobs Picture Shows More Improvement as Unemployment Claims Slide *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* May 27, 2021 *Summary:* The U.S. jobs market edged closer to its pre-pandemic self last week as initial jobless claims totaled just 406,000 for the week ended May 22, the Labor Department reported Thursday. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/2Tl1nyB *Title:* Congressional Bill Introduced Would Allow College Athletes to Form Unions, Become Employees *Source:* ESPN *Author:* Dan Murphy *Date:* May 27, 2021 *Summary:* The College Athletes Right to Organize bill, co-authored by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., presents a direct challenge to the NCAA's foundational premise of amateurism. It asserts that any college athletes who are compensated by their school for their athletic ability -- whether through a scholarship or other means -- should have the right to organize and collectively bargain. *Link:* https://es.pn/3yJkvGS *Title:* Gig Workers To Lose All Unemployment Benefits in 20 GOP States: “You Can’t Prepare For It” *Source:* CBS News *Author:* Aimee Picchi *Date:* May 27, 2021 *Summary:* Without PUA, self-employed workers in those states will be stripped of all jobless aid. The temporary program was designed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, to provide support for a growing group of nontraditional workers in America's gig economy, who don't otherwise qualify for regular unemployment aid. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3fqzOg2 *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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May 27, 2021
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27 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 27, 2021* *Title:* The Employment Impact of Curtailing Fossil Fuel Use *Source:* Center for Economic and Policy Research *Author:* Dean Baker and Aiden Lee *Date:* May 26, 2021 *Summary:* Cutbacks in the use of oil and natural gas will inevitably lead to job loss in these industries. This study projects the amount of displacement that can reasonably be anticipated. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2QUs6Be *Title:* Masks Optional for Vaccinated Workers in N.J. Offices, Business as Murphy Lift Remote Work Order *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Matt Arco *Date:* May 26, 2021 *Summary:* New Jersey businesses can soon let their employees work maskless if they’ve been vaccinated for the coronavirus, while people who have been working remotely can now be called back to the office under a pair of new orders from Gov. Phil Murphy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3yQykU7 *Title:* A New Crop in Pennsylvania: Warehouses *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Michael Corkery *Date:* May 26, 2021 *Summary:* Huge facilities have sprouted up in and around the Lehigh Valley, fueled by the astonishing growth of e-commerce. Some residents say the area’s landscape and long-term economic health could be threatened. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3oV63a5 *Title:* There Is No Justification For Cutting Federal Unemployment Benefits *Source:* Economic Policy Institute – Working Economics Blog *Author:* David Cooper *Date:* May 26, 2021 *Summary:* The latest state jobs data show the economy has not fully recovered. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3fnE7sr *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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May 26, 2021
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26 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 26, 2021* *Title:* Postal Reform Bill Could Raise Health Premiums for Federal Workers, Employee Group Warns *Source:* Federal News Network *Author:* Nicole Ogrysko *Date:* May 25, 2021 *Summary:* A bipartisan bill designed to bring desired financial relief to the U.S. Postal Service could have implications for the rest of the federal workforce, potentially raising health insurance costs for employees and retirees, an employee advocacy organization warns. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3yH0b8U *Title:* Gender Pay Gap in U.S. Held Steady in 2020 *Source:* Pew Research Center *Author:* Amanda Barroso and Anna Brown *Date:* May 25, 2021 *Summary:* The gender gap in pay has remained relatively stable in the United States over the past 15 years or so. In 2020, women earned 84% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of both full- and part-time workers. Based on this estimate, it would take an extra 42 days of work for women to earn what men did in 2020. *Link:* https://pewrsr.ch/3vpIYPt *Title:* New Head of Largest State Worker Union Won’t Back Newsom *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Don Thompson *Date:* May 26, 2021 *Summary:* The new president-elect of California’s largest state employee union said Tuesday that the influential organization won’t back Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to fend off a likely recall election this fall. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3wzo9kO *Title:* GM Now Says It Will Support Union at New Battery Factories *Source:* PBS NewsHour *Author:* Tom Krisher *Date:* May 25, 2021 *Summary:* General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner. *Link:* https://to.pbs.org/34hSckC *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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May 25, 2021
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25 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 25, 2021* *Title:* Draft Legislation in New York Would Put Gig Workers into Toothless “Unions” *Source:* Labor Notes *Author:* Joe DeManuelle-Hall *Date:* May 21, 2021 *Summary:* An effort backed by the New York State AFL-CIO would create a new bargaining scheme for app-based workers without addressing the question of whether or not these workers are legally “employees.” *Labor Notes* obtained a draft version of the legislation that is being negotiated by unions and app employers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3yA4hzD *Title:* Logan Health Nurses Send Management Strike Notice *Source:* NBC Montana *Author:* Vanessa Perez *Date:* May 24, 2021 *Summary:* Logan Health nurses in the Service Employees International Union sent management a 10-day strike notice. SEIU nurses say management is negotiating in what they call bad faith. Nurses say they want increased staffing and a committee so their voices are heard across the system. They also want better pay and benefits to attract top quality staff. They say they’ve negotiated a fair union contract for the past 18 months. Nurses claim Logan Health broke fair labor laws by not responding to their proposals and intimidating union members. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2QRv0a0 *Title:* Is There Really a Truck Driver Shortage? *Source:* NPR *Author:* Greg Rosalsky *Date:* May 25, 2021 *Summary:* The lobbying organization for the nation's big trucking employers, the American Trucking Associations (ATA), has been making this argument since the 1980s, yet store shelves somehow remained stocked. In a capitalist system, where you can pay people to do basically anything, how is it even possible to have a worker shortage for multiple decades? *Link:* https://n.pr/34fnGYP *Title:* Rutgers OTEC Launches ‘Seal of Approval’ for COVID-Safety, Worker-Conscious Restaurants *Source:* NJBIZ *Author:* Gabrielle Saulsbery *Date:* May 24, 2021 *Summary:* As New Jersey and the nation loosen restrictions, a new program through Rutgers Occupational Training and Education Consortium aims to highlight businesses that have kept the health and safety of their employees front and center during the pandemic. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2SqSjaS *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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May 24, 2021
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24 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 24, 2021* *Title:* Labor Market Mysteries; Plus, Signs of Life *Source:* NPR *Author:* Sam Sanders, Jinae West, Andrea Gutierrez, Sylvie Douglis, Liam McBain & Jordana Hochman *Date:* May 21, 2021 *Summary:* The U.S. unemployment rate is still high... so why are we in a labor shortage? Sam chats with Stacey Vanek Smith, host of NPR's *The Indicator*, and Cardiff Garcia, former co-host of *The Indicator*, about the American job market and why businesses are having such a hard time hiring. *Link:* https://n.pr/3fEOhUl *Title:* N.J. Unemployment Agents Would Be Assigned to State Offices Under Bill on Murphy’s Desk *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz *Date:* May 23, 2021 *Summary:* Unemployment claims handlers would be assigned to each legislative district and partisan office to aid constituents facing issues with their benefits under a bill headed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vj2c9f *Title:* Small Businesses Have Surged in Black Communities. Was It the Stimulus? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Quoctrung Bui *Date:* May 24, 2021 *Summary:* New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3ffWVK5 *Title:* Most Institutions Are Resuming or Even Restoring the Retirement Benefits Cut During COVID-19 *Source:* Inside Higher Ed *Author:* Colleen Flaherty *Date:* May 24, 2021 *Summary:* For the most part, institutions are resuming the faculty and staff retirement benefits they cut or stopped during the pandemic. Fights over the future of those benefits are being waged on some campuses. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3oOqZ2v *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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May 21, 2021
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21 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 21, 2021* *Title:* U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Again As Some States End Federal Aid *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Christopher Rugaber *Date:* May 20, 2021 *Summary:* Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week — the latest encouraging sign for the rebounding U.S. economy — just as Republican-led states are moving to cut off a federal benefit for the jobless. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2T6ZaH4 *Title:* U.S. Commerce Secretary on Unemployment Checks, Women in the Work Force and Inflation *Source:* PBS NewsHour *Author:* Amna Nawaz *Date:* May 20, 2021 *Summary:* U.S. jobless claims were at their lowest levels since March of last year according to numbers released Thursday. Hiring is on the rise, as are renewed questions about the need for the weekly $300 federal unemployment benefits, which many Republican governors across the country are rejecting for their states. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the matter and more. *Link:* https://to.pbs.org/3bJwiuS *Title:* Newly Formed Producers Union Seeks to Collectively Bargain for Indie Feature Filmmakers *Source:* Deadline *Author:* David Robb *Date:* May 20, 2021 *Summary:* There’s a new union in town: the Producers Union, which is the first all-new Hollywood labor union to be formed in decades. More than 100 indie feature filmmakers have unanimously ratified its constitution, and more than 300 have signed letters of intent to join. *Link:* https://bit.ly/341KISX *Title:* Unions Take Up the Fight for Racial Justice *Source:* Organizing Upgrade *Author:* Stephanie Luce *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* The labor movement will not survive at all, let alone build power, without a serious racial analysis and making racial justice key to their core mission. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2T28hsp *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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20 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 20, 2021* *Title:* A New Coalition of 200 Businesses Will Push Fixes To the Problems of Child and Elder Care *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Alisha Haridasani Gupta *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* JPMorgan Chase, Spotify, Uber, McDonald’s and almost 200 other businesses have formed a coalition focused on ensuring that women are not held back in the labor force because they bear the brunt of caregiving in the United States. The new Care Economy Business Council, the creation of which was announced on Wednesday, portrays the effort in stark economic terms, arguing that fixing the crumbling child and elder care systems is essential to the economic recovery. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3yqzLZ2 *Title:* What 422,000 Employees Said Are the Benefits That Matter Most In a Pandemic *Source:* Inc. *Author:* Graham Winfrey and Greg Harris *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* These Best Workplaces listened and acted to support their employees in these five basic but infinitely helpful ways. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3419Kla *Title:* Yellen Pushes Higher Taxes, Stronger Unions, More Global Competition to U.S. Chamber *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* May 18, 2021 *Summary:* Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Tuesday for business leaders to pay higher taxes to support government stimulus spending, and backed stronger labor unions and lowering barriers to foreign competition. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3futnaE *Title:* McDonald’s Workers Are Striking for a $15 Minimum Wage *Source:* Mother Jones *Author:* Noah Lanard *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* In the past few weeks, McDonald’s outposts have responded to a supposed shortage of workers by offering $50 to anyone who shows up for an interview in Tampa, giving free combo meals to applicants in Central Florida, and offering small raises for workers at the 5 percent of locations that aren’t franchises. Today, McDonald’s workers in 15 cities are striking to demand a longer-term fix: a company-wide $15 minimum wage. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3wkATvh *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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May 19, 2021
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19 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 19, 2021* *Title:* Changed by Pandemic, Many Workers Won’t Return to Old Jobs *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Dee-Ann Durbin, Stephen Groves, Alexandra Olson and Joseph Pisani *Date:* May 18, 2021 *Summary:* There’s a wild card in the push to return to post-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they once had. Layoffs and lockdowns, combined with enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, gave many Americans the time and the financial cushion to rethink their careers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3wd6zmk *Title:* Reversing America’s Poor Track Record on Inclusivity in Infrastructure Jobs *Source:* Brookings *Author:* Caroline George and Joseph W. Kane *Date:* May 17, 2021 *Summary:* A focus on inclusivity in infrastructure jobs would mark a historical turning point for people often excluded from past infrastructure stimulus efforts. One such effort—the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s and 1940s—is often cited as the most successful infrastructure and jobs initiative in American history; however, not all workers got a fair New Deal. *Link:* https://brook.gs/3f0u6kQ *Title:* America’s Unemployment System Failed When It Was Needed Most. Can It Be Fixed? *Source:* Politico *Author:* Katherine Landergan *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* The solution will require a coordinated, multibillion-dollar undertaking — with governors, Congress and the president working together on the biggest overhaul since the social safety net was created more than 85 years ago. *Link:* https://politi.co/3u1baGH *Title:* Some Arab Employees of Jewish-Owned Businesses Risking Jobs by Joining Strike *Source:* Haaretz *Author:* Adi Dovrat-Meseritz and Netanel Gams *Date:* May 19, 2021 *Summary:* The timing of the general strike called in the Arab community on Tuesday – immediately after the Eid al-Fitr and Shavuot holidays – brought tempers to a boil among a number of Jewish employers and their Arab employees. When Aya Baidusi, an engineer at an architectural and construction company, informed her boss she would not be coming to work because of the general strike in the Arab community, she didn’t think it would cost her her job. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3eZWGCR *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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May 18, 2021
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18 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 18, 2021* *Title:* As Families Struggle, Some States Lead the Way on Childcare, Paid Leave *Source:* The Laconia Daily Sun *Author:* Kelly Burch *Date:* May 14, 2021 *Summary:* Vermont and New Jersey are at the forefront of policies designed to benefit working families and the economy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2S0wbUI *Title:* How District Attorneys and State Attorneys General are Fighting Workplace Abuses *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Terri Gerstein *Date:* May 17, 2021 *Summary:* Increasingly, district attorneys, state attorneys general, and other criminal prosecutors are bringing charges against employers for wage theft, misclassification and payroll fraud, workplace safety hazards, sexual assault, and human trafficking, among other crimes against workers. This development represents a shift, because historically, crimes against workers have not generally been prosecuted. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tS8laR *Title:* Overwork Killed More than 745,000 People in a Year, WHO Study Finds *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bill Chappell *Date:* May 17, 2021 *Summary:* Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says. People working 55 or more hours each week face an estimated 35% higher risk of a stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, compared to people following the widely accepted standard of working 35 to 40 hours in a week, the WHO says in a study that was published Monday in the journal *Environment International*. *Link:* https://n.pr/2S3x7HU *Title:* For Hong Kong’s Domestic Workers During COVID, Discrimination is its Own Epidemic *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Vivian Wang *Date:* May 18, 2021 *Summary:* The government has repeatedly singled out the city’s poor migrant workers as “high risk” for the coronavirus, though actual infection rates are low. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3hz1Bw5 *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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May 17, 2021
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17 May '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *May 17, 2021* *Title:* Identifying the Policy Levers Generating Wage Suppression and Wage Inequality *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Lawrence Mishel and Josh Bivens *Date:* May 13, 2021 *Summary:* This paper presents evidence that the divorce between the growth of median compensation and productivity, the inequality of compensation, and the erosion of labor’s share of income has been generated primarily through intentional policy decisions designed to suppress typical workers’ wage growth, the failure to improve and update existing policies, and the failure to thwart new corporate practices and structures aimed at wage suppression. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3onZ0Xk *Title:* Unemployment Pay May Again Require a Job Search. Is It Too Soon? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sydney Ember *Date:* May 16, 2021 *Summary:* The requirement, eased because of the pandemic, is being reimposed. Some say it presents an undue hardship. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3wce90B *Title:* Auto Workers at Virginia Volvo Plant Reject Tentative Deal *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* May 17, 2021 *Summary:* Union employees at a Volvo plant in Virginia have rejected a tentative labor agreement, the United Auto Workers said Sunday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3fozzRh *Title:* How the Pandemic is Changing the Labor Market *Source:* Forbes *Author:* Patrick W. Watson *Date:* May 14, 2021 *Summary:* When it comes to the US jobs situation, the “One of these things is not like the others” song from *Sesame Street* comes to mind. We have two competing narratives. Official data says millions are unemployed and seeking work. At the same time, businesses say they can’t find enough workers. A skills mismatch between the workers who need jobs and the job openings themselves isn’t unusual. But many of today’s available jobs don’t require advanced education. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tROqJd *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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