Smlr_net July 2021

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July 30, 2021
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30 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 30, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Worker Protection Agencies Need More Funding to Enforce Labor Laws and Protect Workers *Source:* Economic Policy Institute – Working Economics Blog *Author:* Ihna Mangundayao, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock *Date:* July 29, 2021 *Summary:* The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the widespread dangers and injustices that workers face every day. For too long, workers have been forced to work in unsafe conditions, suffered from excessive wage theft, and been subjected to discrimination and harassment. While laws aimed at deterring these workplace abuses already exist, enforcement efforts have been woefully insufficient because the agencies tasked with protecting workers are chronically under-resourced. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rJGx9t *Title:* Who Discriminates in Hiring? A New Study Can Tell. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Eduardo Porter *Date:* July 29, 2021 *Summary: *Applications seemingly from Black candidates got fewer replies than those evidently from white candidates. The method could point to specific companies. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3rQmRkg *Title:* U.S. Jobless Claims Down 24,000 to 400,000 as Economy Recovers *Source:* Politico *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* July 29, 2021 *Summary:* The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits slid last week, another sign that the job market continues to recover rapidly from the coronavirus recession. *Link:* https://politi.co/3fcW505 *Title:* The Pandemic Hurt Low-Wage Workers the Most – and So Far, the Recovery Has Helped Them the Least *Source:* Brookings *Author:* Nicole Bateman and Martha Ross *Date:* July 28, 2021 *Summary:* Pandemic-induced job losses hit low-wage workers much harder than those earning higher wages and, although hiring accelerated in low-wage industries last month, low-wage jobs have been the slowest to return. This is not to downplay the toll that losing a job can take on workers at all levels, and indeed, there are middle- and higher-income workers among the recession’s victims as well. It is an unsettled time in the labor market. *Link:* https://brook.gs/377fqvt *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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July 29, 2021
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29 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 29, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Spike in Grad Student Union Petitions Likely with NLRB Changes *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Dan Papscun *Date:* July 28, 2021 *Summary:* Two decades of union petitions filed with the board show that when it’s under Democratic control, student worker organizing at private colleges spikes. That organizing activity is expected to tick up again as the Republican majority on the NLRB is likely to switch to Democratic control at the end of August. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rHyqtP *Title:* Google and Facebook Mandate Vaccines for their Employees at U.S. Offices *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bobby Allyn *Date:* July 28, 2021 *Summary: *Google and Facebook will require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before returning to the company's offices, the tech giants said on Wednesday. In a blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the vaccine mandate would apply to its U.S. offices in the coming weeks and would be required eventually for other locations. *Link:* https://n.pr/3BTT12D *Title:* Wages are Rising, but Inflation May Have Given Workers a 2% Pay Cut *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* July 27, 2021 *Summary:* Workers saw their hourly pay in June jump at the fastest clip in more than a decade. Yet some of them saw those gains erased by high levels of inflation. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3f9qn3Y *Title:* Union Representing Canada Border Employees Votes to Strike *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* July 27, 2021 *Summary:* The union that represents about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees has voted in favor of striking, which could affect travel between Canada and the United States. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union said Tuesday its members may strike as soon as Aug. 6, three days before fully vaccinated U.S. citizens will be able to visit Canada without having to quarantine for two weeks. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2WxhhHU *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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July 28, 2021
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28 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 28, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Teleworking and Lost Work During the Pandemic: New Evidence from the CPS *Source:* Monthly Labor Review *Author:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* July 2021 *Summary:* To measure the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics added questions to the Current Population Survey, the main U.S. labor force survey, starting in May 2020. This article analyzes the results from questions asking people (1) whether they teleworked because of the pandemic and (2) whether they were unable to work because their employers closed or lost business because of the pandemic. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BQaM2P *Title:* Walmart Offering Full College Tuition and Books for Employees *Source:* NPR *Author:* Jonathan Franklin *Date:* July 27, 2021 *Summary: *In an effort to help decrease the growing student debt nationwide, Walmart announced Tuesday that the company will begin offering free college tuition and books to its 1.5 million U.S. employees, effective Aug. 16. *Link:* https://n.pr/3xcAriR *Title:* Workers’ Anxiety Grows as COVID Variant Casts a Shadow *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* July 28, 2021 *Summary:* Some see an undue rush by employers to get workplaces back to normal, whether by dropping precautions or imposing new rules. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3BL0dyl *Title:* Biden’s Talk of Vaccine Mandates Sends Labor into Disarray *Source:* Politico *Author:* Rebecca Rainey and Natasha Korecki *Date:* July 28, 2021 *Summary:* On Tuesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said he would support a mandate, giving a boost to White House efforts to increase vaccination rates after they stagnated in recent weeks. But Trumka’s position was at odds with some of the AFL-CIO's largest members, including the American Federation of Teachers, whose president said that vaccine protocols should be decided at individual workplaces. Other unions have also voiced opposition. *Link:* https://politi.co/3rCHQqD *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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July 27, 2021
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27 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 27, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Petition Denouncing Company’s ‘Abhorrent’ Response to Lawsuit *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Rishi Iyengar *Date:* July 26, 2021 *Summary:* Pressure on Activision Blizzard is mounting as more than 2,000 current and former employees signed a petition slamming what they see as the video game company's "abhorrent and insulting" response to a California lawsuit. *Link:* https://cnn.it/2V850Jb *Title:* New York City and California to Require Vaccines or Tests for Workers *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Shawn Hubler and Jennifer Steinhauer *Date:* July 26, 2021 *Summary: *California and New York City announced the mandates for their employees, while the Department of Veterans Affairs said frontline health care workers must get vaccinated or face possible termination. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3rDqB8H *Title:* Lawsuit: Professor with ADHD Alleges Discrimination *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* July 26, 2021 *Summary:* A Kansas State University professor with ADHD alleges in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against because of the condition, which can cause inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3yaTdbD *Title:* Return to Office Hits a Snag: Young Resisters *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Nelson D. Schwartz and Coral Murphy Marcos *Date:* July 26, 2021 *Summary:* A generation gap has emerged between them and colleagues who value the workplace over the advantages of remote work. Bridging it may require flexibility. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3y8FNNr *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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July 26, 2021
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26 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 26, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Gen X Workers May be Facing the Biggest Unemployment Crisis, Study Finds *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Karen Gilchrist *Date:* July 25, 2021 *Summary:* Gen X workers aged 45 and older may be bearing the brunt of a global unemployment crisis as the pandemic adds to existing challenges for older workers, according to a new report. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3zBTgO1 *Title:* Frito-Lay Kansas Worker Strike Ends After 20 Days *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Sara O’Brien *Date:* July 24, 2021 *Summary: *After a nearly three-week strike, hundreds of Frito-Lay employees in Topeka, Kansas have ratified a revised contract Saturday addressing what union leaders had previously described as a diminished quality of life stemming from work conditions, including long hours, forced overtime, and stagnating wages. *Link:* https://cnn.it/2VgRbbC *Title:* McLaren Macomb Reaches Deal to Avoid Strike by 500 Nurses *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author:* JC Reindl *Date:* July 24, 2021 *Summary:* McLaren Macomb hospital in Mount Clemens has reached an agreement with a union that represents more than 500 nurses, avoiding a strike that had been set to begin next week. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3y7p0KG *Title:* Walmart Lost a Lawsuit Brought by Worker with Down Syndrome *Source:* Richmond Times-Dispatch *Author:* Karen Michael *Date:* July 24, 2021 *Summary:* A Walmart employee with Down syndrome who was fired for excessive absenteeism was awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages and a whopping $125 million in punitive damages following a four-day jury trial in Green Bay, Wis. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2TDvCS0 *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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July 23, 2021
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23 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 23, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* The Minimum Wage Has Lost 21% of its Value Since Congress Last Raised the Wage *Source:* Economic Policy Institute – Working Economics Blog *Author:* Ben Zipperer *Date:* July 22, 2021 *Summary:* Saturday marks 12 years since the last federal minimum wage increase on July 24, 2009, the longest period in U.S. history without an increase. In the meantime, rising costs of living have diminished the purchasing power of a minimum wage paycheck. A worker paid the federal minimum of $7.25 today effectively earns 21% less than what their counterpart earned 12 years ago, after adjusting for inflation. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kP4eeL *Title:* Laundry Workers Essential in Pandemic But Shut Out from Benefits *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Monsy Alvarado *Date:* July 23, 2021 *Summary: *Study finds poor conditions, low pay for workers who are often immigrants. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2W7Xi29 *Title:* U.S. Jobless Claims Show Surprise Gain, Well Above Expectations *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* July 22, 2021 *Summary:* Weekly jobless claims unexpected moved higher last week despite hopes that the U.S. labor market is poised for a strong recovery heading into the fall. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 419,000 for the week ended July 17, well above the 350,000 Dow Jones estimate and more than the upwardly revised 368,000 from the previous period, the Labor Department reported Thursday. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3kLXj66 *Title:* Colorado AFL-CIO Decides to Stop Donating to Colorado Democratic Party *Source:* The Denver Post *Author:* Justin Wingerter *Date:* July 22, 2021 *Summary:* The Colorado AFL-CIO has decided to stop donating to the Colorado Democratic Party and committees that help elect Democrats to the Colorado General Assembly, what one expert said is a “rare step” for organized labor. *Link:* https://dpo.st/3kLz4Fl *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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July 22, 2021
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22 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 22, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* The Pandemic Drove Women Out of the Workforce. Will They Come Back? *Source:* Politico *Author:* Megan Cassella *Date:* July 22, 2021 *Summary:* Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work. *Link:* https://politi.co/3xZDbRZ *Title:* Striking to End ‘Suicide Shifts,’ Frito-Lay Workers Ask People to Drop the Doritos *Source:* NPR *Author:* Vanessa Romo *Date:* July 21, 2021 *Summary: *Hundreds of Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kan., are in their third week of a strike, citing so-called "suicide shifts" and poor working conditions at the manufacturing and distribution plant at a time when the company's net revenue growth has exceeded all of its targets. *Link:* https://n.pr/36V7blS *Title:* Inclusive and Equitable Tech Reskilling at LaunchCode in St. Louis *Source:* Brookings *Author:* Jason Jabbari, Wenrui Huang, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss *Date:* July 21, 2021 *Summary:* Due to inadequate recruitment and retention strategies in many boot camps, as well as implicit and explicit biases in employment practices, people of color still face barriers in gaining access to and benefitting from these programs. Recognizing this shortcoming, LaunchCode, a St. Louis-based technology training organization, implemented a new model for equitable re-skilling by combining computer science training with a paid apprenticeship and by altering its recruitment and retention efforts. *Link:* https://brook.gs/2TqDwOo *Title:* The National Labor Relations Board Grants a Reprieve to Inflatable Rats. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* July 21, 2021 *Summary:* On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that unions can position large synthetic props like rats, often used to communicate displeasure over employment practices, near a work site even when the targeted company is not directly involved in a labor dispute. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Brv0Qp *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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July 21, 2021
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21 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 21, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Office Culture War Escalates as Workers Balk at Return Mandates *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Erin Mulvaney *Date:* July 19, 2021 *Summary:* The Covid-19 pandemic’s test of mass telework for office workers has reached an inflection point as return-to-office mandates take shape and legal battles loom over employee requests to stay at home. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rx2PuY *Title:* A Man Failed Workplace Drug Test Days after N.J. Legalized Weed and was Fired. Now He’s Suing. *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Amanda Hoover *Date:* July 20, 2021 *Summary: *New Jersey’s top court ruled last year that employers cannot fire medical marijuana patients who use cannabis in their free time. The new marijuana legalization law will extend these protections to those 21 and older, but whether or not that provision applies to workers now has been debated. *Link:* https://bit.ly/36St7hu *Title:* As COVID-19 Continues, So Do Troubles for Nurses *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Lilo H. Stainton *Date:* July 21, 2021 *Summary:* For years, nurses in New Jersey have raised concerns about workforce shortages and staffing levels they believe put patients and employees in danger. The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated this situation and, according to New Jersey nurses unions, the state’s continued suspension of staffing regulations is further adding to the strain. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3eIpvmO *Title:* Shorter Hours, No Promotions: How the Pandemic Stalled Some Parents’ Careers *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Claire Cain Miller *Date:* July 21, 2021 *Summary:* The disruption to child care could have long-term career costs, and the ones likeliest to pay are mothers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3rnxkn1 *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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July 20, 2021
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20 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 20, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Low Pay, No Benefits, Rude Customers: Restaurant Workers Quit at Record Rate *Source:* NPR *Author:* Alina Selyukh *Date:* July 20, 2021 *Summary:* Low wages are the most common reason people cite for leaving food service work. But in one recent survey, more than half of hospitality workers who've quit said no amount of pay would get them to return. That's because for many, leaving food service had a lot to do also with its high-stress culture: exhausting work, unreliable hours, no benefits and so many rude customers. *Link:* https://n.pr/2VWcjE9 *Title:* Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* William E. Spriggs *Date:* July 19, 2021 *Summary: *Many economists I know quietly think that the employment gap highlights the problem of longstanding strains in the Black community. Not long ago, the Federal Reserve based its policies on a mechanical rule about inflation risk and the level of unemployment, which led central bankers to slow down the economy whenever the overall unemployment rate falls below about 6 percent. As a consequence of this mentality, every month from September 1975 to June 1997 the Black unemployment rate was in the double digits. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3BlvvLR *Title:* Hollywood Studios, Unions Reach Tentative Deal to Relax COVID Safety Protocols *Source:* Variety *Author:* Cynthia Littleton *Date:* July 19, 2021 *Summary:* The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and four unions — DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and Teamsters — confirmed late Monday that they have reached an agreement on adjustments that will be in effect through Sept. 30. The new pact allows the studios to make it mandatory for all those on a given set to be vaccinated, to decrease the rate of regular COVID testing and to loosen mask mandates in outdoor settings. *Link:* https://bit.ly/2UWSxYS *Title:* What Work-Life Balance Needs is Less Work, More Life *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Bryce Covert *Date:* July 20, 2021 *Summary:* In truth, the debate over the return to the office is fraught. Employers are used to being able to dictate when and where employees work, but we have now discovered that a lot of work can be done at odd hours between remote school lessons and from home offices or even the comfort of one’s bed. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3xNsdih *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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July 19, 2021
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19 Jul '21

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *July 19, 2021* *Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. * *Title:* Job-Hunters, Have You Posted Your Résumé on TikTok? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Taylor Lorenz *Date:* July 19, 2021 *Summary:* Feeling limited by LinkedIn, some Gen Z-ers are now applying for jobs using TikTok résumés. Employers are paying attention. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3zd4KaB *Title:* What Happened When Some GOP-Led States Cut the $300 Unemployment Benefit *Source:* PBS NewsHour *Author:* Courtney Vinopal *Date:* July 16, 2021 *Summary: *Across the country, Americans who recently lost the extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits are weighing tough choices about returning to work. Although the financial lifeline is supposed to last through Sept. 6, Republican governors in 25 states made the decision to end the extra benefits early, arguing that the economy is recovering at a promising pace, vaccines are widely available, and many businesses are in need of workers. *Link:* https://to.pbs.org/36JTjuC *Title:* The Biggest Job Wage Boom Post-Pandemic is Blue Collar, But Will it Last for Workers? *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Mikaela Cohen *Date:* July 17, 2021 *Summary:* Companies are in desperate need of workers across the country as the economic reopening collides with a tight labor market, but the boom in manual labor job wage growth pre-dates the pandemic. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3xQkkZs *Title:* Latina Journalists’ Ousters from Denver TV Powerhouse Spark Outrage *Source:* NPR *Author:* David Folkenflik *Date:* July 18, 2021 *Summary:* A quarter of Colorado residents are Latino, and the state is rapidly becoming more diverse. The ouster of the three reporters — revealed when one of them, Lori Lizarraga, wrote about it in *Westword*, a local alternative weekly — has revived profound criticisms of the station. In meetings with Tegna and KUSA officials this spring, a group of local elected officials, all Latina, called for the dismissal of KUSA's top news executive, Tim Ryan. *Link:* https://n.pr/3hOx39B *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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