Smlr_net January 2022

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January 31, 2022
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31 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 31, 2022* *Title:* Chicago and New York Take Action to Protect Domestic Workers *Source:* Working Economics Blog – Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Terri Gerstein *Date:* January 27, 2022 *Summary:* A snapshot of state and local enforcement actions across the country *Link:* https://bit.ly/3g8D6UE *Title:* How Facebook is Morphing into Meta *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sheera Frenkel, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac *Date:* January 31, 2022 *Summary: *Shifting a 68,000-person social networking company toward the theoretical metaverse has caused internal disruption and uncertainty. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3ghWmip *Title:* Unions Have Enthusiasm, Media Spotlight. But Membership Numbers Lag *Source:* NPR *Author: *Stephan Bisaha *Date:* January 28, 2022 *Summary:* Glance at the numbers and the state of American unions looks bleak. Just 10.3% of American workers were union members last year, tied with 2019 for the lowest number on record. Membership has been dropping for decades. Yet if you read the headlines, that future appears brighter. *Link:* https://n.pr/3KV9Xud *Title:* More Companies Consider Helping Workers Pay Student Loans *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Ann Carrns *Date:* January 28, 2022 *Summary:* Employers see the aid as part of a bid to attract workers, especially as the federal pause on student loan payments ends on May 1. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3L11C8j *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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January 27, 2022
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27 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 27, 2022* *Title:* Amazon Faces Another Union Vote, this Time at a Staten Island Warehouse *Source:* NPR *Author:* Alina Selyukh *Date:* January 26, 2022 *Summary:* The National Labor Relations Board says it has found "sufficient showing of interest" among Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse to set up a vote. The board's ruling on Wednesday comes days before Alabama warehouse workers begin their re-vote on whether to join a union. *Link:* https://n.pr/3opur4X *Title:* China Forced-Labor Law Risks Snarling Supply Chains, ESG Goals *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Lydia Beyoud *Date:* January 27, 2022 *Summary: *Companies are facing fresh supply chain challenges in responding to a new U.S. law that requires proof that their imported goods aren’t linked to forced labor in China, particularly in the Xinjiang region. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rTz3Rt *Title:* After Record High, NJ Pension Returns Drop *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author: *John Reitmeyer *Date:* January 27, 2022 *Summary:* Investment returns for New Jersey’s public-worker pension fund have come back to earth following last year’s record highs. The pension fund’s investment returns landed below 4% over the first half of the 2022 fiscal year, according to the state’s latest preliminary estimates. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IYfs9Z *Title:* Fed Signals Rate Increase in March, Citing Inflation and Strong Job Market *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jeanna Smialek *Date:* January 26, 2022 *Summary:* Federal Reserve officials signaled on Wednesday that they were on track to raise interest rates in March, given that inflation has been running far above policymakers’ target and that labor market data suggests employees are in short supply. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3r5hdMn *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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January 26, 2022
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26 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 26, 2022* *Title:* The Great Resignation? More Like The Great Renegotiation *Source:* NPR *Author:* Greg Rosalsky *Date:* January 25, 2022 *Summary:* We at *Planet Money* think it might be better to call what's going on "The Great Renegotiation." We coined this term in a recent episode called "No shortage of labor stories." In that episode we spoke with Karin Kimbrough, the chief economist of LinkedIn. Kimbrough approved of our rebranding, and she pointed us to her company's treasure trove of data to back it up. "There are twice as many jobs on our platform as there were a year ago," Kimbrough said. With lots of open jobs, workers have greater power to negotiate a better position. *Link:* https://n.pr/3H2sItm *Title:* G.M. Will Spend $7 Billion on Michigan Plants to Further its Electric-Vehicle Aims *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Neal E. Boudette *Date:* January 25, 2022 *Summary: *The automaker will build a battery plant and overhaul an existing factory to produce electric pickup trucks, creating 4,000 jobs. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3fYVT4L *Title:* Bridges Don’t Build Themselves: How Dems’ Spending Flop Hurts Their Infrastructure Victory *Source:* Politico *Author: *Jennifer Scholtes, Jessica Calefati and Eleanor Mueller *Date:* January 26, 2022 *Summary:* Even before the president signed the bipartisan infrastructure package into law in November, economists warned that a shortage of skilled workers would spoil Democrats’ dreams of mass job creation. Weeks later, prospects withered for passing the other chunk of Biden’s master plan, the $1.7 trillion climate and social spending package, throwing into limbo the $20 billion for education and training programs that were supposed to get enough workers ready to do those jobs. *Link:* https://politi.co/3AFLpAL *Title:* NJ Urging Congress to Forgive Overpaid Unemployment Benefits to 250,000 Workers *Source:* NorthJersey.com *Author:* Ashley Balcerzak *Date:* January 25, 2022 *Summary:* More than 130,000 workers in New Jersey who collected unemployment benefits under COVID pandemic federal assistance programs later received a letter from the state Labor Department saying they weren't actually eligible for jobless benefits — and must give the money back. And that's just the number of overpayment letters that have gone out so far. New Jersey estimates it paid 250,000 workers who aren't eligible for unemployment after federal rules changed. *Link:* https://njersy.co/3u1WR8z *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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January 25, 2022
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25 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 25, 2022* *Title:* Eric Adams vs. the NYPD *Source:* Slate *Author:* Christopher Hayes *Date:* January 24, 2022 *Summary:* An op-ed about the looming reform battle between New York Mayor Eric Adams and the city's powerful police unions. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3G6gu1O *Title:* For Unions, Membership Gap Tells Tale of Legislative Failures *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Ian Kullgren *Date:* January 21, 2022 *Summary: *The overall rate of union membership in the workforce sunk to 10.3% last year, annual data released by the U.S. Department of Labor Thursday showed—about half of what it was in 1983 when the U.S. had nearly 18 million union workers. The final tally from 2021 offered a sobering counterpoint to unions’ strike-fueled victory lap last year. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nVxgdD *Title:* King Soopers Workers Ratify New ‘Industry-Leading’ Contract *Source:* Fox 31 Denver *Author: *Lanie Lee Cook *Date:* January 24, 2022 *Summary:* The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 called the three-year agreement “the most significant wage increase ever secured by a UFCW local for grocery workers.” The union said it ensures the essential workers are “respected and protected in the workplace and compensated with wages they deserve.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tUOc7J *Title:* Biscuit World Union Effort Rooted in West Virginia History *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Leah Willingham *Date:* January 24, 2022 *Summary:* The effort also resonates deeply in a state with a storied history of labor activism, coming 100 years after the largest worker uprising in U.S. history erupted in West Virginia coal country. “We’re tired of being treated as badly as we’re being treated,” Nicholson said. “The workers are treated with no dignity, no respect, like they’re just a number.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3KH3EKz *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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January 24, 2022
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24 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 24, 2022* *Title:* Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Stephanie Nolen *Date:* January 24, 2022 *Summary:* Huge pay incentives and immigration fast-tracks are leading many to leave countries whose health systems urgently need their expertise. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3fTkQP6 *Title:* Architect Behind Googleplex Now Says It’s ‘Dangerous’ to Work at Such a Posh Office *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bobby Allyn *Date:* January 22, 2022 *Summary: *Clive Wilkinson says it's really not a good thing for employees to work at a place that has catered meals, private parks, massage tables and a laundromat ... because why would you ever leave? *Link:* https://n.pr/3KDUDlB *Title:* Younger Workers Will Benefit From Return to Office, Says Boss *Source:* BBC News *Author: *Michael Race & Lora Jones *Date:* January 24, 2022 *Summary:* Returning to work in offices will help younger staff with their careers, the boss of a pub firm has said. Clive Watson, chief executive of City Pub Group, said junior workers needed mentors which they could not get access to while working from home. Many people are set to return to the office this week after work-from-home guidance was ditched in England. Mr. Watson said having staff working in offices would help build the "culture" of businesses. *Link:* https://bbc.in/3FQvkJn *Title:* UAW, AFL-CIO Push GM, Mexican Government to Safeguard Workers Ahead of Union Vote *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author:* Eric D. Lawrence *Date:* January 22, 2022 *Summary:* A vote at GM’s Silao plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato is set for Feb. 1-2. About 6,300 workers, according to GM, will be eligible to vote in an election to select which of four unions will represent the workers, although an expert on Mexican labor issues said only one of the four represents a true break from a corrupt past. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3qU0J9y *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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January 20, 2022
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20 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 20, 2022* *Title:* Oklahoma Will Allow State Employees to Work as Substitute Teachers to Fight Shortages *Source:* NPR *Author:* Joe Hernandez *Date:* January 19, 2022 *Summary:* It's the latest state to float an unorthodox solution to the problem of teachers and school staff calling out sick in high numbers because of an omicron-driven spike in COVID-19 infections across the country. *Link:* https://n.pr/3Ahb7LM *Title:* Retired N.J. Teachers Can Go Back to Work While Collecting Pension Under New Law *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Kelly Heyboer *Date:* January 19, 2022 *Summary: *Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Tuesday that allows retired teachers and professional school staff members to continue to collect their retirement pensions while also getting a new salary if they temporarily fill “critical need” jobs in New Jersey schools. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Id1MYa *Title:* Starbucks Ends Its Plan to Require Worker Vaccination and Testing *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Emma Goldberg *Date:* January 19, 2022 *Summary:* The Supreme Court’s ruling last week shutting down the Biden administration’s effort to enlist large employers in its vaccination campaign, experts said, would trigger a new wave of uncertainty about how companies keep workers safe from Covid-19. Now Starbucks, with 9,000 U.S. coffee shops and 200,000 workers, has became one of the first major retailers to backtrack on vaccine plans since the ruling. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3fH3x3v *Title:* Unions Representing 3,500 Hennepin County Workers File Intent to Strike in 10 Days *Source:* Minnesota Reformer *Author:* Max Nesterak *Date:* January 19, 2022 *Summary:* More than 3,500 social service and clerical workers for Hennepin County say they will go on strike in 10 days unless the county agrees to higher wages, hazard pay and better protections against COVID-19. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3FKpKbB *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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January 19, 2022
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19 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 19, 2022* *Title:* King Soopers Files Restraining Order Against Workers’ Union and Picketers as Strike Enters Week Two *Source:* Colorado Public Radio *Author:* Desiree Mathurin *Date:* January 18, 2022 *Summary:* Kroger, the parent company to King Soopers, filed the order against United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and striking workers Tuesday in Denver District Court. The company claims picketers have intimidated shoppers, harassed temporary employees, destroyed property, blocked access to the stores’ front doors and several other complaints. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tGdsi8 *Title:* Labor Organizers Say Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Won’t Stop Them *Source:* Polygon *Author:* Charlie Hall *Date:* January 18, 2022 *Summary: *On Tuesday Microsoft announced its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard for a reported $68.7 billion. The move comes amidst heightened tensions between leaders at Activision Blizzard and workers attempting to form a union. Organizers say that despite the distraction and the potential for new leadership, the fight for worker’s rights at Activision Blizzard is still ongoing. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nAwEKc *Title:* Trade Unions Accuse Portland Officials of Interfering in Labor Effort *Source:* Oregon Public Broadcasting *Author: *Rebecca Ellis *Date:* January 18, 2022 *Summary:* In an unfair labor practice complaint filed late Friday, the District Council of Trade Unions alleges city supervisors polled union members on whether they would support a strike, told new members they could not participate and warned employees they would be denying vacation requests due to the looming walkout. *Link:* https://bit.ly/33uwPzX *Title:* Some Gender Disparities Widened in the U.S. Workforce During the Pandemic *Source:* Pew Research Center *Author:* Richard Fry *Date:* January 14, 2022 *Summary:* The pandemic is associated with an increase in some gender disparities in the labor market. Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men. Other disparities have stayed the same or even narrowed: The gender pay gap has remained steady, for example, and the difference in the average hours worked by men and women has slightly diminished. *Link:* https://pewrsr.ch/3nEaeYK *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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January 18, 2022
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18 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 18, 2022* *Title:* Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced *Source:* Wired *Author:* Morgan Meaker *Date:* January 17, 2022 *Summary:* A new subcontractor industry in Europe is benefiting from platforms’ efforts to clean up their image and comply with stricter employment rules. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rmdMj2 *Title:* Omicron Surge is Causing Worker Absences, SEPTA Delays, and Late Trash Pickup Across the Region *Source:* The Philadelphia Inquirer *Author:* Erin McCarthy and Justine McDaniel *Date:* January 16, 2022 *Summary: *More than 2,000 SEPTA bus and trolley trips were canceled due to absences just on Monday and Tuesday. A fifth of city garbage trucks were out of service one day. Some postal offices temporarily closed, and in Delaware County, a quarter of all county employees were out one day in the first week of January. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nxyk7q *Title:* Coronavirus Briefing: A Burnout Crisis *Source:* The New York Times *Author: *Jonathan Wolfe *Date:* January 14, 2022 *Summary:* The months of trauma, stress and personal risk have led to a remarkably high number of resignations — around one in five health care workers have quit since the pandemic began. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3GIRsXu *Title:* California Court Rules Against Google’s Confidentiality Agreements *Source:* Android Headlines *Author:* Chethan Rao *Date:* January 17, 2022 *Summary:* A California Superior Court has ruled against Google in what could be a landmark case for the tech sector. The judge said that banning employees from discussing their job with prospective employers is equivalent to a non-compete clause, which is illegal in California. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3KlzbSl *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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January 13, 2022
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13 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 13, 2022* *Title:* Despite Higher Wages, Inflation Gave the Average Worker a 2.4% Pay Cut Last Year *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* January 12, 2022 *Summary:* Inflation is taking a big bite out of workers’ paychecks, eroding many of the raises businesses have offered to attract and keep employees in a hot job market. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3GrQP4n *Title:* King Soopers Workers Go On Strike Across Denver Area *Source:* The Denver Post *Author:* Judith Kohler and Tayler Shaw *Date:* January 12, 2022 *Summary: *Thousands of grocery workers started walking the picket lines at King Soopers stores from Boulder to Parker early Wednesday morning, a day after the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 rejected the company’s latest contract offer. *Link:* https://dpo.st/3FqNzoF *Title:* City of Chula Vista to Declare a Public Health Emergency Due to Republic Services Strike *Source:* NBC 7 San Diego *Author: *NBC 7 Staff *Date:* January 12, 2022 *Summary:* The Teamsters Local 542 strike started on Dec. 17. A spokesperson told NBC 7 they’re asking Republic Services for better pay, improved working conditions and safer equipment. Most of the 260 striking employees are drivers that earn around $24.60 per hour, according to a board member with Local 542. They're hoping to get closer to $31, which was the average hourly pay for all jobs in San Diego County in May 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3qoD4Oz *Title:* Messy Job Reports and Unreliable Labor Forecasts Take a Toll on Biden’s First Year *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Christina Wilkie and Thomas Franck *Date:* January 12, 2022 *Summary:* An assumption that the government provides accurate numbers underpins the emphasis on the monthly update. But now the lingering Covid-19 pandemic makes the job of collecting reliable numbers more difficult — and less reflective of the final count after revisions than in pre-pandemic times. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3GoDzxx *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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January 12, 2022
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12 Jan '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 12, 2022* *Title:* How Did Employment Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence From a New BLS Survey Supplement *Source:* U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics *Author:* Alison Auginbaugh and Donna S. Rothstein *Date:* January 2022 *Summary:* In an effort to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected labor market experience, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) fielded a short supplemental survey to gather information from its sample members on work and working conditions, among other topics. Data from this new survey sheds light on the work experiences of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3fcRfzP *Title:* A Timeline is Set for a New Unionization Vote at an Amazon Warehouse *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Karen Weise *Date:* January 11, 2022 *Summary: *Amazon workers in Alabama will have another shot at voting to form a union this winter, as the National Labor Relations Board scheduled a mail-in election to start Feb. 4. The agency told the workers on Tuesday that they will have until March 25 to submit their votes. The agency will count the ballots on March 28. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3tlv6HU *Title:* CVS and Walgreens Just Cut Down Paid Sick Leave for Workers *Source:* Fortune *Author: *Megan Leonhardt *Date:* January 11, 2022 *Summary:* Notably, CVS and Walgreens both told Fortune that they cut paid COVID sick leave based on the CDC’s late-December guidance that people with COVID isolate for five days, versus their previous guidance that they isolate for 10 days, hinting at a possible new corporate trend, and highlighting the lack of standard sick leave policies in the U.S. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3I2a8Sr *Title:* More Job Openings in Texas than Unemployed Workers for the First Time During Pandemic *Source:* KHOU 11 *Author:* David González *Date:* January 11, 2022 *Summary:* Two years into the pandemic, Texas Workforce Solutions manager Michelle Castrow said they’re seeing more and more people looking for work. “For the first time since the start of the pandemic we now have more job openings than we do people who are unemployed,” Castrow said. She said that’s a good sign for the economy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3njaiNn *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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