Smlr_net April 2022

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April 29, 2022
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29 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 29, 2022* *Title:* Labor’s Disenchantment in Ohio Puts Even Democratic Veterans at Risk *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jonathan Weisman *Date:* April 28, 2022 *Summary:* As unions decline and their members maintain their affections for Donald J. Trump, Democrats like Representative Marcy Kaptur find their base of support eroding quickly. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/38zF6Vi *Title:* Fewer Americans File for Jobless Claims Last Week *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Matt Ott *Date:* April 28, 2022 *Summary:* Jobless claims in the U.S. declined by 5,000 to 180,000 for the week ending April 23, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally reflect the number of layoffs. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3KqyEgH *Title:* New Report Details Injuries at NJ Amazon Warehouses as Activists Oppose New Facility *Source:* NorthJersey.com *Author: * Daniel Munoz *Date:* April 28, 2022 *Summary:* Workers for Amazon's 53 New Jersey facilities suffered 1,605 workplace injuries, of which 1,386 were serious enough to miss work or be placed on restricted duty, according to a new report. *Link:* https://njersy.co/3KtdQ8f *Title:* Delta, Facing a Union Drive, Says It Will Start Paying Flight Attendants During Boarding *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Leslie Josephs *Date:* April 26, 2022 *Summary:* Delta Air Lines said it will start paying flight attendants during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline and an initiative that comes during a unionization drive for the Atlanta-based airline’s biggest work group. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3KqBFh1 *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, 2022
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28 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 28, 2022* *Title:* The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* April 28, 2022 *Summary:* Since the Great Recession, the college-educated have taken more frontline jobs at companies like Starbucks and Amazon. Now they’re helping to unionize them. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3KnREwn *Title:* Budweiser Workers Could Strike in UK, Threatening a ‘Summer Beer Drought’ *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Sharon Browne-Peter *Date:* April 27, 2022 *Summary:* The UK staff of the world's biggest brewer have refused to accept the company's new pay package. According to GMB Union, the offer from the Budweiser Brewing group, the UK arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), was a 3% increase for 2022 and 3% for 2023 with increases in overtime rates. But with UK inflation hitting 9%, the union says the pay raises will actually amount to an overall pay cut for the workers. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3KiHZak *Title:* Ford Motor Co. Slashes 580 Jobs as Company Overhauls Talent *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author: * Phoebe Wall Howard *Date:* April 27, 2022 *Summary:* "We continue to align staffing around the critical skills needed to deliver our products, services and the Ford+ plan," Monique Brentley, a Ford spokeswoman, told the Free Press. "We are making adjustments in select U.S. engineering teams, which includes some reassignments as well as a reduction of approximately 350 salaried and 230 agency positions." *Link:* https://bit.ly/38qMfHz *Title:* N.J. Public Worker Pension Fund Loses Billions on Investments in Rocky First Quarter *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Derek Hall *Date:* April 27, 2022 *Summary:* New Jersey’s public worker pension fund lost nearly $3 billion in the first quarter of 2022 as mounting economic headwinds and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled global markets. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kiTC6H *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, 2022
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27 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 27, 2022* *Title:* State of Working America 2021 *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Elise Gould and Jori Kandra *Date:* April 27, 2022 *Summary:* This report is the latest in EPI’s annual series looking at State of Working America wage data. For decades, EPI’s State of Working America project has been tracking wages, incomes, poverty, and wealth in order to answer the question, “How well is the economy working for working families in the U.S.?” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kinJv2 *Title:* Hot Job Market, an Economic Relief, Is a Wall Street Worry *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Talmon Joseph Smith *Date:* April 26, 2022 *Summary:* This year’s decline in stock prices follows a historical pattern: “When unemployment is ultra low, the uppity times are behind us,” a bank research chief said. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Kpsr4C *Title:* For Many American Families a Living Wage Is Out of Reach: Report *Source:* ABC News *Author: * Sasha Pezenik *Date:* April 27, 2022 *Summary:* A new report diving into the data on vital measures of health and social determinants of health finds that women, and particularly women of color, continue to experience steep pay gaps, that many Americans cannot afford child care and many school districts may be underfunded. *Link:* https://abcn.ws/3LoFdBH *Title:* UC Academic Workers Block Westwood Intersection to Protest Pay, Policies *Source:* Los Angeles Times *Author:* Sonja Sharp *Date:* April 26, 2022 *Summary:* Hundreds of UCLA researchers, student-instructors and other academic workers took to the streets of Westwood on Tuesday afternoon, protesting low pay and what they deemed institutionalized discrimination and harassment at the University of California. *Link:* https://lat.ms/37Gv19f *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, 2022
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26 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 26, 2022* *Title:* Thousands of Nurses at Stanford Hospitals are Striking Over Wages and Mental Health *Source:* NPR *Author:* Jonathan Franklin *Date:* April 25, 2022 *Summary:* Nearly 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., went on strike Monday as they negotiate for better pay, more staffing and more support for their mental health. *Link:* https://n.pr/3LhA6Df *Title:* Employees Vote to Unionize at this Starbucks, Becoming the First in N.J. To Do So *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Brianna Kudisch *Date:* April 25, 2022 *Summary:* The employees at the Denow Road store in Mercer County voted unanimously — 15 to 0 — to join Workers United Monday. The National Labor Relations Board, which conducted the election, counted the mail-in ballots at 10 a.m., according to Workers United. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Kh3JDm *Title:* Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Takeover Becomes a Reality *Source:* The New York Times *Author: * Kate Conger *Date:* April 26, 2022 *Summary:* Workers say they have been left largely in the dark about what a sale to the billionaire will mean for them and their shares in the company. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3kbjLEa *Title:* Chicago Teachers Union Tells Labor Board CPS Violated COVID-19 Safety Agreement *Source:* Chicago Tribune *Author:* Karen Ann Cullotta *Date:* April 25, 2022 *Summary:* Officials with the Chicago Teachers Union argued Monday that the halting of the universal masking requirement at Chicago Public Schools last month violated their COVID-19 safety agreement by rescinding a key tenet of the plan without reopening collective bargaining. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3xROTRi *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 25, 2022
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25 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 25, 2022* *Title:* NLRB Sues Starbucks for Retaliating Against 3 Workers Involved in Unionizing *Source:* NPR *Author:* Joe Hernandez *Date:* April 24, 2022 *Summary:* One worker was disciplined, suspended and discharged; another was "constructively discharged" and a third was put on unpaid leave after the company revoked "recently granted accommodations," the NLRB said in a press release. *Link:* https://n.pr/3k7zxjo *Title:* Rapid Inflation, Lower Employment: How the U.S. Pandemic Response Measures Up *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jeanna Smialek and Ben Casselman *Date:* April 25, 2022 *Summary:* The United States spent more on its policy response than other advanced economies. Now economists are revisiting how that worked. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/38o2SUp *Title:* Mississippi Set to Become Final State with Equal Pay Law *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Emily Wagster Pettus *Date:* April 24, 2022 *Summary:* A 1963 federal law requires equal pay for equal work, but Mississippi has the only state without its own law since Alabama enacted one in 2019. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vchIGh *Title:* Cuts to Unemployment Benefits Didn’t Spur Jobs, Report Says *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* April 22, 2022 *Summary:* State cuts to pandemic unemployment benefits last summer had a small impact on hiring, suggesting enhanced funding for the unemployed didn’t play a big role in labor shortages, according to a recent report. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3OAKfgl *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, 2022
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22 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 22, 2022* *Title:* Stacy Davis Gates Won’t Back Down *Source:* Chicago Magazine *Author:* Heidi Stevens *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* The Chicago Teachers Union’s heir apparent sees herself as a righteous champion of not just educators but of students. And she’s not about to let anyone stand in her way. Including the mayor. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3k2zcP2 *Title:* The Court Decision Invalidating the 2016 Overtime Rule Was Based on Fundamentally Flawed Economic Logic *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Heidi Shierholz and John Schmitt *Date:* April 22, 2022 *Summary:* Below we list the flawed economic claims underlying Judge Amos Mazzant’s decisions, and we show why those claims have no basis in reality. *Link:* https://bit.ly/39byUmT *Title:* Fewest Americans Collecting Jobless Aid Since 1970 *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Matt Ott *Date:* April 21, 2022 *Summary:* Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 184,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which levels out week-to-week volatility, rose by 4,500 to 177,250. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3k29dax *Title:* America Gave Up on Overtime – and It’s Costing Workers $35,451 a Year *Source:* Time Magazine *Author:* Nick Hanauer *Date:* April 21, 2022 *Summary:* If it feels like you’re working longer hours for less money than your parents or grandparents did, it’s because you probably are. Adjusted for inflation, average hourly wages have actually fallen since the early 1970s, while average hours worked have steadily climbed. American workers are increasingly underpaid, overworked, and overwhelmed. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Ln3xEh *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, 2022
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21 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 21, 2022* *Title:* The Nurses Who Wouldn’t Come in From the Cold *Source:* In These Times *Author:* Aparna Gopalan *Date:* April 20, 2022 *Summary:* "Workers across the country have started “bargaining for the common good” over the past decade. In Connecticut, care workers negotiated higher Medicaid funding for nursing homes to secure their communities’ right to age with dignity. In West Virginia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, teachers went on strike for the right to a robust public education. The St. Vincent nurses’ strike followed the template of a common good strike in both its demands and tactics, with patient well-being as its rallying cry and the broader Worcester community (“anyone who might become a patient one day,” in the words of one nurse) as the key beneficiary." *Link:* https://bit.ly/386GuPg *Title:* Strike Is Averted as Doormen’s Union Reaches Contract Agreement *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Patrick McGeehan *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* The contract with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, which represents workers at more than 3,000 apartment buildings in New York City, had been set to expire on Wednesday. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/38bUW8n *Title:* Employees at an Atlanta Mall Become the First Apple Retail Workers to Unionize *Source:* NPR *Author: * Ayana Archie *Date:* April 21, 2022 *Summary:* Apple workers in Atlanta filed to unionize Wednesday, becoming the first retail employees for the tech giant to do so in the nation, according to Communications Workers of America, the union representing the employees. *Link:* https://n.pr/3JXcLFr *Title:* As Salary Offers Soar, Here’s How Much Wages are Rising in Greater Philly *Source:* NBC 10 Philadelphia *Author:* Ty West and Ryan Mulligan *Date:* April 20, 2022 *Summary:* The Philadelphia region's wage increase falls just about in line with the national trend, as local workers are bringing in an average of $48 more per week than they were in February 2021 *Link:* https://bit.ly/39bssMR *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, 2022
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20 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 20, 2022* *Title:* With Inflation, Workers are Facing Return-to-Office Sticker Shock *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Emma Goldberg *Date:* April 20, 2022 *Summary:* The cost of a daily routine — travel, coffee, food — is far pricier than it was when offices shut down two years ago. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3L2DEJt *Title:* Democratic Party Weighs Banning Its Consultants from Anti-Union Activity *Source:* Politico *Author:* Eleanor Mueller *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* POLITICO has obtained a draft of a contract addendum that would forbid Democratic-aligned consultants from participating in union-busting, aiding an employer in a labor dispute or lobbying against union-backed legislation. *Link:* https://politi.co/3jWlgWU *Title:* Verizon Raises Minimum Wage for Retail, Customer Service Staff to $20 Per Hour *Source:* c|net *Author: * Eli Blumenthal *Date:* April 18, 2022 *Summary:* Verizon is upping its minimum wage, announcing on Monday that it will now pay at least $20 per hour to retail, sales and customer service teams nationwide. The company says that the new increase will automatically apply to new hires, while current employees will have their rates automatically adjusted. *Link:* https://cnet.co/3MlrsEa *Title:* Nintendo Hit with Labor Complaint *Source:* Axios *Author:* Stephen Totilo *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* An unnamed worker is alleging that Nintendo, and a firm it uses for hiring contractors, violated their legally protected right to unionize, according to a new filing with the National Labor Relations Board. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3xFlNV3 *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, 2022
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19 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 19, 2022* *Title:* Working From Home, Japan’s Corporate Warriors Rethink Their Priorities *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Malcolm Foster *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* The country’s traditional job-for-life model is eroding, with pressure now coming from workers who want more flexibility, autonomy and control over their careers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3JWiQSL *Title:* Better Ventilation Would Create a Healthier Workplace – But Companies Have to Invest *Source:* NPR *Author:* Liz Szabo *Date:* April 19, 2022 *Summary:* A growing coalition of epidemiologists and aerosol scientists say that improved ventilation could be a powerful tool against the coronavirus — if businesses are willing to invest the money. *Link:* https://n.pr/3rEGixp *Title:* Employees at a New York Apple Store are Trying to Unionize *Source:* CNN Business *Author: * Chris Isidore and Sara Ashley O’Brien *Date:* April 18, 2022 *Summary:* On the group's website, it says a union is needed because wages have not kept pace with the cost of living in New York City. It said it also wants better job protections for workers. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3KXFNWY *Title:* 200,000 Could Lose Their Jobs as Western Companies Withdraw, Moscow Mayor Says *Source:* NPR *Author:* Rachel Treisman *Date:* April 18, 2022 *Summary:* "According to our estimates, about 200,000 people are at risk of losing their jobs," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote in a Monday blog post, according to an AFP translation. He also said authorities have approved a program worth 3.36 billion rubles — or roughly $41 million — to support employees at risk of layoffs with training and temporary employment. *Link:* https://n.pr/3EpyswW *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 18, 2022
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18 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 18, 2022* *Title:* Senators Say Labor Department Was Unresponsive as They Got Bombarded by NJ Unemployment Calls *Source:* NorthJersey.com *Author:* Katie Sobko *Date:* April 18, 2022 *Summary:* Legislators from both sides of the aisle said the Labor Department has not been responsive as its offices have been bombarded with calls about issues with claims. Many lawmakers say they had to dedicate staff to helping residents and are still working to resolve unemployment claims to this day. *Link:* https://njersy.co/3vlo05o *Title:* How Black Washerwomen in the South Became Pioneers of American Labor *Source:* The Washington Post *Author:* Kim Kelly *Date:* April 17, 2022 *Summary:* It wasn’t until 1866, a year after Emancipation, that formerly enslaved Black female workers were able to launch a widespread work stoppage of their own — and by doing so, jump-start a wave of Black-led labor organizing that would spread through multiple industries and set the stage for decades of labor struggles to come. *Link:* https://wapo.st/37lL10f *Title:* Etsy Sellers Eye Forming a Union After Going on Strike *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Annie Palmer *Date:* April 16, 2022 *Summary:* Thousands of Etsy sellers are on a weeklong strike to protest a recent hike to transaction fees, and other changes. Kristi Cassidy, the strike’s lead organizer, and other Etsy sellers are now considering forming a union. “What that looks like, we don’t really know, because we’re kind of navigating uncharted territory,” Cassidy said. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/37ux4Nj *Title:* Starbucks is Weighing Better Benefits for Employees But Says They Could Exclude Union Workers *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Amelia Lucas *Date:* April 14, 2022 *Summary:* Starbucks is weighing better benefits for its barista but said they could exclude union workers. CEO Howard Schultz told U.S. store leaders this week that he is reviewing the coffee chain’s benefit program for its workers, but that it would be illegal to extend improved benefits unilaterally. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3JLHeXb *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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