Smlr_net April 2022

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April 15, 2022
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15 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 15, 2022* *Title:* ‘A Big Win’: New Contract Gives Grocery Workers Their Biggest Pay Raises in Decades *Source:* Los Angeles Times *Author:* Margot Roosevelt *Date:* April 14, 2022 *Summary:* After four months of bargaining, Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs, and Albertsons, which owns Pavilions and Vons, agreed to raises of 19% to 31% over current pay levels for most workers. Part-time employees, about 70% of the workforce, are guaranteed 28 hours weekly, up from 24. *Link:* https://lat.ms/3Ef9SyK *Title:* Tight Labor Markets and Wage Growth in the Current Economy *Source:* Brookings Institute *Author:* Harry J. Holzer *Date:* April 13, 2022 *Summary:* Labor markets in the US are currently tight, and are generating substantial growth in nominal wages – i.e., those measured in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation). On the other hand, wage growth does not appear to be keeping up with inflation right now, regardless of how the latter is measured. *Link:* https://brook.gs/3xruZwb *Title:* Georgia Farm Labor Indictments Raise Pressure on Biden for Farmworker Reforms *Source:* Politico *Author: * Ximena Bustillo *Date:* April 14, 2022 *Summary:* A human smuggling ring allegedly trafficked over 200 workers from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to provide labor on south Georgia onion farms, according to a federal indictment. They obtained agricultural worker visas for their victims and then forced them to perform physically demanding labor for little or no pay and live in squalid conditions. Members of the ring sold or traded some workers among themselves and sexually assaulted some. *Link:* https://politi.co/3EkhvnG *Title:* How to Negotiate for Better Pay and Perks When the Job Offer Lands *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Mandi Woodruff-Santos *Date:* April 15, 2022 *Summary:* With workers in high demand, the most costly mistake they can make is leaving the bargaining table without asking for more. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3jH4omN *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 14, 2022
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14 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 14, 2022* *Title:* A New Legal Tactic to Protect Workers’ Pay *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Eduardo Porter *Date:* April 14, 2022 *Summary:* The Justice Department is using antitrust law to charge employers with colluding to hold down wages. The move adds to a barrage of civil challenges. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3xtSGnS *Title:* Yelp, Citi, Apple and More are Expanding Employee Benefits to Cover Abortion Care *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jennifer Liu *Date:* April 13, 2022 *Summary:* More employers are taking steps to show that supporting employees in abortion care is a workplace issue. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3M3mdc2 *Title:* Starbucks Workers Win Streak of Union Elections, With No Sign of Slowing *Source:* NPR *Author: * Andrea Hsu *Date:* April 14, 2022 *Summary:* Twenty stores have now unionized, including four so far this week in unanimous votes. The union has lost only once, when one of the first three stores in Buffalo to organize voted down the union back in December. More than 200 Starbucks stores have sought elections, with more added every day. *Link:* https://n.pr/3M7I6Xp *Title:* Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Cade Metz and Adam Satariano *Date:* April 13, 2022 *Summary:* Since their country invaded Ukraine, Russian tech workers have left by the thousands. They appear intent on rebuilding their lives and businesses in other countries. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/37NTBEG *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 13, 2022
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13 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 13, 2022* *Title:* Over 50 Gig Workers Were Killed on the Job. Their Families are Footing the Bills *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bobby Allyn *Date:* April 12, 2022 *Summary:* While it is hard to know what companies could have done to prevent the deaths, the worker advocates say there was a lack of support in the aftermath of the killings. Unlike regular employees, gig workers' families do not receive compensation, like survivor benefits, even if they have been killed while on the job. *Link:* https://n.pr/3rosR4v *Title:* West Coast Port Labor Talks Carry High Stakes for Economy, Midterms *Source:* Politico *Author:* Eleanor Mueller *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* The whirlwind of economic and political factors significantly ups the stakes for the talks, which take place every six years and have in the past stalled traffic at the busiest ports in the U.S. The Biden administration plans to keep close tabs on the talks — and intervene immediately should a breakdown appear imminent. *Link:* https://politi.co/3veOZ2t *Title:* Gay Couple Was Denied I.V.F. Benefits. They Say That’s Discriminatory. *Source:* The New York Times *Author: * Precious Fondren *Date:* April 12, 2022 *Summary:* A former lawyer for New York City and his husband have filed a complaint against the city saying they were denied insurance coverage because of a definition of infertility that excludes gay men. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3rqvrHh *Title:* Veto Override Makes Maryland 10th State With Paid Family Leave *Source:* Bloomberg News *Author:* Chris Marr *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* Maryland became the 10th state to enact paid family and medical leave covering private-sector workers statewide—a list that neighboring Delaware also could join soon. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3M2EXIE *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 12, 2022
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12 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 12, 2022* *Title:* NYC Business Groups Say Salary Transparency Would Make It Harder to Hire Diverse Candidates *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jennifer Liu *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* New York City businesses are pushing back on a law that would require them to publish salary ranges on job ads, intended to close the racial and gender wage gaps, with some citing concerns that it will hinder their diversity efforts in hiring. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3LVEcB1 *Title:* A New Fed Study Blows a Hole in the GOP Argument That Unemployment Benefits Caused the Labor Shortage *Source:* Business Insider *Author:* Joseph Zeballos-Roig and Juliana Kaplan *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* Republicans often cite the program as a reason that Americans held off from seeking jobs. But the analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found little difference in job-seeking between states that ended their expanded unemployment programs early and those that kept them in place until their scheduled expiration in September. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3KCkvxP *Title:* Etsy Sellers Launch a Week-Long Strike Over Increased Fees *Source:* NPR *Author: * Jaclyn Diaz *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* Earlier this year, Etsy's CEO Josh Silverman announced that starting April 11 the company would increase the 5% transaction fee for sellers to 6.5%. This was done to fund improvements in marketing, and seller tools, among other changes, Silverman said. The sellers are fed up with new transaction fees and other Etsy-imposed costs. Many sellers feel like Etsy is intent on squeezing the platform's independent artists with these new policies. *Link:* https://n.pr/3xmAXP8 *Title:* ‘The War for Talent’ Continues. 40% of Recent Job Switchers are Again Looking for a New Position, Survey Finds *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* April 11, 2022 *Summary:* Two of every five workers who switched jobs over the past year are looking for work again, according to a new survey published by Grant Thornton, a consulting firm. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3vc1HyX *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 11, 2022
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11 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 11, 2022* *Title:* Former Apple Engineer Shares Struggles with Gender Wage Gap, Why She Ultimately Left Industry *Source:* Eyewitness News *Author:* Melanie Woodrow *Date:* April 10, 2022 *Summary:* Recent data shows tech-related industries make the top 10 list for wage gap disparities. *Link:* https://bit.ly/38AoAEB *Title:* These are the Highest-and Lowest-Paying STEM Jobs in the U.S. *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Morgan Smith and Gabriel Cortés *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* Some STEM jobs offer more lucrative salaries than others, according to new research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS highlighted the highest and lowest-paying careers in STEM as part of its annual Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) report, which was released last week. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3KzPJFS *Title:* Amazon Says New York Union Organizers Gave Workers Weed to Help Secure Unionization Votes *Source:* Business Insider *Author: * Sam Tabahriti *Date:* April 10, 2022 *Summary:* Amazon has claimed that New York union organizers handed out marijuana to workers in a bid to secure unionization votes. The objection was one of several made by the ecommerce giant Friday as it seeks to overturn a vote that created the first union in the company's history. *Link:* https://bit.ly/37a4Yqz *Title:* Why Condé Nast Staffers are Unionizing: ‘Prestige Doesn’t Pay the Bills’ *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Ginia Bellafante *Date:* April 9, 2022 *Summary:* What does it mean when the labor movement is embraced by the so-called media elite? *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3xgX898 *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 8, 2022
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08 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 8, 2022* *Title:* Walmart Offers Supply-Chain Workers a Chance to Drive Trucks *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Anne D’Innocenzio *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* The nation’s largest retailer has launched a training program that gives employees who work in its distribution or fulfillment centers a chance to become certified Walmart truck drivers through a 12-week program taught by the company’s established drivers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3joROZ7 *Title:* WGA East Leaders Strike Compromise on Membership Battle, Will Pursue Changes to Union Structure *Source:* Variety *Author:* Cynthia Littleton *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* The WGA East council voted unanimously to pursue major changes to the union’s constitution to allow for different classifications of membership. The council is recommending changes that will be voted on in a member referendum later this spring. All of this is an effort to settle the divide over the WGA East’s big push during the last decade to organize writers for digital news and entertainment outlets. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3JlJWSW *Title:* A Top Federal Labor Official Declares War in Employer ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings *Source:* Politico *Author: * Nick Niedzwiadek *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* In a message to NLRB field offices across the country, Abruzzo argued that these types of mandatory meetings — during which employers present arguments against forming a union — “inherently involve an unlawful threat that employees will be disciplined or suffer other reprisals if they exercise their protected right not to listen to such speech.” *Link:* https://politi.co/35QV1O2 *Title:* Weekly Jobless Claims Fell to 166,000 Last Week, the Lowest Level Since 1968 *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* Initial filings for unemployment dropped to 166,000, well below the Dow Jones estimate of 200,000 and 5,000 under the previous week’s total, which was revised sharply lower. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3JocsTX *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 7, 2022
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07 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 7, 2022* *Title:* Amazon Workers’ Union Win Could Drive More Activism in Silicon Valley *Source:* Yahoo!Finance *Author:* Daniel Howley *Date:* April 6, 2022 *Summary:* Amazon (AMZN) is officially the first Big Tech company to face the threat of a union telling it what to do. And that could energize workers across other tech companies to seek the same kind of representation for themselves. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3uiGIvl *Title:* States Put Unemployment Insurance on Chopping Block *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* April 6, 2022 *Summary:* Most seek to decrease the duration of jobless aid. Some would cut the weekly benefit amount or make recipients’ work-search requirements more stringent, according to labor advocates. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3JjS2v8 *Title:* Hundreds of Howard University Hospital Workers Plan to Strike Over Low Wages *Source:* NPR *Author: * Jonathan Franklin *Date:* April 6, 2022 *Summary:* The District of Columbia Nurses Association (DCNA), the labor union representing over 300 nurses, pharmacists and social workers, said the workers are understaffed and underpaid — and as such, they are demanding a fair contract and safe staffing in order to protect patients. *Link:* https://n.pr/3JjSauC *Title:* Amazon Workers Who Won a Union Their Way Open Labor Leaders’ Eyes *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* April 7, 2022 *Summary:* The success of an independent drive has organized labor asking whether it should take more of a back seat. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3KjGauF *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 6, 2022
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06 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 6, 2022* *Title:* Trucking Companies Train You on the Job. Just Don’t Try to Quit. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner *Date:* April 5, 2022 *Summary:* Freight haulers draw rookie drivers by promising to get them licensed. The obligation that follows, one lawyer says, amounts to indentured servitude. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3j7AY0U *Title:* No ‘Union,’ ‘Living Wage,’ or ‘Restrooms’: A Planned Amazon Internal App Could Ban Words in Employee Chats *Source:* Fortune *Author:* Ian Mount *Date:* April 5, 2022 *Summary:* According to a report in the Intercept, which was based on internal Amazon company documents, the retail giant is planning to block and flag employee posts on the app that contain slurs and profanity as well as those that contain a long list of terms related to working conditions and labor organizing, such as "grievance," "pay raise," and "slave labor." *Link:* https://bit.ly/3DM2cDL *Title:* The Real Numbers Behind the Labor Movement *Source:* The Nation *Author: * Johnnie Kallas, Eli Friedman and Leonardo Grageda *Date:* April 5, 2022 *Summary:* For the first time in decades, we will know exactly how many strikes there are in a year. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LLn3Kd *Title:* Not Earning Enough? Many Workers are Unhappy With Their Pay *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jessica Dickler *Date:* April 5, 2022 *Summary:* The “Great Resignation,” also known as the “Great Reshuffle,” has many Americans at least considering a career move. But increasingly, job hopping may be more necessary than voluntary as the recent spike in inflation puts households under financial stress. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3LI4WF1 *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 5, 2022
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05 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 5, 2022* *Title:* Starbucks’s New C.E.O. Scraps Stock Buybacks to ‘Invest More Profit Into Our People.’ *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Andrew Ross Sorkin and Lauren Hirsch *Date:* April 4, 2022 *Summary:* On his first day back in the top job, Howard Schultz made an abrupt change in policy at the company as it faces rising worker discontent. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/37hPS27 *Title:* California Grocery Workers Accept Deal, Averting Strike *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* April 5, 2022 *Summary:* The new three-year contract includes higher wages, stronger health benefits, guaranteed hours for part-time workers, improved store safety and a secured pension, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said in a statement. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Jabr1C *Title:* Washington Governor Signs Uber, Lyft Driver Pay Guarantee Into Law *Source:* Reuters *Author: * Tina Bellon *Date:* April 1, 2022 *Summary:* Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a minimum pay standard for Uber (UBER.N) and Lyft (LYFT.O) drivers, making Washington the first U.S. state to implement earnings standards for ride-hail companies. *Link:* https://reut.rs/3LH8CXt *Title:* Victory at Amazon Site Leads Other Inions to Rethink Strategy *Source:* Bloomberg Law News *Author:* Ian Kullgren *Date:* April 4, 2022 *Summary:* Beneath the ALU’s farm-team swagger, the victory shows how organic, peer-to-peer organizing can be far more effective than professional union campaigns, labor experts and union officials said. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LMe3EN *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 4, 2022
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04 Apr '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 4, 2022* *Title:* Amazon Workers in NYC Vote to Unionize in Historic Labor Win *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Haleluya Hadero, Anne S’Innocenzio and Bobby Caina Calvan *Date:* April 1, 2022 *Summary:* Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LvJwee *Title:* California Law Requiring Board Diversity is Struck Down *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Erin Griffith *Date:* April 3, 2022 *Summary:* In a blow to the state’s efforts to deal with disparities in the workplace, a judge found the law unconstitutional. It’s unclear whether the state will appeal the ruling. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3j2Je2f *Title:* A Year Into Striking, Alabama Coal Miners are Frustrated but Defiant as Ever *Source:* WBHM *Author: * Stephan Bisaha *Date:* April 1, 2022 *Summary:* Friday marks one year since Kelly and 900 other coal miners went on strike in Brookwood, Alabama. The strikers demand that Warrior Met Coal, the company they’re striking against, restore the pay and benefits miners gave up in 2016 when the mines were in danger of shutting down. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3J0Ty5f *Title:* Long-Term Unemployment Tumbles in March as Job Market Stays Hot *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* April 1, 2022 *Summary:* The ranks of the long-term unemployed fell again in March, edging closer to prepandemic levels as the job market offers ample opportunity for workers. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3LDw2gC *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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