Smlr_net June 2022

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June 30, 2022
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30 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 30, 2022* *Title:* As Dockworkers Near Contract’s End, Many Others Have a Stake *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Kurtis Lee *Date:* June 30, 2022 *Summary:* West Coast longshoremen and port operators say they’re determined to reach an agreement, but truckers and retailers relying on cargo are uneasy. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3a1aihm *Title:* Cities Stung by Great Resignation Hike Wages, Just as Recession Looms *Source:* Bloomberg *Author:* Romy Varghese *Date:* June 29, 2022 *Summary:* The public sector is trying to compete with private employers, while still keeping finances stable for the uncertainty ahead. *Link:* https://bloom.bg/3bFLLPt *Title:* Friday Strike Deadline Looms for 4 Atlantic City Casinos *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Wayne Parry *Date:* June 30, 2022 *Summary:* Union negotiators and casino management tried Thursday to reach new contracts that would avoid a costly and disruptive strike during one of Atlantic City’s busiest weekends. Local 54 of the Unite Here union has set a 12:01 a.m. Friday deadline to reach a new agreement with the Borgata, Caesars, Harrah’s and Tropicana. If not, it has authorized a strike against those properties. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3OzFOC2 *Title:* GM Subsidiary Workers at Michigan Plants Prepare to Strike *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author:* Jamie L. LaReau *Date:* June 29, 2022 *Summary:* General Motors subsidiary employees at four Michigan plants have set a strike deadline for 10 a.m. Thursday if the automaker and the United Auto Workers cannot reach an agreement. If the subsystem employees do walk off the job, the impact on production could be felt within hours, said a union leader who was not authorized to speak for the union so they spoke to the Detroit Free Press on the condition of anonymity. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3a3m8aN *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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June 29, 2022
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29 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 29, 2022* *Title:* Only 20% of U.S. Workers in Office Three Days or More: IBM CEO *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Eric Rosenbaum *Date:* June 27, 2022 *Summary:* Only 20% of IBM’s U.S. employees are in the office for three days a week or more, the tech company’s CEO Arvind Krishna told CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Monday. Krishna added that he does not see a scenario where the balance ever gets back to over 60% of workers in the office more often than not. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3OQyl1c *Title:* Uber Strikes Landmark Deal on Worker Rights and Pay with Transport Union *Source:* The Sydney Morning Herald *Author:* Nick Bonyhady *Date:* June 28, 2022 *Summary:* Uber’s global chief executive has heralded a landmark agreement the ridesharing giant has struck with one of its fiercest critics, Australia’s Transport Workers Union, in a major compromise that will frame the future of the gig economy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3y1XfnY *Title:* Job Cuts are Rolling In. Here’s Who Is Feeling the Most Pain So Far *Source:* NPR *Author: * David Gura *Date:* June 29, 2022 *Summary:* The dominos are starting to fall in the U.S. economy. As the Federal Reserve pumps the brakes on the economy, many American companies are retrenching. There is a growing fear that as the central bank aggressively hikes interest rates to fight high inflation, it could tip the U.S. economy into a recession, and executives are cutting back. *Link:* https://n.pr/3Abcu0s *Title:* French State TV & Radio Workers Strike Over Plans to Abolish License Fee, Merger Fears *Source:* Deadline *Author:* Nancy Tartaglione and Melanie Goodfellow *Date:* June 28, 2022 *Summary:* Staff at French state broadcasting companies France Télévisions, Radio France and France Media Monde were due to strike today in protest of government plans to phase out the TV license fee which traditionally finances their services. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3a6Vxtn *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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June 28, 2022
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28 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 28, 2022* *Title:* Accounting Giant Ernst & Young Admits Its Employees Cheated on Ethics Exams *Source:* NPR *Author:* Jacqueline Ganun *Date:* June 28, 2022 *Summary:* For years, the firm's auditors had cheated to pass key exams that are needed for certified public accountant licenses, the Securities and Exchange Commission found. Ernst & Young also had internal reports about the cheating but didn't disclose the wrongdoing to regulators during the investigation. *Link:* https://n.pr/3OESx6s *Title:* NJ Bill Would Allow Teens to Work Up to 50 Hours a Week. Here’s Why Some Oppose It *Source:* NorthJersey.com *Author:* Mary Ann Koruth *Date:* June 27, 2022 *Summary:* If passed and signed into law, the bill, as currently written, may also limit parents' involvement in their school-age children's working lives. Coming during a critical labor shortage in the state, the bill, A-4222, would upgrade and digitize the process of how minors get work, increase the number of hours 16- and 17-year-olds can work during summer vacation from 40 hours a week to 50, and increase shifts for teens 14 and older from five hours to six with a 30-minute break for a meal. *Link:* https://njersy.co/3nnEre4 *Title:* Companies Scramble to Work Out Policies Related to Employee Abortions *Source:* The New York Times *Author: * Emma Goldberg *Date:* June 27, 2022 *Summary:* Some have offered to cover travel and other expenses for employees, and are working to ease worker fears about safety and confidentiality. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Nlw8tC *Title:* NJ Transit Asks for Permanent Injunction and Wants Union Fined Over Job Action *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Larry Higgs *Date:* June 26, 2022 *Summary:* The suit filed on Friday asks the court to grant a permanent injunction prohibiting the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen from staging future job actions and asks for unspecified monetary damages to cover costs NJ Transit incurred. The court granted a temporary order on June 19 restraining the union from any further job actions or work slow downs. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3nl4X7x *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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June 27, 2022
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27 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 27, 2022* *Title:* Roe v. Wade’s Demise Forces Companies to Grapple with Health Care Plans, Employee Privacy and More *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Melissa Repko and Sarah Whitten *Date:* June 24, 2022 *Summary:* By overturning the abortion precedent Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court set off a series of fresh difficulties for companies that must now navigate a country divided between states that will permit the procedure and others that will outlaw it. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3OJj9TH *Title:* NLRB’s Top Prosecutor Seeks Big Changes, Faces Uphill Battle *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Haleluya Hadero *Date:* June 27, 2022 *Summary:* In the past year, the Biden-appointed top prosecutor Jennifer Abruzzo has been seeking to overturn precedent and revive decades-old labor policies that supporters say would make it easier for workers to form a union. To get her wish, Abruzzo must have buy-in from the five-member board, whose Democratic majority is expected to be sympathetic to her proposed changes. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3u1hwIT *Title:* Fed Confronts a ‘New World’ of Inflation *Source:* The New York Times *Author: * Jeanna Smialek *Date:* June 24, 2022 *Summary:* Workers might ask for bigger wage growth to cover anticipated rent and grocery price increases, prompting employers to charge more as they try to cover swelling labor bills. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3Or5UXQ *Title:* Transgender People Still Face a Sizable Wage and Employment Gap in the U.S. – How Companies Can Help *Source:* CNBC Make It *Author:* Morgan Smith *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* Employees are often encouraged to bring their “whole selves” to work — yet for transgender people, expressing their true, authentic identities in the workplace can have devastating consequences: rejection, discrimination, harassment and social isolation, just to name a few. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3NpX7nY *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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June 24, 2022
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24 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 24, 2022* *Title:* Chipotle Restaurant in Main Becomes Chain’s First to File for Union Election *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Amelia Lucas *Date:* June 23, 2022 *Summary:* The Maine AFL-CIO said that workers at the restaurant are “demanding safe, adequate staffing at their store.” The employees are seeking to unionize as Chipotle United, an independent union, according to the organization. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3NiG07m *Title:* Brazilian Indigenous Agency Workers Strike After Amazon Killings Spark Outrage *Source:* CNN *Author:* Rodrigo Pedroso *Date:* June 23, 2022 *Summary:* Workers at Brazil's national agency for indigenous people went on strike Thursday amid fury over the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, citing longstanding concerns over illegal activity and violence in the Amazon rainforest. Staff at FUNAI, the government body responsible for the protection and interests of indigenous Brazilian people, said that working in the Amazon has become dangerous and, in some cases, deadly. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3yhoDzv *Title:* Jobless Claims Fell Slightly Last Week, But Largely Unchanged *Source:* U.S. News & World Report *Author: * Tim Smart *Date:* June 23, 2022 *Summary:* The labor market remains strong, with demand for workers outstripping supply. But there are some signs it is cooling, something that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said was necessary to bring inflation under control during testimony Wednesday before the Senate Banking Committee. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3xOSe1P *Title:* British Airways Heathrow Staff Back Summer Strikes Over Pay *Source:* BBC News *Author:* Michael Race *Date:* June 23, 2022 *Summary:* Hundreds of British Airways workers at Heathrow Airport have voted to go on strike over pay. Unite and GMB union members who are mostly check-in staff backed industrial action on Thursday. A total of 700 workers are set to strike during the summer holidays, when demand from travellers is expected to be near pre-pandemic levels. The unions said the action was due to a 10% pay cut imposed during the peak of the pandemic not being reinstated. *Link:* https://bbc.in/3Nh9HG4 *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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June 23, 2022
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23 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 23, 2022* *Title:* Labor Agency Seeks Broad Order Against Starbucks in Federal Court *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* June 22, 2022 *Summary:* The National Labor Relations Board is aiming to stop what it says is extensive illegal activity by the coffee chain amid a national union campaign. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3OBSE2k *Title:* Inside the Marathon Zoom Call Where Amazon Seeks to Overturn Historic Union Victory *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* June 22, 2022 *Summary:* It's had all the hallmarks of a Zoom meeting gone awry. People muted and unmuted at the wrong times. Interlopers joining under pseudonyms. Rogue additions to a screen share. But it wasn't just any Zoom meeting. It was a typical day in the marathon National Labor Relations Board's hearing that's considering Amazon's objections to the historic union election win at a Staten Island warehouse. The NLRB will ultimately rule on whether a do-over election is warranted. *Link:* https://n.pr/3HT3dfu *Title:* Pilots Picket as Airline Unions Leverage Summer Travel Woes *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * David Koenig *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* The protest, which the union said drew up to 1,300 pilots, was the latest example of airline workers trying to put pressure on companies by taking their demands for higher pay directly to the flying public. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3n8IzhK *Title:* N.J. is Neglecting University Hospital, Union Says. It Wants $$$ for the ‘Antiquated’ Facility. *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Elizabeth Llorente *Date:* June 22, 2022 *Summary:* New Jersey is continuing to underfund its only public acute-care hospital despite being in a better financial position than it has been in years, the state’s largest health care workers union contends in a new position paper. The Health Professionals and Allied Employees union says University Hospital continues to stagger under “years of state neglect and insufficient funding” and blames the state’s political leaders for not coming to the Newark facility’s aid. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3QSd3Cq *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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June 22, 2022
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22 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 22, 2022* *Title:* Congress Thwarted Biden on Unions. Or Did It? *Source:* Politico *Author:* Eleanor Mueller *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* Labor experts and union leaders say the administration’s unilateral and other actions have benefited organized labor more than previously thought possible. *Link:* https://politi.co/39LCIvM *Title:* Drivers’ Lawsuit Claims Uber and Lyft Violate Antitrust Laws *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Kellen Browning and Noam Scheiber *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* They accuse the companies of depriving them of employee benefits while also denying them the freedoms of independent contractors. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3zVBQPL *Title:* Tesla Violated Federal Law By Laying Off Workers Without Warning, Lawsuit Says *Source:* Bloomberg via Los Angeles Times *Author: * Dana Hull *Date:* June 20, 2022 *Summary:* Tesla Inc. was sued by some former employees who claim the company’s decision to lay off about 10% of its workforce violated federal law by failing to provide the required advance notice for the job cuts. *Link:* https://lat.ms/3tSWz37 *Title:* 1.5 Million Children at Home as Teachers Union Ups the Ante With Full-Day Strike *Source:* The Times of Israel *Author:* The Times of Israel *Date:* June 22, 2022 *Summary:* Some towns find solutions by expanding afternoon programs or using teaching assistants; National Parents Council criticizes union for striking amid negotiations. *Link:* https://bit.ly/39GokVu *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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June 21, 2022
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21 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 21, 2022* *Title:* U.K. Train Strike Brings Transit Chaos *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Mark Landler and Eshe Nelson *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* Tens of millions of Britons will find traveling difficult or impossible during the biggest walkout in decades, as union leaders warn of a summer of labor unrest. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3QNPmez *Title:* Murphy ‘Pissed’ After Labor Dispute Sparked NJ Transit Delays *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Brent Johnson *Date:* June 20, 2022 *Summary:* An angry Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday it was “unacceptable” and “despicable” that hundreds of NJ Transit locomotive engineers called out sick this holiday weekend amid a labor dispute, causing a string of canceled and delayed trains. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3tPalUf *Title:* Labor Market ‘Worse Than the 1970s’ as Strikes Hit UK, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Elliot Smith *Date:* June 21, 2022 *Summary:* Christopher Pissarides, Regius professor of economics at the London School of Economics, told CNBC on Tuesday that labor markets are going through “some of the most difficult periods” he has seen. “It’s even worse than the 1970s, in the sense that we need to make bigger adjustments in labor markets. We have new technologies bringing on automation and, in fact, the trade union leaders are complaining about job losses, about ticket offices – that’s due to the new technologies,” he said. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3QzLFsA *Title:* Employers and Workers Still Haven’t Solved the Return-To-Work Puzzle *Source:* NJ Spotlight News *Author:* Ted Goldberg *Date:* June 20, 2022 *Summary:* Could companies see an exodus of employees if they require people back in office full-time? *Link:* https://bit.ly/3O8FYQP *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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June 20, 2022
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20 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 20, 2022* *Title:* Maryland Apple Workers Face Hurdles After Vote to Unionize *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Associated Press *Date:* June 19, 2022 *Summary:* The historic vote by employees of a Maryland Apple store to unionize — a first for the technology giant — is a significant step in a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3HFfKTm *Title:* Red Flags for Forced Labor Found in China’s Car Battery Supply Chain *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Ana Swanson and Chris Buckley *Date:* June 20, 2022 *Summary:* Ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3MZv7aw *Title:* Health Care Workers More Vulnerable Than Ever to Violence. N.J. Wants Tougher Punishment for Offenders. *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author: * Susan K. Livio *Date:* June 19, 2022 *Summary:* Nurses, doctors, and aides were routinely lauded as heroes at the height of the pandemic, but these public tributes belie the fact that health care workers are more vulnerable to threats of workplace violence than any other profession, according to federal labor data. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3y5fytA *Title:* Organizing and Adding Members are Top Goals for the Newly Elected AFL-CIO President *Source:* NPR *Author:* Don Gonyea *Date:* June 17, 2022 *Summary:* The nation's largest labor federation made history on Sunday when Elizabeth Shuler became the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO. A second barrier was also broken at the organization's convention in Philadelphia when Fred Redmond became the federation's highest-ranking Black official. He was elected secretary-treasurer, the AFL-CIO's No. 2 leadership post. *Link:* https://n.pr/3y1BpCf *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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June 16, 2022
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16 Jun '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *June 16, 2022* *Title:* Weaknesses in the Social Safety Net Disrupt the U.S. Work Force *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Lauren Hirsch *Date:* June 15, 2022 *Summary:* “Does worker organizing not work because there’s all this monopoly power?” said Julie Su, deputy secretary of labor. “Why don’t we question whether the monopoly power is the problem.” *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3MXLcgW *Title:* Supreme Court Sides With Employer in California Arbitration Case *Source:* The Wall Street Journal *Author:* Jan Wolfe *Date:* June 15, 2022 *Summary:* The Supreme Court made it easier for California companies to resolve disputes with employees through private arbitration, partially overturning a state court decision that allowed some workers to sidestep arbitration and address issues in court. *Link:* https://on.wsj.com/3Ohxfvb *Title:* Apple Retail Workers in Maryland to Begin Voting in Historic Union Election *Source:* CNN Business *Author: * Catherine Thorbecke *Date:* June 15, 2022 *Summary:* Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant's US stores. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3mTfiY9 *Title:* American Airlines CEO Vows to Improve Pilot Pay as Wages at Other Carriers Rise *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Leslie Josephs *Date:* June 15, 2022 *Summary:* American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said this week that the company will revise its pay proposals for its 14,000 pilots, acknowledging pay standards have increased since the company made its most recent offer before the pandemic. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3tFb6iv *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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