Smlr_net September 2022

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September 30, 2022
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30 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 30, 2022* *Title:* Strike at Philadelphia Museum of Art Is Window Into Broader Unrest *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jon Hurdle *Date:* September 29, 2022 *Summary:* During a period of labor organizing in museums across the country, workers in Philadelphia are now outside carrying picket signs. They’re frustrated with lengthy wage negotiations. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3BZEaob *Title:* Critical Race Feminism and Common Good Unionism *Source:* Non-Profit Quarterly *Author:* Stacy Davis Gates, Sheri Davis, Marilyn Sneiderman and Alisha Volante *Date:* September 28, 2022 *Summary:* Bargaining for the Common Good is an intersectional feminist strategy. In a 2020 piece for The Forge, “We Want Bread and Housing Too,” Lauren Jacobs, Executive Director of PowerSwitch Action, Renata Pumerol of the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE), and Sheri Davis and Marilyn Sneiderman of Rutgers’ Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) asserted that intersectionality is key to building strong social movements because it “is the analysis that made clear the interconnectedness of different unjust and exploitative systems.… Having an intersectional approach means everyday folks have a forum and a means to build real solidarity and more tools to win bigger gains.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BYt5nn *Title:* Women Now Outnumber Men in the U.S. College-Educated Labor Force *Source:* Pew Research Center *Author: * Richard Fry *Date:* September 26, 2022 *Summary:* Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. The change occurred in the fourth quarter of 2019 and remains the case today, even though the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a sharp recession and an overall decline in the size of the nation’s labor force. *Link:* https://pewrsr.ch/3RqqXun *Title:* Latest Jobless Claims Fall to 193,000, Underscoring Still-Tight Labor Market *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Alicia Wallace *Date:* September 29, 2022 *Summary:* Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 193,000 for the week ended September 24, down 16,000 from a downwardly revised total of 209,000 claims from the prior week, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3yrN25p *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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September 29, 2022
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29 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 29, 2022* *Title:* Newsom Signs California Bill to Ease Farm Union Voting *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Kurtis Lee *Date:* September 28, 2022 *Summary:* The governor’s decision, after a veto last year, will allow mail voting in unionization elections. President Biden had pushed for approval. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3E156qo *Title:* GM Steps Back on New Return-to-Office Policy After Backlash from Salaried Workers *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author:* Jamie L. LaReau *Date:* September 27, 2022 *Summary:* On Tuesday, CEO Mary Barra sent out a note to the salaried workforce offering an apology of sorts for the timing of putting out a new policy late in the day Friday saying that employees would have to return to working in the office three days a week. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3rf5ABB *Title:* Tensions Rise in West Coast Port Labor Battles, with Unions and Management Trading Accusations *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Lori Ann LaRocco *Date:* September 28, 2022 *Summary:* The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has been accused of using slowdown tactics that have reduced cargo handling, according to a report in trade publication JOC. The finger-pointing comes at a time when labor negotiations between the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association are about to enter a fourth month. Dockworkers have been working without a contract since July. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3Cl5UW2 *Title:* Walmart to Cover Fertility Treatments Under Insurance Plan *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Anne D’Innocenzio and Tom Murphy *Date:* September 27, 2022 *Summary:* The nation’s largest retailer and private employer said Tuesday it’s partnering with New York-based Kindbody to offer benefits such as in vitro fertilization as well as fertility testing regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3UQx4uQ *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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September 28, 2022
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28 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 28, 2022* *Title:* Women are Returning to (Paid) Work After the Pandemic Forced Many to Leave Their Jobs *Source:* NPR *Author:* Scott Horsley *Date:* September 28, 2022 *Summary:* In those months when women dropped out of the workforce in large numbers, economists, businesses and policymakers began to fear they'd never return, creating a worker shortage that could hobble the economic recovery. But nearly two-and-a-half years after the coronavirus first struck, the number of working-age women in the job market has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels. *Link:* https://n.pr/3SuVyYO *Title:* Why Drones May Start Buzzing Around the Nation’s Prisons *Source:* Politico *Author:* Liz Crampton *Date:* September 28, 2022 *Summary:* Employers are scrambling to find teachers and health care professionals but nearly all 50 states have long struggled to bring in enough security guards to oversee the nation’s prison population of 1.2 million people. And in recent months the vacancy rates have skyrocketed as officers — frustrated by low pay, violent conditions, long hours, isolated work locations and routine exposure to Covid-19 — quit in droves. *Link:* https://politi.co/3rwTmol *Title:* The Cost of Taming Inflation Could be 3 Million Lost Jobs *Source:* Yahoo!Finance *Author: * Rick Newman *Date:* September 27, 2022 *Summary:* Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has warned that getting inflation under control will involve “some pain to households and businesses.” What kind of pain is he talking about? So far, the pain has been plunging stock values and higher borrowing costs for homes, cars, credit-card purchases and business investments. But the toll could also include a surge in unemployment, and all the strains that go along with it—which typically harms lower-income workers most of all. *Link:* https://yhoo.it/3ffBEm8 *Title:* California Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges With Newsom Signing *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* Tiffany Stecker *Date:* September 27, 2022 *Summary:* California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday the state’s pay transparency law (S.B. 1162), according to bill sponsor Sen. Monique Limon (D) and the California Legislative Women’s Caucus. The new law will require nearly 200,000 California companies with 15 or more employees to disclose pay starting next year. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3DV2tXc *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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September 27, 2022
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27 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 27, 2022* *Title:* This Congressional Staff Became the First in U.S. History to Form a Union *Source:* NPR *Author:* Halisia Hubbard *Date:* September 27, 2022 *Summary:* The Congressional Workers Union announced on Monday via Twitter that the office of Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., won their union election – the first one to do so on the Hill. According to the union, the vote was unanimous. *Link:* https://n.pr/3Rh9lBf *Title:* Native Americans are Getting Left Behind in the Remote Work Economy *Source:* Brookings *Author:* Matthew Gregg and Robert Maxim *Date:* September 26, 2022 *Summary:* The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) August jobs report showed a labor market that, while not as hot as earlier in the year, is still showing significant growth. But despite that growth, there remains serious variation in the economic health of different racial and ethnic groups. Namely, August’s unemployment rate for Native Americans was 4.9%—which, while significantly better than its early pandemic peak of 28.6%, is still over a percentage point higher than the national seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.8%. *Link:* https://brook.gs/3RhZgnE *Title:* Striking San Francisco Airport Workers to Travelers: Bring Your Own Food *Source:* CBS News *Author: * Kate Gibson *Date:* September 26, 2022 *Summary:* Travelers flying through San Francisco International Airport may want to bring snacks. Roughly 1,000 workers at the airport's restaurants, bars, coffee shops and lounges went on strike Monday to demand higher pay. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3dJ6J1a *Title:* Ohio Unemployment Overhaul on Hold by Department of Job and Family Services After Indictment *Source:* The Cincinnati Enquirer *Author:* Jessie Balmert *Date:* September 26, 2022 *Summary:* Federal investigators say two executives from the company that Ohio hired to overhaul its unemployment compensation system stole trade secrets from their former employer. The news prompted the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to put the state's unemployment fixes on hold for now. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3fmPGTh *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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September 26, 2022
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26 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 26, 2022* *Title:* LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Natasha Singer *Date:* September 25, 2022 *Summary:* A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3UCGev5 *Title:* Carnegie Museums’ Union Workers Demand Living Wage as Contract Negotiations Continue *Source:* Pittsburgh Posy-Gazette *Author:* Jesse Bunch *Date:* September 23, 2022 *Summary:* Nearly two years after Carnegie Museums employees voted to join the United Steelworkers union, members of the bargaining unit rallied outside one of the institution's high-profile galas on Friday to demand a contract offering higher salaries. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3C8fHi2 *Title:* Shippers Push Congress to Fix Rail Troubles After Averted Strike *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author: * Lillianna Byington *Date:* September 23, 2022 *Summary:* Freight shippers are pressing Congress to address rail delays and service problems that slow the supply chain, in the wake of last week’s eleventh-hour deal averting a crippling national rail workers’ strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Ccvxs2 *Title:* Factory Jobs are Booming Like It’s the 1970s *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jim Tankersley, Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson *Date:* September 26, 2022 *Summary:* U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3R8pSYd *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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September 23, 2022
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23 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 23, 2022* *Title:* Workers are Changing Jobs and Getting Raises, and Still Struggling Financially *Source:* NPR *Author:* Stacey Vanek Smith *Date:* September 22, 2022 *Summary:* At the end of 2021, the rate of people quitting their jobs hit the highest level ever seen on government records going back to 2000, and that rate has remained at an historic high this year. There is a name economists have for all of the churn we've seen in the job market: Dynamism. *Link:* https://n.pr/3Cdpa7T *Title:* 4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jenny Gross *Date:* September 22, 2022 *Summary:* More than 70 companies in Britain are undergoing a six-month experiment in which their employees get a paid day off each week. So far, most companies say it’s going well. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3C3W5vn *Title:* U.S. Lawmakers Push Tech Firms on Abortion Benefits for Gig Workers *Source:* Wired *Author: * Caitlin Harrington *Date:* September 22, 2022 *Summary:* A group of 25 Democratic members of Congress led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Cori Bush of Missouri sent letters to the CEOs of Amazon, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Grubhub to question that policy. They wrote that excluding gig workers disadvantages companies’ lowest-income workers and asked that gig workers be reclassified as employees, with the attendant benefits. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3C2ROIr *Title:* As 62% of Workers Cut Back on Savings Amid Concerns About the Economy, Employers Emphasize Financial Wellness *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Lorie Konish *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* Employees’ 401(k) accounts may have taken a hit during recent market volatility, but that’s not the only reason balances may be down. A new study from Morgan Stanley at Work finds 62% of employees have reduced their short- and long-term savings contributions amid high inflation and concerns about a possible recession. *Link:* https://cnb.cx/3DNFaP5 *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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September 22, 2022
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22 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 22, 2022* *Title:* Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: BCG’s Innovative Structure *Source:* NPQ *Author:* Joseph A. McCartin, Marilyn Sneiderman and Maurice BP-Weeks *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* A glance at how BCG evolved helps illustrate its new and potentially transformative structure. The BCG network emerged from a series of local experiments by public sector unions and their allies in the wake of the Great Recession. The unions and community networks that pioneered the network—including the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the Grassroots Collaborative, CTUL, SEIU Local 26, the St. Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE), ISAIAH Minnesota, and the municipal unions and community organizations of Los Angeles that came together in the Fix LA campaign— realized that they could build more power for their constituents and members by deepening their alignments with each other. Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor, the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) and the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO), based at Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations collaborated together to build a network. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BElwSK *Title:* Regulators Accuse Amazon of Singling Out Union Organizers for Discipline *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* National Labor Relations Board officials said the company had applied its workplace rules unfairly, and asked it to change or scrap the regulations. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3LAiMKD *Title:* What is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day? And Why Is it September 21, 2022? *Source:* USA Today *Author: * Orlando Mayorquin *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* It would take Black women nine extra months and then some to close the pay gap with white men. That is why Sept. 21, the ninth month of the year, is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Several organizations and governments are acknowledging the day today, which calls attention to the wide pay disparity between Black women and white men. In 2020, Black women made 58 cents for every dollar a white man made, according to Census data analyzed by the American Association of University Women. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LwUGk5 *Title:* The Labor Movement Isn’t Just About Wages Anymore, Says U.S. Labor Secretary *Source:* Fast Company *Author:* Clint Rainey *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* When the White House met this May with union organizers at Starbucks, Amazon, and other companies, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh expected this group—most of them young and barely earning $15 an hour—to be primarily upset about their pay. To his surprise, “All they talked about was work conditions, the way they’re being treated on the job, shifts,” he said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Tuesday. “None of them talked about wages.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3qZfffs *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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September 21, 2022
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21 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 21, 2022* *Title:* N.F.L. Players Union Quietly Seeks New Leadership *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Ken Belson *Date:* September 21, 2022 *Summary:* The group’s executive director, DeMaurice Smith, was nearly ousted from the role after negotiating a contentious 2020 labor deal. Candidates are lining up to replace him as soon as next year. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3BYOZsb *Title:* Chipotle Agrees to Pay New Jersey $7.75 Million for Violating Child Labor Laws *Source:* CBS News *Author:* CBS News Staff *Date:* September 20, 2022 *Summary:* Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed to a "groundbreaking settlement" with New Jersey on Tuesday for violating the state's child labor laws. The state says the franchise will pay $7.75 million to settle "alleged widespread and persistent violations" of its child labor laws. The fast-food restaurant also agreed to a "far-reaching compliance plan" for its 85 locations in New Jersey. *Link:* https://cbsn.ws/3BsKUea *Title:* ‘Quiet Fleecing’ Is Why You’re Getting Paid Less and Everyone’s Talking About Quiet Quitting and the Great Resignation *Source:* Business Insider *Author: * Jacob Zinkula and Madison Hoff *Date:* September 20, 2022 *Summary:* Coined by the Economic Policy Institute, "quiet fleecing" describes decades of stagnant wage growth in the US despite rising productivity and costs of living. In theory, workers' wages rise in tandem with their productivity, or the output they provide to a company. And for workers to benefit from those raises, they should outpace inflation. Up until the 1970s, that was roughly the case in the US. But then something changed. The wages of the 1% began to outpace economic growth and inflation, while the pay of the average worker fell behind. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3f87QIf *Title:* Teamsters Members and National Leaders March on Amazon HQ, Escalating Union Campaign *Source:* GeekWire *Author:* Todd Bishop *Date:* September 20, 2022 *Summary:* Teamsters leaders including Sean O’Brien, general president of the union, brought their campaign to organize Amazon warehouse and logistics workers to the company’s doorstep in Seattle this afternoon. A large crowd marched past the Amazon Spheres and the company’s headquarters towers, filling the streets north of downtown Seattle, and delivering loud chants in protest of Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3DDE9cc *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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September 20, 2022
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20 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 20, 2022* *Title:* The Hard Rock Casino Company Says It Will Spend $100 Million More To Pay Its Workers *Source:* NPR *Author:* Ayana Archie *Date:* September 20, 2022 *Summary:* The company said it is upping its range of entry level wages to between $18 and $21, which is expected to affect 95 types of jobs within the company. Housekeepers, cooks, security guards and call center employees will be the most impacted, it said in a statement. *Link:* https://n.pr/3qRli5L *Title:* Starbucks Investors Push for Review of How Company is Dealing With Union Activity *Source:* MarketWatch *Author:* Levi Sumagaysay *Date:* September 20, 2022 *Summary:* A coalition of Starbucks Corp. investors on Monday filed a shareholder proposal asking for a third-party assessment of the company’s stated commitment to workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, citing many allegations that the company has interfered with those rights. *Link:* https://on.mktw.net/3Bsds7K *Title:* Seven Immigrant Women in Nashville Go on Strike for Better Wages, Get Fired in Process *Source:* Fox 17 WZTV Nashville *Author: * Sydney Keller *Date:* September 19, 2022 *Summary:* The same day the women decided to protest, the company fired most of the workers through individuals text messages except for one of them, according to Workers' Dignity, a Nashville worker-led center that fights for economic justice and dignity. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ScLRxU *Title:* Kroger Releases More Details About Rejected Contract Offer *Source:* The Columbus Dispatch *Author:* Mark Williams *Date:* September 19, 2022 *Summary:* Kroger has released more details about its latest contract offer that was rejected by union workers in Columbus and beyond, saying the deal would boost wages by $1.80 per hour over three years and improve starting pay to $14.25 per hour. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3BSShgd *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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September 19, 2022
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19 Sep '22

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *September 19, 2022* *Title:* 162,000 Signs That New York Is Struggling to Bounce Back *Source:* The New York TImes *Author:* James Barron *Date:* September 19, 2022 *Summary:* The city is having a hard time regaining jobs lost during the pandemic, partly because of its reliance on tourism and office workers. *Link:* https://nyti.ms/3dscz71 *Title:* 1 in 5 of China’s Urban Youth are Unemployed. That’s a Huge Headache for Xi Jinping *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Laura He *Date:* September 19, 2022 *Summary:* A record 10.76 million college graduates entered the job market this year, at a time when China’s economy is losing the ability to absorb them. The youth unemployment rate has repeatedly hit new highs this year, rising from 15.3% in March to a record 18.2% in April. It continued to climb for the next few months, reaching 19.9% in July. *Link:* https://cnn.it/3xy2I6q *Title:* “It’s about fairness” City Workers in Virginia Beach Rally for a Living Wage *Source:* WTKR (CBS Affiliate) *Author: * Kelsey Jones *Date:* September 18, 2022 *Summary:* Virginia Beach city workers union rallied Saturday for collective bargaining ahead of city council elections. City workers and the Virginia Beach workers union are aiming to make their voices heard. Workers tell me they want to be treated fairly and that starts with higher wages. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3UoYw2D *Title:* Here’s How to Make Sure America’s New Industrial Policy Benefits Workers and Entrepreneurs Across the Country, Not Just a Handful of Superstar Urban Regions *Source:* Fortune via Brookings *Author:* Xavier de Souza Briggs and Mark Muro *Date:* September 15, 2022 *Summary:* The unexpected passage of the $259 billion CHIPS and Science Act in July—the largest single piece of American industrial policy in decades—got us thinking about peach orchards. *Link:* https://brook.gs/3ePmRhM *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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