Smlr_net January 2023

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January 31, 2023
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31 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 31, 2023* *Title:* Study: When Employees Don’t Have To Commute They Work *Source:* Computerworld *Author:* Lucas Mearian *Date:* January 30, 2023 *Summary:* A new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows the majority of time saved by working from home and avoiding office commutes goes toward increased productivity. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XW1hdd *Title:* Mayor Adams Plows Ahead With Plan To Privatize Health Benefits for 250,000 NYC Municipal Retirees *Source:* Gothamist *Author:* Caroline Lewis *Date:* January 30, 2023 *Summary:* New York City Mayor Eric Adams is showing no signs of stopping an already-delayed plan to switch 250,000 retired municipal workers from traditional Medicare to a private Medicare Advantage plan – with or without the cooperation of the City Council or the support of retirees themselves. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3jiOrXr *Title:* Labor Officials Found that Apple Execs Infringed on Workers’ Rights *Source:* TechCrunch *Author: * Amanda Silberling *Date:* January 30, 2023 *Summary:* The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found merit to complaints that high-level executives at Apple violated national labor law. This finding comes after the NLRB also found that Apple illegally interfered with labor organizing at retail stores in New York City and Atlanta. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kXv72x *Title:* Surrounded By Right-To-Work States, Illinois Affirms Collective Bargaining Protections *Source:* Crain’s Chicago Business *Author:* Corli Jay *Date:* January 30, 2023 *Summary:* Illinois voters made clear in November that they stand on the side of workers. By passing the Workers' Rights Amendment, Illinois became the fourth state in the country to protect collective bargaining in its constitution. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3Y36gZu *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 30, 2023
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30 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 30, 2023* *Title:* Why Is Assessing Job Satisfaction So Hard? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Alina Tugend *Date:* January 30, 2023 *Summary:* Amid layoffs and a changing workplace, worker stress is at a record high, even as job engagement surveys become more frequent and high-tech. What are companies missing? *Link:* http://bit.ly/3wH49i0 *Title:* Union Members Are Poised To Reject Disney World Contract Offer *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich *Date:* January 29, 2023 *Summary:* On Thursday and Friday, about 32,000 Disney employees will be voting on a contract offer from management. The six union locals working under the current contract want an immediate $3 an hour raise, or a 20% raise, for what it says is 75% of the members currently making $15 an hour, plus an additional $1 an hour raise every year after that. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3Rfzou6 *Title:* Tech Layoffs Strip the Façade Off TikTok’s ‘Day in the Life’ Videos *Source:* NBC News *Author: * Morgan Sung *Date:* January 29, 2023 *Summary:* Creators pivot to content about unemployment and labor rights instead of aspirational videos of corporate perks. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3jfU48N *Title:* U.S. Unemployment System Still Plagued By Delays 3 Years After Pandemic-Era Downturn *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Greg Iacurci *Date:* January 28, 2023 *Summary:* The federal government considers a first payment “timely” if states issue funds within 21 days of an initial claim for benefits. In March 2020, 97% of payments were timely; today, the share is 78%, on average, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3j9Lk49 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 27, 2023
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27 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 27, 2023* *Title:* Hiring Slowdowns, Manager Burnout and Other Trends That Will Shape U.S. Workplaces in 2023, Experts Say *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Morgan Smith *Date:* January 26, 2023 *Summary:* If there was any hope during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that the workplace would one day “return to normal,” 2022 dashed that expectation. Millions of people lost their jobs or changed careers. Some people resumed their commutes for the first time in years, while others, after months spent working from home, discovered they never want to step foot in an office again. CNBC Make It spoke with three experts about the biggest trends that will shape work this year. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XXLnzf *Title:* HarperCollins, HarperUnion Move to Solve Labor Dispute with Independent Mediator *Source:* Publishers Weekly *Author:* Emell Derra Adolphus *Date:* January 26, 2023 *Summary:* With negotiations stalled, the publisher and union have agreed to employ an independent mediator to help end a strike that has stretched on since early November. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3Yk5wzh *Title:* 5 Takeaways From the Massive Layoffs Hitting Big Tech Right Now *Source:* NPR *Author: * Bobby Allyn *Date:* January 26, 2023 *Summary:* The industry is confronting one of its worst contractions in history with Meta, Google, Microsoft and Amazon all announcing mass layoffs over the span of a few months. According to tech job tracker layoffs.fyi, there have been more than 200,000 tech jobs lost since the start of last year. While the full extent of the pain remains to be seen, here are five takeaways from what has happened so far. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3Jkf4Wt *Title:* The Forgotten History of Chinese Railroad Workers Rises From the Texas Dust *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Zachary Small *Date:* January 26, 2023 *Summary:* In a creative departure, the artist Kenneth Tam spent the last year creating sculptures that honor the lives of Chinese laborers in Texas who helped build the country’s railroad system. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3DjOfhf *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 26, 2023
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26 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 26, 2023* *Title:* Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75 *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Alan Cowell *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* She experienced the inequities of the job firsthand in South Africa and helped build national and international unions to address them. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZWXrSu *Title:* Teachers at Elite UCLA Lab School Strike, Saying Model Campus Culture is Changing *Source:* Los Angeles Times *Author:* Alejandra Reyes-Velarde *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* The teachers say management no longer values the school’s core mission of research and outreach because administrators have refused to negotiate terms that serve those interests. Their two-day strike is not about salaries or benefits. Instead, they walked out over alleged unfair labor practices. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kF0grf *Title:* McDonald’s, In-N-Out, and Chipotle Are Spending Millions To Block Raises For Their Workers *Source:* CNN Business *Author: * Nathaniel Meyersohn *Date:* January 26, 2023 *Summary:* California voters will decide next year on a referendum that could overturn a landmark new state law setting worker conditions and minimum wages up to $22 an hour for fast-food employees in the nation’s largest state. Chipotle, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, In-N-Out Burger and KFC-owner Yum! Brands each donated $1 million to Save Local Restaurants, a coalition opposing the law. Other top fast-food companies, business groups, franchise owners, and many small restaurants also have criticized the legislation and spent millions of dollars opposing it. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3Hy2mC6 *Title:* Chicago Flexes Its Labor Muscle in the Fight for the 2024 Democratic Convention *Source:* NBC News *Author:* Natasha Korecki *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* The Chicago Federation of Labor is releasing a new digital ad campaign on Wednesday, first made available to NBC News, laying out a case that it's the home of the labor movement and has a plentiful cast of union members ready to work, particularly at hotels, if the White House places the convention in Chicago. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kEV2vz *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 25, 2023
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25 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 25, 2023* *Title:* America, We Have a Problem. People Aren’t Feeling Engaged With Their Work *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* The Gallup survey of roughly 67,000 people in 2022 found only 32% of workers are engaged with their work compared with 36% in 2020. The share of workers found to be "actively disengaged" has risen since 2020, while the share of those in the middle — those considered "not engaged" — has remained about the same. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XVvDMB *Title:* Walmart Raises Starting Wages for Store Workers *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Michael Corkery *Date:* January 24, 2023 *Summary:* The retail giant said the minimum wages for those employees would range from $14 to $19 an hour, up from $12 to $18 an hour. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kGTcKO *Title:* ‘Robots Are Treated Better’: Amazon Warehouse Workers Stage First-Ever Strike in the UK *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Ryan Browne *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* Amazon workers are going on strike in Britain, in a move that marks the first formal industrial action in the country for the U.S. tech giant. The 24-hour strike action began Wednesday a minute after midnight. Strikers are expected to picket outside the company’s site in Coventry in central England throughout the day. The GMB Union, which represents the workers involved, said it expects 300 employees out of a total 1,000 at the plant to turn up to the walkout. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3WCFZ2V *Title:* The Economic Costs of Worker Misclassification *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* John Schmitt, Heidi Shierholz, Margaret Poydock, and Samantha Sanders *Date:* January 25, 2023 *Summary:* When employers misclassify workers as “independent contractors” instead of as “employees,” they are exposing those workers to economic costs and depriving them of fundamental labor rights. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XYCc0H *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 24, 2023
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24 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 24, 2023* *Title:* Sold an American Dream, These Workers From India Wound Up Living a Nightmare *Source:* NPR *Author:* Dave Davies *Date:* January 23, 2023 *Summary:* After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history." *Link:* http://bit.ly/3H3qmMa *Title:* Long COVID Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Pam Belluck *Date:* January 24, 2023 *Summary:* An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZWjw3D *Title:* Employees Sue Kroger for Wage-Theft, System-Wide Failure of New Pay System *Source:* KATU 2 (ABC) *Author: * Caitlyn Frolo and Kelsey Childress *Date:* January 23, 2023 *Summary:* Kroger is in hot water, facing a legal battle after hundreds of employees claimed they've experienced major payroll problems for months. A group of the supermarket chain's employees in the Mid-Atlantic region filed a class action lawsuit alleging their employer has engaged in widespread wage theft. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kGE0x2 *Title:* ‘SNL’ Postproduction Workers Authorize Strike as Contract Negotiations Stall *Source:* The Hollywood Reporter *Author:* Katie Kilkenny *Date:* January 23, 2023 *Summary:* After the union was voluntarily recognized by NBC management in October, the group has so far only had one bargaining session with NBC, with no additional dates currently scheduled. The Editors Guild sent management a package of proposals in December. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kCbKM7 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 23, 2023
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23 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 23, 2023* *Title:* The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down *Source:* The New York Times Magazine *Author:* David Marchese *Date:* January 22, 2023 *Summary:* We’ve been given no shortage of digital tools that should, in theory, help us work better, with more focus and efficiency, and connect us more easily with our colleagues. Instead, email, instant messaging, remote-meeting apps, work-flow and project-management software and so on can feel like so many buckets with holes in the bottom, maddeningly inadequate to the task of keeping us from drowning in work. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZXdKP4 *Title:* What ChatGPT Means For the Future of Work *Source:* EBN *Author:* Paola Peralta *Date:* January 23, 2023 *Summary:* According to a recent study conducted by tech company IBM, 35% of companies are actively using artificial intelligence in their day-to-day operations and 42% are still exploring AI's potential for the future — one that's set to include virtual assistants that employees can use to complete tasks on their behalf. In fact, AI-powered voice assistants are anticipated to reach eight billion users by the end of 2023. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZPxV1H *Title:* CNH Industrial Workers on Strike Since May Approve New Deal *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Josh Funk *Date:* January 22, 2023 *Summary:* More than 1,000 CNH Industrial workers who have been on strike since last May approved a new contract Saturday with the maker of tractors, bulldozers, backhoes and other heavy equipment. The United Auto Workers said union members in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa, approved the deal two weeks after they rejected an earlier agreement. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XMP4Hl *Title:* Tech Layoffs Shock Young Workers. The Older People? Not So Much. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Tripp Mickle *Date:* January 20, 2023 *Summary:* The industry’s recent job cuts have been an awakening for a generation of workers who have never experienced a cyclical crash. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XNrKcl *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 20, 2023
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20 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 20, 2023* *Title:* Union Membership Dropped to Record Low in 2022 *Source:* Politico *Author:* Eleanor Mueller *Date:* January 19, 2023 *Summary:* The percentage of U.S. workers who belong to a union dropped from 10.3 percent to 10.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, as the job market added non-unionized workers at a faster rate than unionized workers. That’s the lowest the figure has been since the agency first started tracking comparable data nearly four decades ago. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XoadaR *Title:* Over a Million Protest Macron’s Pension Plan in the Streets of France *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden *Date:* January 19, 2023 *Summary:* Despite the wave of discontent, President Emmanuel Macron intends to push through plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3J3zmDI *Title:* One of the UK’s Largest Unions Announces 10 More Days of Strikes *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Elliot Smith *Date:* January 20, 2023 *Summary:* More than 2,600 ambulance workers in Wales and the West Midlands, North West, North East and East Midlands of England are already set to walk out on Monday as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and staffing. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3HgHP58 *Title:* How State and Local Leaders Can Harness New Infrastructure Funding to Build a Stronger, More Inclusive Workforce *Source:* Brookings *Author:* Martha Ross, Joseph W. Kane, Felix Laniyan, and Annelies Goger *Date:* January 19, 2023 *Summary:* Whether they realize it or not, a key task for these leaders is to ensure that when infrastructure jobs open up, there will be workers ready to fill them. The infrastructure field has long faced challenges in finding and retaining workers, and it does not have a strong track record of inclusion and diversity. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3HlQfIx *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 19, 2023
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19 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 19, 2023* *Title:* Behind Your Speedy Amazon Delivery are Serious Hazards for Workers, Government Finds *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* January 18, 2023 *Summary:* Federal safety inspectors have concluded that the twisting, bending and long reaches that Amazon warehouse workers perform as much as nine times per minute put them at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders and constitute an unacceptable hazard. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3HiURiB *Title:* Southwest Pilots’ Union Calls Vote to Authorize Potential Strike as Contract Talks Sour *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Leslie Josephs *Date:* January 18, 2023 *Summary:* Southwest and the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association have been in negotiations for a new contract for years. Union leaders have focused on better work rules and scheduling for Southwest workers. During the travel chaos last month, many pilots and flight attendants were stranded and had to wait on hold to reach schedulers or hotel services. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3XDJQgY *Title:* Philadelphia’s ‘Real Minimum Wage’ is Among the Worst in the U.S. *Source:* The Philadelphia Inquirer *Author: * Lizzy McLellan Ravitch *Date:* January 18, 2023 *Summary:* Philadelphia has the fourth lowest “real minimum wage,” according to a recent study by SmartAsset, a personal finance website. The study recorded the minimum wage in 79 cities, adjusted that wage to account for the cost of living in each city, and ranked them. Minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25 per hour, matching the federal rate. Philadelphia is bound by the state’s minimum wage law. Adjusted for cost of living, that comes out to about $6.69 per hour, SmartAsset found. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3iVX361 *Title:* Microsoft Slashes 10,000 Jobs, the Latest in a Wave of Layoffs *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bobby Allyn and Mary Yang *Date:* January 18, 2023 *Summary:* The cuts represent a little less than 5% of Microsoft's global workforce of 221,000 employees. The company began notifying affected workers on Wednesday, and plans to complete the layoffs by the Spring, according to the note. It was not clear which divisions would see cuts. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3QPP72K *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 18, 2023
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18 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 18, 2023* *Title:* The Economics of Abortion Bans *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Asha Banerjee *Date:* January 18, 2023 *Summary:* Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3kq8WBK *Title:* Apple Reaches Deal With Investors to Audit Its Labor Practices *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* January 17, 2023 *Summary:* The tech giant will assess its compliance with its official human rights policy, according to a federal filing. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ZNFSUP *Title:* Economic Data is Often Misunderstood, Hurting Black Workers: AFL-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Lindsey Jacobson *Date:* January 17, 2023 *Summary:* When there’s an economic slowdown, the racial employment gap grows. But mainstream economic data doesn’t always reflect the struggle, according to William Spriggs, Howard University economics professor and chief economist for the AFL-CIO. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3iJLYFh *Title:* How Restaurant Workers Help Pay Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* David A. Fahrenthold and Talmon Joseph Smith *Date:* January 17, 2023 *Summary:* The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3CZVNpl *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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