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March 31, 2023
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31 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 31, 2023* *Title:* Google's 'Ghost Workers' are Demanding To Be Seen By the Tech Giant *Source:* NPR *Author:* Dara Kerr *Date:* March 31, 2023 *Summary:* Google has a massive workforce of subcontractors to help maintain its search engine and now they're asking for more labor rights. *Link:* http://bit.ly/42Tk0cl *Title:* How Americans View Their Jobs *Source:* Pew Research Center *Author:* Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Kim Parker *Date:* March 30, 2023 *Summary:* In the wake of the Great Resignation and amid reports of “quiet quitting,” only about half of U.S. workers say they are extremely or very satisfied with their job overall, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Even smaller shares express high levels of satisfaction with their opportunities for training and skills development, how much they are paid and their opportunities for promotion. *Link:* http://bit.ly/42WQF0s *Title:* Pay For Low-Wage Workers Grew ‘Tremendously Fast’ In the Last 3 Years—But Experts Don’t Think It’ll Last *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Gili Malinsky *Date:* March 30, 2023 *Summary:* Workers in the 10th percentile, that is those making less than 90% of everyone else, saw real wages (or those adjusted for inflation) grow 9% between 2019 and 2022, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute. They earned $12.57 per hour in 2022, or $26,145 annually. It’s the biggest hike they’ve seen in decades as measured by business cycles, which are periods of economic growth followed by a contraction and possible recession. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3lTHaib *Title:* More Americans File for Jobless Claims; Layoffs Remain Low *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Matt Ott *Date:* March 30, 2023 *Summary:* U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3nAsepC *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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March 30, 2023
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30 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 30, 2023* *Title:* Do We Know How Many People Are Working From Home? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Emma Goldberg *Date:* March 30, 2023 *Summary:* New Labor Department numbers indicate that fewer Americans worked remotely last year. But many experts criticize the government’s data collection. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40NvHPT *Title:* AI Chatbot ‘Gold Rush’ Generates New Workplace Legal Pitfalls *Source:* Bloomberg Law *Author:* J. Edward Moreno *Date:* March 29, 2023 *Summary:* Companies are increasingly looking to use artificial intelligence-powered chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT in their operations despite concerns of bias, confidentiality breaches, and a murky regulatory landscape. Human resources departments in particular are exploring chatbots for use in drafting job descriptions, performance reviews, or as employee self-service tools. At the same time, some companies are limiting or outright banning their employees from using such tools. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3TSyCEM *Title:* The Health Wedge and Labor Market Inequality *Source:* Brookings *Author: * Amy Finkelstein, Casey McQuillan, Owen Zidar, and Eric Zwick *Date:* March 29, 2023 *Summary:* The authors use a stylized model of the labor market to compare the current system, in which about half of Americans are covered by employer-provided health insurance, to a hypothetical system in which health insurance is financed by a payroll tax, similar in spirit to the universal health insurance in countries such as Germany and Canada. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ziwkVT *Title:* United Airlines Reaches Tentative Labor Agreements with Ground Workers Union *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Noah Sheidlower *Date:* March 29, 2023 *Summary:* United Airlines has reached tentative agreements with a union representing nearly 30,000 ground workers, the labor group said Wednesday. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said the two-year tentative agreements cover “industry-best” wage rates, as well as job protection and certain guards against outsourcing roles. The specific terms of the contracts were not disclosed. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JZ8gfN *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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March 29, 2023
by SMLR Library 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 29, 2023* *Title:* Union Showdown: Starbucks' Howard Schultz Faces Bernie Sanders in the Senate *Source:* NPR *Author:* Alina Selyukh *Date:* March 29, 2023 *Summary:* A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks gets questioned by the outspoken mascot of the union movement in Congress. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3nwdbNP *Title:* AI Could Replace Equivalent of 300 Million Jobs - Report *Source:* BBC News *Author:* Chris Vallance *Date:* March 28, 2023 *Summary:* Artificial intelligence (AI) could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs, a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs says. It could replace a quarter of work tasks in the US and Europe but may also mean new jobs and a productivity boom. And it could eventually increase the total annual value of goods and services produced globally by 7%. Generative AI, able to create content indistinguishable from human work, is "a major advancement", the report says. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3G0Dv92 *Title:* Union Accuses Apple of Firing Workers in Retaliation for Organizing *Source:* The Verge *Author: * Mitchell Clark *Date:* March 28, 2023 *Summary:* The Communications Workers of America union is alleging that Apple fired five workers in Kansas City, and disciplined another in Texas, in retaliation for organizing. The union has also accused the company of interrogating employees, promising those employees better working conditions if they don’t support the union, and threatening them with worse conditions if they do. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40qLMer *Title:* Push in States for $20 Minimum Wage as Inflation Persists *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Maysoon Khan *Date:* March 28, 2023 *Summary:* Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3KeEyVg *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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March 28, 2023
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28 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 28, 2023* *Title:* Tinkering With ChatGPT, Workers Wonder: Will This Take My Job? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Lydia DePillis and Steve Lohr *Date:* March 28, 2023 *Summary:* Artificial intelligence is confronting white-collar professionals more directly than ever. It could make them more productive — or obsolete. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZohHev *Title:* Unions are Having a Moment. So Why Isn't Union Membership Booming? *Source:* NPR *Author:* March 28, 2023 *Date:* Andrea Hsu *Summary:* The bottom line is that labor law itself is tilted in favor of employers, say researchers who study labor movements, often making corporate hostility toward unions too hard to overcome. The recent groundswell of public support is far from enough to spark a union comeback. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3KbCnC2 *Title:* What Three High Schoolers Have To Say On the Transformative Impact of Youth Apprenticeships *Source:* Brookings *Author: * Annelies Goger *Date:* March 27, 2023 *Summary:* Across the United States, youth face an obstacle course as they attempt to transition from high school to a career. The steps for finding a good job after graduation can be difficult to navigate, leaving many young people stuck in cycles of unemployment and low-wage work. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40k37pF *Title:* Chicago’s Mayoral Race Pits the Teachers Union Against the Police Union *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jonathan Weisman *Date:* March 27, 2023 *Summary:* In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president of the Fraternal Order of Police. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40pGi3U *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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March 27, 2023
by SMLR Library 27 Mar '23

27 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 27, 2023* *Title:* President is Ousted in United Auto Workers Election *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Neal E. Boudette *Date:* March 25, 2023 *Summary:* An insurgent candidate has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers union, potentially setting the organization on a more confrontational path as it heads into contract talks this year with the three Detroit automakers. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JQmX4A *Title:* Strike Brings Germany’s Public Transport Network to Halt *Source:* BBC News *Author:* Antoinette Radford & Kathryn Armstrong *Date:* March 27, 2023 *Summary:* Germany's transport network is at a near standstill as two of the country's largest unions strike. Staff at airports, ports, railways, buses and subways walked out shortly after midnight for a 24-hour stoppage. Unions are demanding higher wages to help their members cope with the rising cost of living across the country. There have been multiple smaller walkouts by other public service sectors, but Monday's is expected to be the largest in decades in the country. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3LU59Ip *Title:* Seattle Groups Rally Against Amazon’s Alleged Union Busting in Kentucky *Source:* The Seattle Times *Author: * Lauren Rosenblatt *Date:* March 26,2023 *Summary:* Workers Strike Back, a new labor movement launched by outgoing Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant and her political party, Socialist Alternative, hosted the rally. The event was a symbol of solidarity meant to connect Washington labor groups to Kentucky workers, as well as bind together union efforts at Amazon to similar campaigns at companies like Starbucks and Google. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JNsyZF *Title:* Los Angeles Schools and 30,000 Workers Reach Tentative Deal After Strike *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Corina Knoll, Adeel Hassan and Shawn Hubler *Date:* March 24, 2023 *Summary:* Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents support workers in the district, said that Los Angeles Unified, the second-largest school district in the nation, had met its key demands, including a 30 percent pay increase. The deal must still be voted on by the full union. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3lHvpLu *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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March 24, 2023
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24 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 24, 2023* *Title:* Amazon Union Prevails in Ruling on Warehouse Access for Organizing *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* March 23, 2023 *Summary:* Federal labor regulators said that Amazon had illegally barred off-duty employees from work sites and that the policy was aimed at union backers. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JJqhyj *Title:* 80-hour Weeks and Roaches Near Your Cot? More Medical Residents Unionize *Source:* NPR *Author:* Alan Yu *Date:* March 23, 2023 *Summary:* In February, most residents at two major Penn Medicine hospitals decided to form a union, and the National Labor Relations Board will conduct their election in early May. They join a wave of other residents unionizing at programs around the country, most recently at Montefiore hospital in New York, George Washington University in Washington, DC, and Mass General Brigham in Boston. If successful, these residents would join the Committee of Interns and Residents, the union for medical residents. According to the union's figures, the number of campaigns spiked from two in 2021, to eight in 2022, an unprecedented increase. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3FQaxJ0 *Title:* US Jobless Claims Inch Down as Labor Market Remains Tight *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Matt Ott *Date:* March 23, 2023 *Summary:* The labor market continues to defy Federal Reserve attempts to cool hiring, with U.S. applications for unemployment benefits down again last week and remaining at historically low levels. Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 18 fell by 1,000 to 191,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. *Link:* http://bit.ly/42F8LE8 *Title:* Unions at Disney World Win 37% Pay Hikes in Tentative Labor Deal *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich *Date:* March 23, 2023 *Summary:* About 32,000 hourly workers at Disney World will get raises equal to $3 an hour by the end of the year, and most will get raises of about 37% of their current pay by 2026 under a tentative five-year labor deal reached with a group of unions on the property Thursday. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3K4Kj80 *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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March 23, 2023
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23 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 23, 2023* *Title:* Low-Wage Workers Have Seen Historically Fast Real Wage Growth in the Pandemic Business Cycle *Source:* Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Elise Gould and Katherine deCourcy *Date:* March 23, 2023 *Summary:* Between 2019 and 2022, low-wage workers experienced historically fast real wage growth. The 10th percentile real hourly wage grew 9.0% over the three-year period. This tremendous real wage growth at the lower end of the wage distribution was exceptional, significantly faster than in any other business cycle peak since 1979. Nevertheless, low-wage workers, who are disproportionately women and Black and Hispanic, continue to suffer from grossly inadequate wages: The 10th-percentile wage in 2022 was $12.57, or $26,145 annually for a full-time worker. *Link:* http://bit.ly/42AIfvS *Title:* The Minimum Wage Fight That Will Define the Decade *Source:* Politico *Author:* Nick Niedzwiadek *Date:* March 22, 2023 *Summary:* An intraparty fight has broken out in New York over the state’s minimum wage laws and how to get more money to the lowest-paid workers without hurting businesses, portending similar skirmishes across the country in the coming years. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3LJMdMs *Title:* 'No contract, no coffee,' Michigan Starbucks Stores Join National Strike *Source:* Detroit Free Press *Author: * Nour Rahal *Date:* March 22, 2023 *Summary:* Starbucks workers in Allen Park, Ann Arbor, and Mount Pleasant were among the latest in Michigan to join the national Starbucks strike on Wednesday, demanding better work conditions and union rights. More than 100 Starbucks stores responded to a call to action from Starbucks Workers United. *Link:* http://bit.ly/42BYj0n *Title:* Macron Denounces Violent Protests, Warning Against ‘Excesses’ *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden *Date:* March 22, 2023 *Summary:* Labor unions and opposition politicians reacted angrily to Mr. Macron’s defense of his approach. “He is in absolute denial,” Olivier Faure, the leader of the Socialist Party, said. “I fear that Macron has emptied more explosives on a fire that was already well lit.” *Link:* http://bit.ly/3ZfkEO5 *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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March 22, 2023
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22 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 22, 2023* *Title:* Fed Meeting Holds High Stakes for Biden *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Jim Tankersley *Date:* March 22, 2023 *Summary:* The president is counting on the central bank to strike the right balance on jobs and inflation — and to prevent a spiraling financial crisis. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JVFfTp *Title:* Michigan Legislature Sends Right-To-Work Repeal to Governor's Desk *Source:* Michigan Radio / NPR *Author:* Rick Pluta *Date:* March 21, 2023 *Summary:* The Michigan Legislature has sent Governor Gretchen Whitmer pro-union bills that include repealing the state's decade-old right-to-work law. Adopting the bills was the fulfillment of a promise made by Democrats and a long-held wish by organized labor since Michigan became a right-to-work state in a rowdy, contentious session in 2012 when Republicans held power in the state Capitol. The 2012 law allows workers to opt out of paying union dues even if their workplace is represented by a union. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40cehwr *Title:* Job Posting Laws Create Rifts between Employee and Employer Over Fair Pay *Source:* Yahoo!Finance *Author: * Kerry Hannon *Date:* March 19, 2023 *Summary:* This employee-employer confrontation is not uncommon after a number of pay transparency laws were enacted this year. More than a third (36%) of 1,300 HR professionals surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) said this change caused more current employees to ask about receiving a pay raise, the report found. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40rImYB *Title:* What We Do (And Don't) Know About Teacher Shortages, and What Can Be Done About Them *Source:* NPR *Author:* Cory Turner *Date:* March 22, 2023 *Summary:* For several months, NPR has been exploring the forces at work behind these local teacher shortages. Interviews with more than 70 experts and educators across the country, including teachers both aspiring and retiring, offer several explanations. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3lv7qiH *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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March 21, 2023
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21 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 21, 2023* *Title:* Strains Emerge Inside the Union That Beat Amazon *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* March 21, 2023 *Summary:* One year after its surprise victory at a Staten Island warehouse, the only union in the country representing Amazon workers has endured a series of setbacks and conflicts that have caused longtime supporters to question if it will survive. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3JVPRBN *Title:* Unions in Los Angeles begin 3-day School Strike *Source:* NPR *Author:* Sequoia Carrillo *Date:* March 21, 2023 *Summary:* Hundreds of thousands of students will be out of school today in Los Angeles as the country's second largest school district grinds to a halt. The union representing bus drivers, maintenance workers and other support staff says it will conduct a three-day walkout. The union representing the city's teachers says it will join the strike in solidarity. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3n8EGN6 *Title:* Google Was Beloved as an Employer for Years. Then It Laid Off Thousands by Email *Source:* CNN Business *Author: * Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke *Date:* March 20, 2023 *Summary:* Google (GOOGL), which for years ranked as the top company to work for in the United States, laid off thousands of workers by e-mail. And not just any employees: Decades-long veterans of the company, at least one employee on health leave, and even an employee in labor with her second child were all cut, with little explanation. Employees were left scrambling to determine who had been let go and those affected had no opportunity to say goodbye to colleagues or pack up their desks, former workers told CNN. *Link:* http://bit.ly/40opBFr *Title:* As WGA & AMPTP Talks Kick Off, Details Emerge Of DGA’s Attempt To Reach Under-The-Radar Deal With Studios *Source:* Deadline *Author:* Dominic Patten *Date:* March 20, 2023 *Summary:* First among Hollywood unions this year, the WGA is going face-to-face with the studios starting Monday in what’s expected to be contentious negotiations for a new overall contract. However, the atypical pole position for the hard-hitting scribes this labor round is a consequence of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ rebuke of the DGA efforts to strike a pact a few months ago. *Link:* http://bit.ly/403qCmC *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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March 20, 2023
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20 Mar '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *March 20, 2023* *Title:* Social Media Has Reinvented the Way Gen Z Finds Jobs *Source:* EBN: Employee Benefit News *Author:* Lee Hafner *Date:* March 20, 2023 *Summary:* Recent research shows that eight out of 10 job seekers use social media, with that being how 73% of job seekers aged 18-34 found their last job. At the same time, 75% of companies are reporting they are having trouble hiring, says Webber. It is not just making people aware of available jobs, but making job postings and the application process more enticing as well. Here is where social media-style communication stands out: transparency is crucial, and what matters most to job seekers — pay, location, career trajectory — should be straightforward and easily identified, she says. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3FCxgbk *Title:* Farmworkers Use Florida March to Pressure Other Companies *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Mike Schneider *Date:* March 17, 2023 *Summary:* The farmworkers said they were marching to highlight the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted companies like McDonald’s, Walmart, Taco Bell and Whole Foods to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. They hoped to use the march to pressure other companies, like Publix, Wendy’s and Kroger, to join the program that started in 2011. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3luoqWk *Title:* Thousands Protest in Portugal to Demand Higher Wages, Cap on Food *Source:* EU Reporter *Author: * EU Reporter Correspondent *Date:* March 20, 2023 *Summary:* According to Eurostat data, the minimum wage in Portugal - measured in purchasing power parities and not at current prices - in 2023 is 681 euros a month, the 12th lowest of the 15 European Union countries that have minimum wages. It compares with 726 euros in Poland, 775 euros in Greece or 798 euros in Spain. Portugal's biggest umbrella union, the CGTP, which called the protests, is calling for wages and pensions to be raised by at least 10% immediately and wants the government to impose caps on the price of basic foods. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3lkRgs9 *Title:* "Their Voices Will Not Be Silenced;" LAUSD Employee Strike Expected to Move Forward *Source:* CBS News *Author:* KCAL-News Staff *Date:* March 19, 2023 *Summary:* A potentially crippling strike by service workers that would shut down Los Angeles Unified School District campuses for three continues to loom large after a weekend full of both sides trading barbs, with little hope of any resolution being reached before the planned Tuesday walkout. On Sunday, with less than 48 hours until the planned walkout, the California Public Employment Relations Board rejected LAUSD's legal challenge to attempt and halt the strike. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3yPrVJJ *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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