Smlr_net April 2023

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April 28, 2023
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28 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 28, 2023* *Title:* They Want to Change the World. They Would Also Like a Raise. *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Julie Satow *Date:* April 28, 2023 *Summary:* The newly unionized employees at Community Solutions, a nonprofit based in New York City that combats homelessness, were in the early days of negotiating their first contract. They had assumed that their proposal to protect formerly homeless people from being discriminated against in the organization’s hiring process would be a simple matter for both sides. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Nlzr7H *Title:* Despite Mass Layoffs, There are Still Lots of Jobs Out There. Here's Where *Source:* NPR *Author:* Elena Burnett and Juana Summers *Date:* April 28, 2023 *Summary:* Mass layoffs have dominated the headlines as huge companies shed hundreds of thousands of workers. But the economy is still adding jobs – 236,000 last month alone. And many industries are struggling to snap workers up. NPR's Juana Summers spoke with Dana Peterson, chief economist at The Conference Board — a nonprofit think tank — to find out what jobs are still hot. *Link:* https://bit.ly/40NVXJE *Title:* How Randi Weingarten Landed at the Heart of America’s Political Fights *Source:* The New York Times Magazine *Author: * Jonathan Mahler *Date:* April 28, 2023 *Summary:* School closures and culture wars turned classrooms into battlegrounds — and made the head of one of the country’s largest teachers’ unions a lightning rod for criticism. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Vg9FDU *Title:* Airbnb Let Its Workers Live and Work Anywhere. Spoiler: They're Loving It *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* April 28, 2023 *Summary:* Airbnb says its Live and Work Anywhere policy is all about winning the global war for talent. A year in, the company and its workers are reaping all sorts of added benefits. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3NkRbA0 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 27, 2023
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27 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 27, 2023* *Title:* Street Chaos and Long Hours Push Farmers’ Market Workers to Unionize *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Liam Stack *Date:* April 26, 2023 *Summary:* Working at a New York City farmers’ market is not as idyllic as it might seem, employees say. Now they are unionizing, and their employer will recognize their unit. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3AxQrjz *Title:* Biden Tells Unions He Will 'Finish the Job' In First Speech Since 2024 Announcement *Source:* NBC News *Author:* Katherine Doyle *Date:* April 25, 2023 *Summary:* Hours after announcing his 2024 bid, President Joe Biden promised in a union hall speech on Tuesday to deliver for American workers if re-elected, pitching his economic vision for the country and swiping at Republicans. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Lz7rvX *Title:* Australia Lifts Minimum Wage for Skilled Migrant Workers *Source:* Associated Press *Author: * Rod McGuirk *Date:* April 27, 2023 *Summary:* Australia will end a decade-old freeze on the minimum wage for skilled migrant workers as part of an overhaul of what the government described Thursday as a broken migration system that fosters exploitation and favors attracting low-paid employees over filling critical skill shortages. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41Y5cIJ *Title:* NBA, NBPA Ratify New Collective Bargaining Agreement *Source:* ESPN *Author:* Tom Bontemps *Date:* April 26, 2023 *Summary:* The NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced Wednesday night they have ratified the recently agreed-upon new collective bargaining agreement, one that will ensure labor peace through the remainder of this decade. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LglcOS *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 26, 2023
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26 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 26, 2023* *Title:* Tech Jobs Remain a Good Bet Despite Mass Layoffs in Silicon Valley *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* April 26, 2023 *Summary:* Even with mass layoffs hitting tech companies, the number of job openings in the technology field is high. Tech jobs are still an attractive option for workers looking for stable, lucrative careers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3L0AhE0 *Title:* Pandemic Reinforced Many US Occupation Trends *Source:* Reuters via U.S. News & World Report *Author:* Howard Schneider and Dan Burns *Date:* April 25, 2023 *Summary:* The Labor Department's annual snapshot of occupations and what they pay also showed that a number of job categories that were already struggling to attract workers before the pandemic found those trends continued or accelerated in the chaotic job market that emerged following the brief but historic employment losses in the spring of 2020. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3AsSEgj *Title:* When Your Boss is an Algorithm *Source:* Wisconsin Public Radio / NPR *Author: * Ally Schweitzer *Date:* April 25, 2023 *Summary:* Rideshare drivers say the app is their boss. And unlike a human boss who you can negotiate with or withhold information from, the algorithms know so much about these workers. They know how much a worker is willing to accept for a particular ride. They know how much workers try to earn on any given day. They can really personalize how much that worker makes in order to influence their behavior in particular ways. *Link:* https://bit.ly/421kJXt *Title:* Is Your Dinner Brought to You by Child Labor? *Source:* Mother Jones *Author:* Teresa Cotsirilos *Date:* April 25, 2023 *Summary:* In February, the Department of Labor announced that the nation is experiencing a sharp rise in child labor violations across all industries; since 2018, the agency has documented a 69-percent increase in children who were employed illegally. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3HeLKPo *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 25, 2023
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25 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 25, 2023* *Title:* ESPN Announces Layoffs as Part of Cost Cutting by Disney *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Joe Reedy *Date:* April 24, 2023 *Summary:* ESPN began informing employees of layoffs Monday, which are job cuts that are taking place throughout its corporate owner, the Walt Disney Company. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in February that the company would reduce 7,000 jobs either through not filling positions or layoffs. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41Niasa *Title:* Mexico Union Wins after US Labor Complaint, but Abuses Go On *Source:* Associated Press *Author:* Mark Stevenson *Date:* April 24, 2023 *Summary:* An independent union won the right to bargain at a U.S. auto parts manufacturer in central Mexico after U.S. authorities said Monday they employed a special weapon — tariffs — against pro-company unions in Mexico that have long kept wages low. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3mVBO6B *Title:* Amazon Delivery Drivers in Southern California Join Teamsters Union *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Annie Palmer *Date:* April 24, 2023 *Summary:* Amazon delivery drivers at one of the company’s California facilities joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union said Monday, in a win for labor organizers that have long sought to gain a foothold at the e-retailer. *Link:* https://bit.ly/4440Xwo *Title:* Bill seeks to Amend N.C. Constitution to Codify "Right to Work" *Source:* The Daily Tar Heel *Author:* Caroline Horne *Date:* April 25, 2023 *Summary:* Last week, the General Assembly passed the first reading of a bill that may permanently put a right-to-work law into the North Carolina Constitution. If passed, the bill will amend the N.C. Constitution to codify the right to work, making it more permanent. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3AsyNxF *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 24, 2023
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24 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 24, 2023* *Title:* What Young Workers Miss Without the ‘Power of Proximity’ *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Emma Goldberg and Ben Casselman *Date:* April 24, 2023 *Summary:* One of the first major studies on remote work shows a hidden penalty of flexibility: less supervision. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3L1RHAq *Title:* 10 Years After Rana Plaza, Is Bangladesh's Garment Industry Any Safer? *Source:* CNN *Author:* Oscar Holland *Date:* April 23, 2023 *Summary:* Monday marks 10 years since history's deadliest garment factory disaster. More than 1,100 people, mostly women, were killed. Over 2,500 others were injured. While businesses in the building's lower floors had immediately closed when structural cracks were discovered a day earlier, thousands of factory workers were forced — either directly by their superiors, or indirectly by the pressure to earn a day's wage — to return on the day of the collapse, despite many of them raising concerns. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Lr9LW7 *Title:* German Government, Trade Unions Agree On Wage Deal for Public Workers *Source:* Politico *Author: * Antonia Zimmermann *Date:* April 23, 2023 *Summary:* The German government, local authorities and trade unions reached a deal late Saturday on higher pay scales for the country's 2.5 million public-sector workers, staving off the possibility of indefinite strikes. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3oH8hOA *Title:* The Majority of NYPD’s Officers are Non-White. Will They Elect Their First Black Union Boss? *Source:* The Gothamist *Author:* Matt Katz *Date:* April 23, 2023 *Summary:* Moments after announcing earlier this month that he will be stepping down, Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch, who has been the face of New York's largest police union for the last quarter century, passed a symbolic baton to the officer he hopes will succeed him. Patrick Hendry, who is currently the PBA's treasurer, took the podium at a union event to accept the endorsement and walked off to a standing ovation from members. But in what will be the first open race for PBA president this millennium, there’s a challenge to the union establishment’s chosen heir. Corey Grable, the PBA’s financial secretary for transit and the only other declared candidate, started campaigning for the job months before Lynch’s announcement. *Link:* https://bit.ly/43VlmUq *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 21, 2023
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21 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 21, 2023* *Title:* ‘Pissed off’: Rutgers Unions Mull Resuming Strike Amid Mounting Frustration Over Finalizing Contract *Source:* Politico *Author:* Daniel Han *Date:* April 20, 2023 *Summary:* With the strike suspended — but not permanently over — union leaders are discussing going back to the picket line. Amy Higer, president of the Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT, which represents part-time lecturers, said it is “possible” a strike resumes — although she said it was hard to gauge how likely it is with such a fluid situation. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LkKVXU *Title:* Battle Over Labor Secretary Nominee Reflects a Larger Fight for Biden *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* April 20, 2023 *Summary:* Business groups are critical of the candidate, Julie Su, and key senators are wavering. The administration’s labor policies are central to the clash. *Link:* https://bit.ly/43QJMyk *Title:* Jobless Claims Rise Again, Reach 245K Amid Softening Labor Market *Source:* U.S. News & World Report *Author: * Tim Smart *Date:* April 20, 2023 *Summary:* In another sign the labor market is softening under the weight of rising interest rates and a slowing economy, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose by 5,000 to 245,000 last week, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LgBGb5 *Title:* Strikes Cripple German Rail Network, Four Airports *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Reuters *Date:* April 21, 2023 *Summary:* Rail workers went on strike across Germany on Friday, bringing national operator Deutsche Bahn's services largely to a halt, in the latest of a series of stoppages over pay in Europe's largest economy. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3mQ04Xy *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 20, 2023
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20 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 20, 2023* *Title:* Majorities of Adults See Decline of Union Membership as Bad for the U.S. and Working People *Source:* Pew Research Center *Author:* Ted Van Green *Date:* April 19, 2023 *Summary:* Roughly six-in-ten U.S. adults say the large reduction over the past several decades in the percentage of workers who are represented by unions has been somewhat or very bad for the country (58%) and for working people (61%). These figures are nearly the same as last year. *Link:* https://bit.ly/40xbxJC *Title:* Rutgers Launches First-In-Nation Effort to Study Equity Compensation *Source:* NJ BIZ *Author:* Matthew Fazelpoor *Date:* April 19, 2023 *Summary:* Rutgers University said it is launching the Shares Laboratory, the nation’s first academic research initiative dedicated to stock equity compensation. The effort, run by the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, will conduct research and policy analysis on company stock, stock options, employee stock purchase plans, and other shares in the workplace. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3UQWzwx *Title:* Teachers Union Chief Hires Seasoned Lawyer Ahead of Hill Testimony *Source:* Politico *Author: * Juan Perez Jr. *Date:* April 19, 2023 *Summary:* Randi Weingarten is lawyering up. The American Federation of Teachers president has retained a top white-collar defense attorney ahead of her scheduled testimony on school closures during the height of the Covid-19 crisis to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic next week. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41G9eVm *Title:* Canada’s Federal Workers Strike Over R.T.O. and Pay *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Ian Austen *Date:* April 19, 2023 *Summary:* The largest public sector union in Canada went on strike on Wednesday over wages and return to office rules, causing delays to border crossings and passport and income tax services. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41IooJP *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 19, 2023
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19 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 19, 2023* *Title:* New York’s Only Rest Stop for Delivery Workers Just Closed. Now What? *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Dodai Stewart *Date:* April 18, 2023 *Summary:* Delivery workers have been pushing for better and more consistent pay, but the physical logistics of their work have become a new focus of both government officials and workers’ rights advocates. And on the Upper East Side, one corporate experiment has shown the possibilities and limitations of making their working conditions a bit more comfortable. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41HouRO *Title:* New Contract Would Raise Average L.A. Teacher Salary to $106,000 and Lower Class Size *Source:* Los Angeles Times *Author:* Howard Blume *Date:* April 18, 2023 *Summary:* If approved by members of United Teachers Los Angeles, the salary for teachers would range from about $69,000 to $122,000. Teachers who take on extra work responsibilities could earn more, a boost aimed at addressing the high stress and high cost of living that many teachers say they are struggling with, especially since the pandemic. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3UUUBLS *Title:* Supreme Court Gives New Jersey, Shipping Industry and Unions a Win in New York Ports case *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Dan Mangan *Date:* April 18, 2023 *Summary:* Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the nine-page majority opinion in the case, which is a victory for container shipping companies and the International Longshoreman’s Association, the union that represents dockworkers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3AtXppX *Title:* Workers in the US Now Want at Least $76,000 to Start a New Job as Minimum Wage Expectations Continue to Rise in a Red-Hot Job Market *Source:* Business Insider *Author:* Nidhi Pandurangi *Date:* April 19, 2023 *Summary:* Employees' wage expectations have risen to a new high of $75,811 a year, according to the New York Fed's SCE Labor Market Survey in March. The reservation wage, or the lowest wage that someone would accept for a new role, is almost $2,100 higher than it was in November when the survey was last conducted, at which point the wage was $73,667. The survey asked respondents about the lowest wage or salary they would accept before taxes and other deductions if they were offered a job today in their line of work that they would consider. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3opYHiQ *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 18, 2023
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18 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 18, 2023* *Title:* Hollywood Writers Approve of Strike as Shutdown Looms *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* John Koblin and Brooks Barnes *Date:* April 17, 2023 *Summary:* The writers have not gone on strike in 15 years, and the vote gives their unions the right to call for a walkout when their contract expires on May 1. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3LaBJVZ *Title:* Canada's Public Workers to Strike if No Wage Deal by Tuesday Evening *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Steve Scherer *Date:* April 17, 2023 *Summary:* Some 155,000 public workers in Canada will go on strike at midnight on Wednesday if they are unable to reach a wage deal with the federal government, the leader of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union said on Monday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3L8N7Bx *Title:* Ben & Jerry’s Workers in Flagship Vermont Store File for Union Election *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Natasha Piñon *Date:* April 17, 2023 *Summary:* Workers at the Burlington store have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for an election. Their organization, dubbed “Scoopers United,” has the backing of the same union that launched Starbucks’ fast-growing organizing campaign, according to a release from the group. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3A5ZB6z *Title:* Who Bears the Burden, and How Much, When Religious Employees Refuse Sabbath Work? *Source:* NPR *Author:* Nina Totenberg *Date:* April 18, 2023 *Summary:* Not only does federal law make it illegal to discriminate in employment based on religion, but it also requires that employers reasonably accommodate the religious beliefs of workers as long as the accommodation would not impose an "undue hardship on the employer's business." But what is an undue hardship? Congress didn't elaborate, so the Supreme Court had to define the term. *Link:* https://bit.ly/43JLscQ *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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April 17, 2023
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17 Apr '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *April 17, 2023* *Title:* Rutgers Unions React To Framework To End Historic Strike, Say Some Negotiations To Continue *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author:* Tina Kelley and Brent Johnson *Date:* April 16, 2023 *Summary:* Leaders of Rutgers University faculty unions spoke enthusiastically Saturday morning about reaching the “framework” of new contracts after a lengthy standoff with the school — a move that will at least temporarily halt the historic five-day strike by their 9,000 members. But they noted a tentative agreement still needs to be finalized. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3A4BTYo *Title:* Philadelphia Union Goes On Strike Against Liberty Coca-Cola For Greater Wages, Fair Benefits *Source:* 6 ABC Action News *Author:* Staff and Sharifa Jackson *Date:* April 16, 2023 *Summary:* Teamsters Local 830, which represents thousands of unionized drivers, warehouse and production workers, and sales and marketing personnel in the beverage industry, announced the strike on Sunday. The union represents 450 members at the Philadelphia plant. Members of the union say they rejected Liberty Coca-Cola's latest contract proposal and unanimously voted to go on strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/41QDYmT *Title:* Investing in Employee Ownership Could Help the Canadian Government Meet Its Sustainability Goals *Source:* The Conversation *Author: * Lorin Busaan and Simon Pek *Date:* April 16, 2023 *Summary:* Buried deep in the Canadian government’s 2023 budget, and overshadowed by other announcements, is a plan to create an employee ownership trust — a specialized legal structure that makes it easier for business owners to sell equity to their employees. *Link:* https://bit.ly/43AEg2O *Title:* Workforce ecosystems and AI *Source:* Brookings *Author:* David Kiron, Elizabeth J. Altman, and Christoph Riedl *Date:* April 13, 2023 *Summary:* Within workforce ecosystems, the use of AI is changing the design of work, the supply of labor, the conduct of work, and the measurement of work and workers. Examining AI-related shifts in four categories—Designing Work, Supplying Workers, Conducting Work, and Measuring Work and Workers—reveals a variety of policy implications. We explore these policy considerations, highlighting themes of flexibility, equity, and data governance and transparency. Furthermore, we offer a broad view of how a shift toward workforce ecosystems and the increasing use of AI is influencing the future of work. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3odxobn *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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