November 15, 2021 - Smlr_net

15 Nov 2021


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*November 15, 2021*
*Title:*                    Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With
Unions, Averting Strike
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber
*Date:*                   November 13, 2021
*Summary:*          Kaiser Permanente, the health care provider and
hospital network, reached a tentative agreement on Saturday with a
coalition of unions representing workers in California, Oregon and other
states that will avert a strike of more than 30,000 workers scheduled to
begin on Monday.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3Cm804y
*Title:*                    Amazon Workers in New York Withdraw Petition to
Unionize
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author:*               Anne D’Innocenzio
*Date:*                   November 12, 2021
*Summary:          *The National Labor Relations Board has confirmed that a
group of Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York has withdrawn its
petition to hold a vote to unionize.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3cg12Dw
*Title:*                   U.S. Workers Quitting Reaches Record High, Job
Openings Edge Down in September
*Source:*               Reuters
*Author:               *Lindsay Dunsmuir
*Date:*                   November 12, 2021
*Summary:*          The number of Americans voluntarily quitting their jobs
rose to a record high in September while job openings stayed stubbornly
above pre-pandemic levels, a sign that businesses may have to continue to
raise wages in order to attract workers.
*Link:*                    https://reut.rs/3nhcmG3
*Title:*                    ‘Hopefully, This Will Be Over Soon’: Quad-City
Deere Workers Have Few Details of New Offer, But are Hopeful
*Source:*               Quad-City Times
*Author:*               Cara Smith
*Date:*                   November 13, 2021
*Summary:*          Workers said the media probably “knows more than they
do,” but they'd heard the third agreement included “modest modifications,”
and they were hopeful it would be enough to end the strike. Deere made its
last, best and final offer to the UAW negotiating team Friday night.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/30tpCi5
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