April 14, 2021 - Smlr_net

14 Apr 2021


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*APRIL 14, 2021*
*Title:*                    Labor’s Next Move Against Amazon
*Source:*               New York Daily News
*Author:*               Susan Schurman
*Date:*                   April 13, 2021
*Summary:*          The RWDSU should immediately establish what’s known as
a “minority union” and demand the right to bargain on behalf of those 738
workers who voted yes. Unlike a majority union that represents the entire
workforce in a warehouse, factory or other place of employment, a minority
union — also known as a members-only union — represents only those workers
who wish to join.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2RtYbjb
*Title:*                    New York Times Tech Workers Form a Union
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Katie Robertson
*Date:*                   April 13, 2021
*Summary:*          Tech workers at The New York Times announced on Tuesday
that they had formed a union and would ask the company to recognize it. The
group of more than 650 employees includes software engineers, designers,
data analysts and product managers. It will be represented by the NewsGuild
of New York.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/32gIwGh
*Title:*                   Unemployment Was Worse in Philadelphia than in
Many Other Big Cities Last Year, Pew Report Shows
*Source:*               The Philadelphia Inquirer
*Author:*               Christian Hetrick
*Date:*                   April 13, 2021
*Summary:*          The pandemic hammered Philadelphia’s labor market
harder than in other big cities last year, wiping out tens of thousands of
jobs and widening the gap between the city and national jobless rates,
according to a new report. Philadelphia’s average unemployment rate last
year trailed only Detroit and Cleveland among 10 major U.S. cities,
according to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ annual State of the City report,
released Tuesday.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3tkw5Fb
*Title:*                    Unions Eye Brookings, Urban Institute as Push
to Organize Think Tanks Grow
*Source:*               Politico
*Author:*               Rebecca Rainey
*Date:*                   April 13, 2021
*Summary:*          Workers at two of the largest, most influential think
tanks in Washington, D.C. are forming a union, adding to a growing trend in
white-collar collective bargaining. Staff at the Brookings Institution and
the Urban Institute on Tuesday asked their employers to grant them
voluntary recognition — which doesn't require a secret ballot election — of
their unions, which are affiliated with the Nonprofit Professional
Employees Union, IFPTE Local 70.
*Link:*                    https://politi.co/2RAj7oU
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