November 30, 2021 - Smlr_net

30 Nov 2021


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*November 30, 2021*
*Title:*                    Union Vote at Amazon Warehouse in Alabama is
Overturned by Regional Labor Office
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber
*Date:*                   November 29, 2021
*Summary:*          A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board
on Monday ordered a new union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama,
upholding a union challenge to a vote that the company won decisively.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3IhIge3
*Title:*                    Ex-Google Workers Sue Company, Saying It
Betrayed ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Bobby Allyn
*Date:*                   November 29, 2021
*Summary:          *Three former Google employees have sued the company,
alleging that Google's motto "Don't be evil" amounts to a contractual
obligation that the tech giant has violated.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/3IgDhu2
*Title:*                   State and Local Enforcers Standing Up to Protect
Workers
*Source:*               Working Economics Blog – Economic Policy Institute
*Author:               *Terri Gerstein
*Date:*                   November 29, 2021
*Summary:*          Recent cases brought by state and local enforcers
include a host of violations: construction companies engaging in “a pattern
of deceit” to misclassify and underpay workers; unsafe working conditions
at Amazon; failure to provide paid sick leave; and the chronic problem of
employers misusing interns and not paying for their work.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3lmII0r
*Title:*                    The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Organized
Labor (Podcast)
*Source:*               NPR – The Indicator from Plant Money
*Author:*               Stacey Vanek Smith
*Date:*                   November 29, 2021
*Summary:*          Today on the show, author Erik Loomis joins us to talk
about his book, "A History of America in Ten Strikes" and the future of
organized labor in America.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/3d2AB4D
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