July 8, 2022 - Smlr_net

8 Jul 2022


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
management*
*July 8, 2022*
*Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from July 18th to
August 31st.*
*Title:*                    Amazon Hub in Newark Is Canceled After Unions
and Local Groups Object
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber and Karen Weise
*Date:*                   July 7, 2022
*Summary:*          The e-commerce giant planned to build an airport cargo
center, hire 1,000 workers and invest hundreds of millions of dollars over
20 years.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3ORtDRu
*Title:*                    Activists Say Amazon Misled Shareholders About
Warehouse Working Conditions
*Source:*               The Seattle Times
*Author:*               Lauren Rosenblatt
*Date:*                   July 7, 2022
*Summary:*          When the investment firm BlackRock voted against an
independent audit of the working conditions at Amazon’s warehouses, it was
relying on false and misleading information from the company, one activist
group is arguing in a new complaint with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3IvlbVG
*Title:*                   Retailers Scale Back Hiring As Worry About a
Slowdown Grows
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author: *              Anne D’Innocenzio and Haleluya Hadero
*Date:*                   July 7, 2022
*Summary:*          After going on a frenzied hiring spree for a year and a
half to meet surging shopper demand, America’s retailers are starting to
temper their recruiting. The changing mindset comes as companies confront a
pullback in consumer spending, the prospect of an economic downturn and
surging labor costs. Some analysts suggest that merchants have also learned
to do more with fewer workers.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3NWkAxc
*Title:*                    Jobs Aplenty, But a Shortage of Care Keeps Many
Women From Benefiting
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Lydia DePillis, Jeanna Smialek and Ben Casselman
*Date:*                   July 7, 2022
*Summary:*          A lack of child care and elder care options has forced
some women to limit their hours or sidelined them altogether, hurting their
career prospects.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3RcyZbo
*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@work.rutgers.edu
To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit:
https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.