January 24, 2023 - Smlr_net

24 Jan 2023


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*January 24, 2023*
*Title:*                    Sold an American Dream, These Workers From
India Wound Up Living a Nightmare
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Dave Davies
*Date:*                   January 23, 2023
*Summary:*          After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers
from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one
of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3H3qmMa
*Title:*                    Long COVID Is Keeping Significant Numbers of
People Out of Work, Study Finds
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Pam Belluck
*Date:*                   January 24, 2023
*Summary:*          An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York
found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing
medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3ZWjw3D
*Title:*                   Employees Sue Kroger for Wage-Theft, System-Wide
Failure of New Pay System
*Source:*               KATU 2 (ABC)
*Author: *              Caitlyn Frolo and Kelsey Childress
*Date:*                   January 23, 2023
*Summary:*          Kroger is in hot water, facing a legal battle after
hundreds of employees claimed they've experienced major payroll problems
for months. A group of the supermarket chain's employees in the
Mid-Atlantic region filed a class action lawsuit alleging their employer
has engaged in widespread wage theft.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3kGE0x2
*Title:*                    ‘SNL’ Postproduction Workers Authorize Strike
as Contract Negotiations Stall
*Source:*               The Hollywood Reporter
*Author:*               Katie Kilkenny
*Date:*                   January 23, 2023
*Summary:*          After the union was voluntarily recognized by NBC
management in October, the group has so far only had one bargaining session
with NBC, with no additional dates currently scheduled. The Editors Guild
sent management a package of proposals in December.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3kCbKM7
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