May 25, 2021 - Smlr_net

25 May 2021


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*May 25, 2021*
*Title:*                    Draft Legislation in New York Would Put Gig
Workers into Toothless “Unions”
*Source:*               Labor Notes
*Author:*               Joe DeManuelle-Hall
*Date:*                   May 21, 2021
*Summary:*          An effort backed by the New York State AFL-CIO would
create a new bargaining scheme for app-based workers without addressing the
question of whether or not these workers are legally “employees.” *Labor
Notes* obtained a draft version of the legislation that is being negotiated
by unions and app employers.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3yA4hzD
*Title:*                    Logan Health Nurses Send Management Strike
Notice
*Source:*               NBC Montana
*Author:*               Vanessa Perez
*Date:*                   May 24, 2021
*Summary:*          Logan Health nurses in the Service Employees
International Union sent management a 10-day strike notice. SEIU nurses say
management is negotiating in what they call bad faith. Nurses say they want
increased staffing and a committee so their voices are heard across the
system. They also want better pay and benefits to attract top quality
staff. They say they’ve negotiated a fair union contract for the past 18
months. Nurses claim Logan Health broke fair labor laws by not responding
to their proposals and intimidating union members.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2QRv0a0
*Title:*                   Is There Really a Truck Driver Shortage?
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Greg Rosalsky
*Date:*                   May 25, 2021
*Summary:*          The lobbying organization for the nation's big trucking
employers, the American Trucking Associations (ATA), has been making this
argument since the 1980s, yet store shelves somehow remained stocked. In a
capitalist system, where you can pay people to do basically anything, how
is it even possible to have a worker shortage for multiple decades?
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/34fnGYP
*Title:*                    Rutgers OTEC Launches ‘Seal of Approval’ for
COVID-Safety, Worker-Conscious Restaurants
*Source:*               NJBIZ
*Author:*               Gabrielle Saulsbery
*Date:*                   May 24, 2021
*Summary:*          As New Jersey and the nation loosen restrictions, a new
program through Rutgers Occupational Training and Education Consortium aims
to highlight businesses that have kept the health and safety of their
employees front and center during the pandemic.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/2SqSjaS
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