April 22, 2021 - Smlr_net

22 Apr 2021


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*APRIL 22, 2021*
*Title:*                    Gen X Workers Experiencing Worrisome Mental
Health Declines
*Source:*               Human Resource Executive
*Author:*               Kathryn Mayer
*Date:*                   April 21, 2021
*Summary:*          The latest data from Total Brain’s Mental Health Index
demonstrates the “continued strain on the mental health of America’s
workforce.”
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/32HtGsl
*Title:*                    Shortchanged – Weak Anti-Retaliation Provisions
in the National Labor Relations Act Cost Workers Billions
*Source:*               Economic Policy Institute
*Author:*               Lynn Rhinehart and Celine McNicholas
*Date:*                   April 22, 2021
*Summary:*          Workers who exercise their federally protected right to
organize a union or engage in collective action with their co-workers to
improve their working conditions are supposed to be protected from
retaliation by their employers. But because the anti-retaliation
protections and remedies in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) are
much weaker than anti-retaliation and whistleblower protections in other
labor and employment laws, the NLRA provides no real deterrent to employers
retaliating against workers and interfering with their rights.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3gItVfl
*Title:*                   In 2020, 9.8% of Families Include an Unemployed
Person, Double the Share in the Prior Year
*Source:*               U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
*Author:*               U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
*Date:*                   April 21, 2021
*Summary:*          In 2020, 9.8 percent of families included an unemployed
person, twice as high as in 2019 (4.9 percent). This increase among
families reflects the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the labor
market. Of the nation's 83.1 million families, 78.2 percent had at least
one employed member in 2020.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3tIy4DA
*Title:*                    Union Workers Strike Scheppers Distributing
Over Working Conditions, Wages
*Source:*               KOMU (NBC)
*Author:*               Zachary Mandernach
*Date:*                   April 21, 2021
*Summary:*          Drivers on Business Loop slowed down and honked their
horns at Scheppers union employees Wednesday afternoon. The workers are
committed to striking until the union, Teamsters Local 833, and N.H.
Scheppers Distributing can make a deal on a new labor agreement.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3n906p6
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