*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*
*October 27, 2022*
*Title:* A Second Railroad Union Votes Down Biden’s Tentative Agreement
*Source:* NPR
*Author:* Ximena Bustillo
*Date:* October 26, 2022
*Summary:* The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, which represents over 6,000 workers in the United States, announced that its members voted to reject the tentative agreement, sending the union back to the bargaining table with management. In a statement, union president Michael Baldwin notes that it's the first time the union has voted against ratifying an agreement.
*Link:* https://n.pr/3TZZ5yX
*Title:* Starbucks’ Expanded Benefits for Nonunion Workers is Being Contested in Seattle Hearing
*Source:* The Seattle Times
*Author:* Renata Geraldo
*Date:* October 26, 2022
*Summary:* At the hearing in Seattle that began Tuesday, union lawyers brought to the forefront the question after months of Starbucks announcing several extended benefits, such as wage increases and more tipping options, to nonunion employees.
*Link:* https://bit.ly/3U3NT4z
*Title:* New York Cleaners Create New Path to Entrepreneurship
*Source:* BBC News
*Author: * Nathalie Jimenez
*Date:* October 26, 2022
*Summary:* Co-opportunity, a New York-based non-profit, acts as the corporate overlord, giving members access to brand, marketing, training and tools like an online scheduling and payment system, that would be costly to create independently. In return, it collects 5% of gross sales, which it says goes towards administrative costs. But unlike a typical franchisor, Co-opportunity is governed by its members, with a "one worker, one vote" rule that applies to decision-making.
*Link:* https://bbc.in/3SHjRCD
*Title:* NYC Judge Tells City to Rehire Workers Fired for Refusing Vaccination
*Source:* Washington Post via Yahoo!News
*Author:* Bryan Pietsch
*Date:* October 26, 2022
*Summary:* A group of sanitation workers who were fired for refusing to comply with New York City's coronavirus vaccine mandate for government employees should be given back their jobs, as well as retroactive pay, a New York state judge ruled.
*Link:* https://yhoo.it/3W8VaSs
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