October 27, 2022 - Smlr_net

27 Oct 2022


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*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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