*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*

*January 18, 2023*

*Title:* The Economics of Abortion Bans

*Source:* Economic Policy Institute

*Author:* Asha Banerjee

*Date:* January 18, 2023

*Summary:* Abortion bans, low wages, and public underinvestment are interconnected economic policy tools to disempower and control workers.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3kq8WBK

*Title:* Apple Reaches Deal With Investors to Audit Its Labor Practices

*Source:* The New York Times

*Author:* Noam Scheiber

*Date:* January 17, 2023

*Summary:* The tech giant will assess its compliance with its official human rights policy, according to a federal filing.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3ZNFSUP

*Title:* Economic Data is Often Misunderstood, Hurting Black Workers: AFL-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs

*Source:* CNBC

*Author: * Lindsey Jacobson

*Date:* January 17, 2023

*Summary:* When there’s an economic slowdown, the racial employment gap grows. But mainstream economic data doesn’t always reflect the struggle, according to William Spriggs, Howard University economics professor and chief economist for the AFL-CIO.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3iJLYFh

*Title:* How Restaurant Workers Help Pay Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low

*Source:* The New York Times

*Author:* David A. Fahrenthold and Talmon Joseph Smith

*Date:* January 17, 2023

*Summary:* The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases.

*Link:* http://bit.ly/3CZVNpl

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