*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*
*July 29, 2021*
*Please note: The SMLR_Net Listserv will go on hiatus from August 19th to August 31st. *
*Title:* Spike in Grad Student Union Petitions Likely with NLRB Changes
*Source:* Bloomberg Law
*Author:* Dan Papscun
*Date:* July 28, 2021
*Summary:* Two decades of union petitions filed with the board show that when it’s under Democratic control, student worker organizing at private colleges spikes. That organizing activity is expected to tick up again as the Republican majority on the NLRB is likely to switch to Democratic control at the end of August.
*Link:* https://bit.ly/3rHyqtP
*Title:* Google and Facebook Mandate Vaccines for their Employees at U.S. Offices
*Source:* NPR
*Author:* Bobby Allyn
*Date:* July 28, 2021
*Summary: *Google and Facebook will require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before returning to the company's offices, the tech giants said on Wednesday. In a blog post, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the vaccine mandate would apply to its U.S. offices in the coming weeks and would be required eventually for other locations.
*Link:* https://n.pr/3BTT12D
*Title:* Wages are Rising, but Inflation May Have Given Workers a 2% Pay Cut
*Source:* CNBC
*Author:* Greg Iacurci
*Date:* July 27, 2021
*Summary:* Workers saw their hourly pay in June jump at the fastest clip in more than a decade. Yet some of them saw those gains erased by high levels of inflation.
*Link:* https://cnb.cx/3f9qn3Y
*Title:* Union Representing Canada Border Employees Votes to Strike
*Source:* Associated Press
*Author:* Associated Press
*Date:* July 27, 2021
*Summary:* The union that represents about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees has voted in favor of striking, which could affect travel between Canada and the United States. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union said Tuesday its members may strike as soon as Aug. 6, three days before fully vaccinated U.S. citizens will be able to visit Canada without having to quarantine for two weeks.
*Link:* https://bit.ly/2WxhhHU
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