January 26, 2023 - Smlr_net

26 Jan 2023


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
management*
*January 26, 2023*
*Title:*                    Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic
Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Alan Cowell
*Date:*                   January 25, 2023
*Summary:*          She experienced the inequities of the job firsthand in
South Africa and helped build national and international unions to address
them.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3ZWXrSu
*Title:*                    Teachers at Elite UCLA Lab School Strike,
Saying Model Campus Culture is Changing
*Source:*               Los Angeles Times
*Author:*               Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
*Date:*                   January 25, 2023
*Summary:*          The teachers say management no longer values the
school’s core mission of research and outreach because administrators have
refused to negotiate terms that serve those interests. Their two-day strike
is not about salaries or benefits. Instead, they walked out over alleged
unfair labor practices.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3kF0grf
*Title:*                   McDonald’s, In-N-Out, and Chipotle Are Spending
Millions To Block Raises For Their Workers
*Source:*               CNN Business
*Author: *              Nathaniel Meyersohn
*Date:*                   January 26, 2023
*Summary:*          California voters will decide next year on a referendum
that could overturn a landmark new state law setting worker conditions and
minimum wages up to $22 an hour for fast-food employees in the nation’s
largest state. Chipotle, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, In-N-Out
Burger and KFC-owner Yum! Brands each donated $1 million to Save Local
Restaurants, a coalition opposing the law. Other top fast-food companies,
business groups, franchise owners, and many small restaurants also have
criticized the legislation and spent millions of dollars opposing it.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3Hy2mC6
*Title:*                    Chicago Flexes Its Labor Muscle in the Fight
for the 2024 Democratic Convention
*Source:*               NBC News
*Author:*               Natasha Korecki
*Date:*                   January 25, 2023
*Summary:*          The Chicago Federation of Labor is releasing a new
digital ad campaign on Wednesday, first made available to NBC News, laying
out a case that it's the home of the labor movement and has a plentiful
cast of union members ready to work, particularly at hotels, if the White
House places the convention in Chicago.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3kEV2vz
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