April 8, 2021 - Smlr_net

8 Apr 2021


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*APRIL 8, 2021*
*Title:*                    The Enormous Impact of Eroded Collective
Bargaining On Wages
*Source:*               Economic Policy Institute
*Author:*               Lawrence Mishel
*Date:*                   April 8, 2021
*Summary:*          A major factor depressing wage growth for middle
earners and driving the growth of wage inequality over the last four
decades has been the erosion of collective bargaining.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/39POMJ1
*Title:*                    The Ringer, Gimlet Media Ratify First
Collective Bargaining Agreements with Spotify
*Source:*               Hollywood Reporter
*Author:*               Katie Kilkenny
*Date:*                   April 7, 2021
*Summary:*          The agreement provides minimum salaries, sets
restrictions on the use of outside contractors in bargaining unit positions
and provides a minimum 2 percent annual raise for covered employees. The
Ringer and Gimlet Media unions have both ratified collective bargaining
agreements with owner Spotify, the Writers Guild of America East announced
Tuesday.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3d1LPHi
*Title:*                   Are Pay-By-The-Minute Booths the Future of Work?
*Source:*               BBC News, Singapore
*Author:*               Tim McDonald
*Date:*                   April 7, 2021
*Summary:*          Switch thinks its booths may offer a solution, and some
of its corporate clients already allow their employees to charge the cost
of a booth to the company.
*Link:*                    https://bbc.in/3uEvvTb
*Title:*                    Amazon Union Drive in Alabama Gathers 3,215
Votes
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Karen Weise and Michael Corkery
*Date:*                   April 8, 2021
*Summary:*          The union seeking to represent workers at an Amazon
warehouse in Alabama said late Wednesday that there were 3,215 ballots cast
— or about 55 percent of the roughly 5,800 workers who were eligible to
vote. The ballots are expected to be counted by hand starting either
Thursday afternoon or Friday morning in the National Labor Relations
Board’s office in Birmingham, according to the Retail Wholesale and
Department Store Union. Hundreds of ballots are being contested, mostly by
Amazon, the union said.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/39Uqlu3
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