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

*September 26, 2022*

*Title:* LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years

*Source:* The New York Times

*Author:* Natasha Singer

*Date:* September 25, 2022

*Summary:* A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.

*Link:* https://nyti.ms/3UCGev5

*Title:* Carnegie Museums’ Union Workers Demand Living Wage as Contract Negotiations Continue

*Source:* Pittsburgh Posy-Gazette

*Author:* Jesse Bunch

*Date:* September 23, 2022

*Summary:* Nearly two years after Carnegie Museums employees voted to join the United Steelworkers union, members of the bargaining unit rallied outside one of the institution's high-profile galas on Friday to demand a contract offering higher salaries.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3C8fHi2

*Title:* Shippers Push Congress to Fix Rail Troubles After Averted Strike

*Source:* Bloomberg Law

*Author: * Lillianna Byington

*Date:* September 23, 2022

*Summary:* Freight shippers are pressing Congress to address rail delays and service problems that slow the supply chain, in the wake of last week’s eleventh-hour deal averting a crippling national rail workers’ strike.

*Link:* https://bit.ly/3Ccvxs2

*Title:* Factory Jobs are Booming Like It’s the 1970s

*Source:* The New York Times

*Author:* Jim Tankersley, Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson

*Date:* September 26, 2022

*Summary:* U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a rebound, with companies adding workers amid high consumer demand for products.

*Link:* https://nyti.ms/3R8pSYd

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