INK Links January 2015

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Subject: INK Links January 2015

January 8, 2015

Happy New Year! Here is your monthly summary of relevant news items since the last
issue of INK, delivered on the 2nd Thursday of each month. The full
edition of Labor Relations INK will arrive on the 4th Thursday of the
month.

Score Board

As mentioned last issue, we didn’t have all the data for the early Dec
edition of INK. Here is the scoreboard for December. Later this
month with January’s full edition of INK we’ll include the January
2015 scoreboard as well.

Who are the winners (and losers) of the labor movement? Don't guess,
just check the LRI Scoreboard

View this month's scoreboard (archives also located here).

http://www.lrionline.com/current-scoreboard

Union Bailout Update

NLRB Office of the General Counsel Issues Consolidated Complaints Against McDonald's Franchisees and their Franchisor McDonald's, USA, LLC as Joint Employers
http://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-office-general-counsel-issues-consolidated-complaints-against

NLRB reverses board precedent on arbitration deferral standards
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=aec4a310-b4b9-4d70-b7b9-bdac61c05c25

NM lawmaker proposes new right-to-work law
http://krqe.com/2014/12/29/nm-lawmaker-proposes-new-right-to-work-law/

Group Led by US Chamber Files Suit Challenging NLRB’s New ‘Quickie Election’ Rule
http://www.laborrelationstoday.com/2015/01/articles/nlrb/group-led-by-us-chamber-files-suit-challenging-nlrbs-new-quickie-election-rule/

NLRB Upholds Subpoena of Employer's Employee Handbook
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/nlrb-upholds-subpoena-employer-s-employee-handbook

NLRB deems employer unlawfully distributes a workplace violence memo after union organizing activity
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d40a48cf-29c6-4285-ad92-6b4855909aa2

Teamster Beat

Teamsters Local worker fired - for unionizing
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/01/teamsters_local_776_union_labo.html

Teamsters Call On Senate To Vote Down Omnibus Spending Bill
http://teamster.org/news/2014/12/teamsters-call-senate-vote-down-omnibus-spending-bill

Boston Teamsters Convicted of Extortion, Racketeering
http://nlpc.org/stories/2015/01/06/boston-teamsters-convicted-extortion-racketeering

SEIU Watch

Union power
http://www.vvdailypress.com/article/20141226/OPINION/141229884/13030/OPINION

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Attorney General to Approve Daughters of Charity Sale to Prime Healthcare
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumer-watchdog-calls-on-attorney-general-to-approve-daughters-of-charity-sale-to-prime-healthcare-300015783.html

Unions see potential in immigration reform [SEIU included - what’s bad for America if good for themselves]
http://www.macroinsider.com/business/unions-see-potential-in-immigration-reform-h10411.html

Illinois Policy Institute threatened with arrest at union-led trainings
http://madisonrecord.com/arguments/268050-illinois-policy-institute-threatened-with-arrest-at-union-led-trainings

SEIU Lying to try to retain membership [related to above story]
http://www.illinoispolicy.org/seiu-lies-to-home-based-caregivers-to-stymie-flow-of-opt-outs/

SEIU bashing NYPD

http://seiumonitor.com/2014/12/seiu-bashing-nypd/

More Workers Seek to Dump SEIU-UHW
http://sternburgerwithfries.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-workers-seek-to-dump-seiu-uhw.html

Other Important Stories this Month

Robert Murray, top SEIU organizer, charged with assaulting
NYPD
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/21/robert-murray-top-seiu-organizer-charged-with-assa/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/18/the-high-priced-union-rep-charged-with-attacking-a-cop.html

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/12/21/highly-paid-seiu-employee-arrested-attacking-police-during-protest [video of scuffle]

Why America Needs A New Kind of Labor Movement
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/democrats-need-labor-again-113583.html

6 Myths About Right-to-Work Laws
http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/27/6-myths-about-right-to-work-laws/

Big Labor's New Low: Union Exploits Ebola Crisis For Political Power [see earlier LRI article]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattpatterson/2014/12/18/big-labors-new-low-union-exploits-ebola-crisis-for-political-power/2/

Labor’s Minimum Wage Exemption
http://www.workforcefreedom.com/blog/labor%E2%80%99s-minimum-wage-exemption

Competing labor group claims Chattanooga VW officials
biased toward UAW
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/jan/06/ace-claims-vw-biased-toward-uaw/281164/

Is the UAW serving workers?
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2014/12/31/terry-bowman-uaw-michigan/21075931/

Labor unions face challenges in 2015
http://watchdog.org/189694/mn-unions-face-challenges-in-2015/

Rival labor group seeks to revoke UAW signatures at
Chattanooga VW plant
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/story/2014/dec/11/rival-labor-group-seeks-revoke-uaw-signatures-chattanooga-vw-plant/277674/

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