Union Bailout
NLRB’s Camelot: A Less Congenial Spot for Happy Independent Contracting – 10/20
http://lri.link/1ksi98q
Long Arm of Browning-Ferris? Hotel franchisor named as “joint employer” in alleged sexual servitude suit – 10/29
http://lri.link/1MaaHaU
NLRB Regional Director finds that employer failed to substantially comply with new requirement to provide “available” personal phone numbers and email addresses for voters and directs second election – 10/19
http://lri.link/1RRSRuX
In Historic Ruling, NLRB Says Tucson Taxi Drivers are Employees – 10/28
http://lri.link/1MZSUGZ
The NLRB confuses with ruling on successorship doctrine in cases where worker retention laws apply – 11/2
http://lri.link/1MEw3ib
Majority Rule and the Rights of Minorities: Friedrichs and Penn Plaza – 11/3
http://lri.link/1MqxzRF
Photo Identification Required: Administrative Law Judge Finds Union’s Rule on Resignations Facially Lawful – 11/3
http://lri.link/1iXLG8r
Target's bid to block first-ever union is nixed by NLRB – 11/5
http://lri.link/1HEjao9
Where’s the “Unlike” Button When You Need It? Second Circuit Affirms NLRB’s Triple Play Decision – 11/11
http://lri.link/1HEjbrX
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http://lri.link/1NtvJPD
Pennsylvania’s union stalking loophole could soon close – 10/26
http://lri.link/1HKW35P
http://lri.link/1lm8KQ9
Fifth Circuit Reverses NLRB, For The Second Time, Rejecting Unfair Labor Practice Finding on Class and Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements – 10/27
http://lri.link/1lm8LDw
NLRB Hands Employers a Win (Seriously!): GPS Tracking of Employee Upheld – 11/9
http://lri.link/1NO5Hev
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Union heads stole funds for iPads and vacations, authorities say – 10/20
http://lri.link/1RRThS4
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The Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act – 10/27
http://lri.link/1QkRlnD
Committee Approves Bill to Stop NLRB Attack on Small Businesses – 10/28
http://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399629
New bill would boot unions from the IRS – 11/6
http://lri.link/1HKWf54
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Union dispute in Dorris – 11/1
Protest catches nursery workers off guard
http://lri.link/1RRTpAX
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Steelworkers’ union may cut strike pay for 2,200 locked-out workers – 11/11
http://lri.link/1WPyCEH
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Fight for $15
Syracuse Leader Raises Public Workers’ Minimum Wage to $15, Immediately – 10/21
http://lri.link/1PqFQKZ
Ohio’s minimum wage will remain unchanged for 2016 – 10/19
– federal consumer price index showed a decline (investigate a look at all states, federal)
http://lri.link/1Lcxuin
Supersize them: Union stakes, spending huge in bid to organize fast-food workers – 11/2
http://lri.link/1MqyhhE
Rival labor-backed minimum wage measures could appear on 2016 ballot – 11/3
http://lri.link/1lm8WyR
Report predicts massive job loss with $15 wage – 11/5
http://lri.link/1lm8Xme
Fight For $15 To Launch BIG Coast-To-Coast Protest – 11/9
http://lri.link/1Qyz3OF
Beacon Hill committee backs $15-per-hour fast food wage – 11/10
http://lri.link/1QkRvvd
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The Labor Prospect: Trading Promises – 11/10
http://lri.link/1MExeON
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Union Membership and Compulsory Dues Do Not Increase Workers’ Overall Living Standards – 11/9
http://lri.link/1MZTvbV
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Unions target bank tellers…again – 10/16
http://lri.link/1Y7AndA
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Whistlin’ Dixie
Maintenance Workers at VW Plant in Tennessee Seek Union Vote – 10/23
http://lri.link/1QkRB5S
ACE won't seek place with UAW on VW ballot – 10/29
http://lri.link/20PAJb4
Feds Hit The Brakes On Attempt To Unionize Volkswagen – 11/4
http://lri.link/1WPyQvx
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Detroit News
U.A.W.’s Tentative Deal With Ford Tops Other Automaker Contracts – 11/9
http://lri.link/1WUS4dV
Auto Giants Avoid Union Walkout With Pay Raises, Bonuses – 11/11
http://lri.link/1PqG9pa
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Teamsters Beat
Retired Teamsters slammed by budget bill – 11/2
http://lri.link/1SM6OeA
Feds investigate Teamsters Local 399 over vote-tampering charges – 10/23
http://lri.link/1lm9bd7
Ohio Conference of Teamsters dysfunctional; should be run by trusteeship: report – 10/26
http://lri.link/1Sn2C48
Report: Cincinnati-based Teamsters misused funds – 11/7
http://lri.link/1RRU2KT
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SEIU Watch
Union-funded activist group 'sole reason' for McDonald's complaint: Labor board – 10/20
http://lri.link/1MqyOA6
SEIU Says It Has Reached New Agreements With Union Nursing Homes – 11/10
http://lri.link/1GZfXzo
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It official: 700 Workers at Two California Hospitals Dump SEIU-UHW, Join NUHW – 11/8
http://lri.link/1HKWMUT
SEIU-UHW's Dave Regan Launches New Attacks against SEIU Leaders: "The Shame of SEIU" – 11/11
http://lri.link/1MZTLaM
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International Labor
Union corruption: $2500 got ‘left in the toilet’ for union boss – 10/21
http://lri.link/1Y7AQfV
Maruti Suzuki hikes wages of temporary workers by 10% – 10/21
http://lri.link/1WPz5Xt
Israeli politicians wary of being shocked by electricity union – 10/28
http://lri.link/1Y7AS7H
Labor Law Reforms in Qatar Fall Short; Migrant Workers Still Vulnerable to Forced Labor – 11/2
http://lri.link/1NO6uw2
Greenpeace: New incidents of forced labor on Thai-operated vessels – 11/4
http://lri.link/1NtwrMJ
Bill Shorten cleared of any unlawful conduct by unions royal commission – 11/6
http://lri.link/1RRUg4J
UK unemployment falls but wage growth disappoints – 11/11
http://lri.link/1QkS4VM
Connecticut labor federation backs Israel boycott – 11/11
http://lri.link/1kQldLa
EEOC, Ecuador Sign Partnership Agreement – 11/11
http://lri.link/1MZTZyJ
Clashes break out as Greek workers strike against austerity measures – 11/12
http://lri.link/1MEyiSB 
