Subject: Labor Relations INK August 2021

Labor Relations Institute
August 2021
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.
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Union Bailout Update

Senate confirms Biden nominee as NLRB General Counsel, paving way for pro-union shift
https://lri.link/2U40VFG

ABC: Newly confirmed members threaten NLRB's Role as Neutral Arbiter of the Law
https://lri.link/3lQKkRo

NLRB urges court to uphold McDonald's 'joint employer' settlement
https://lri.link/3yF7uxx

Tax break on union dues added to Senate Democrats’ budget plan
https://lri.link/3fNayQE

Labor Department rescinds Trump-era rule on joint employment
https://lri.link/3jFqbLk

Third Circuit upholds National Labor Relations Board's return to pre-Obama deferral standard
https://lri.link/3fOrAya

Tesla just got snubbed by Biden’s electric vehicle summit
https://lri.link/3xBBd9o

White House: Tesla not invited to EV event because it’s focused on 3 biggest employers of UAW members
https://lri.link/2VF1yWH

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End Of An Era

Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
https://lri.link/3lQP4q2

Where does the AFL-CIO go from here?
https://lri.link/3lORTYx

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Covid-19

Unions divided over vaccine mandates as variant threatens workers
https://lri.link/3yBIQxQ

Biden's new vaccine requirement meets pushback from unions who helped elect him
https://lri.link/37v6ShU

California lawmakers and teachers unions stop short of a vaccine mandate
https://lri.link/2X9OlG5

Minnesota grocery workers union calls for return of hazard pay as delta variant spreads
https://lri.link/3AuWbss

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Organizing

Amazon warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a union. Now they may vote again
https://lri.link/3xvecoB

Democrats’ national party workers forming union
https://lri.link/3AylrOv

Organizing a union in the disorganized world of small restaurants
https://lri.link/3fRAs66

Red Rock ordered to start talks with two Casino Workers Unions in Vegas
https://lri.link/2U8F3Jq

UFCW, Teamsters land new labor contracts with Kroger, Fred Meyer
https://lri.link/3g8aKKP

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Union Corruption

UAW watchdog gets access to secret files as former union president seeks prison break
https://lri.link/3Al2GOm

UAW receives $1.1M for controversial lake house owned by former president sentenced to prison in embezzlement scandal.
https://lri.link/3yHPpiA

Judge: FCA employees aren't entitled to restitution in bribery scandal
https://lri.link/3Cviq3j

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Tech/Media Unions

Politico staffers mount unionization effort
https://lri.link/3fP2uiA

Silicon Valley workers vote down union at SoftBank-backed Mapbox
https://lri.link/37xwyuw

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Why Hollywood guilds haven’t cut ties with a police union
https://lri.link/2XiSyaN

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Gig Economy

Uber and Lyft drivers strike nationwide for better pay
https://lri.link/2U7pBgH

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Healthcare

‘We went from heroes to zeroes’: US nurses (continue to) strike over work conditions
https://lri.link/2VG8Byz

Caregivers at a California hospital strike as Tenet reports revenue growth
https://lri.link/3fPxFKp

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Minimum Rising

US Department of Labor announces proposed rulemaking to implement executive order, increase wages for workers on government contracts
https://lri.link/3AyGwbz

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