Subject: Labor Relations INK Links August 2017

Labor Relations INK Links
August 2017
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

Oregon Creates First-In-the-Nation Law to Protect Workers from Unfair Scheduling – 8/9
http://lri.link/2uJTJvH

Senate Confirms Kaplan to NLRB – 8/5
http://lri.link/2vOtKra

‘Absurd Results’: NLRB Takes ‘Facebook Discipline Cases’ to New Heights (Or New Lows, Depending on Your Point of View) – 7/31
http://lri.link/2vO9Uwe

No Union Protection for Employees “Sick” Over No Paid Absences – 8/1
http://lri.link/2wIofaL

Punching In: More on Joint Employer, Overtime, Auto Organizing – 7/31
http://lri.link/2vEJRbc

Court gives CNN win in labor dispute – 8/4
http://lri.link/2vjLHxc

Warning: No Solicitation – 7/28
http://lri.link/2uHa704

Eighth Circuit Upholds Employer Rights and Reaffirms that Employee Disloyalty Is Not Protected by the National Labor Relations Act – 8/3
http://lri.link/2vjDwko

King Out of Running for Labor Board Top Attorney Job – 7/27
http://lri.link/2fsihay

Government Unions after Wisconsin – 7/25
http://lri.link/2upQIkK

NLRB Chairman To Exit Agency At Conclusion Of Term – 8/8
http://lri.link/2vn3P7S

D.C. Circuit Calls Out NLRB in Ruling on Union Access to Employer Property – 8/8
http://lri.link/2vPmGLP

Request for Information; Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees – 7/26
http://lri.link/2hJdp1w

Closing Time: NLRB Considers Shuttering Even More Offices – 7/24
http://lri.link/2uGqWrK

At Labor’s Urging, House Bill to Speed Self-Driving Vehicles Exempts Trucks – 7/31
http://lri.link/2uGDvnf

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Here’s Why Average Wages Fall in Newly Unionized Companies – 8/1
http://lri.link/2hKIQJ1

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SEIU Watch

SEIU Suffers More Setbacks – 7/25
http://lri.link/2upE9tK

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Union Pension Turmoil

Teamsters shift from fighting pension cuts to finding a resolution – 7/31
http://lri.link/2vn4SEH

Teamsters' pension cuts are a step closer to happening – 8/5
http://lri.link/2ftr7F1

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Fight for $15

Campaign Organizer- Fight for $15 (Boston) – Craigslist Ad (PDF will appear in INK)
http://lri.link/2vkgMRr

Kansas City to Vote on Minimum Wage Increase – 8/8
http://lri.link/2upxP5x

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Right-to-Work

Ann Arbor teacher union's fee violated right-to-work law, judge says – 7/25
http://lri.link/2up14po

Court sides with Missouri unions in `right to work' dispute – 7/28
http://lri.link/2upK9CR

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Whistlin’ Dixie

Trouble ahead for the UAW after wide margin of defeat at Nissan in Mississippi – 8/5
http://lri.link/2upZ8cb

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Auto Workers

Americans Shocked By MAJOR Scandal That Could END Big Labor Unions – 8/3
http://lri.link/2wIEx3c

Bankole: UAW under cloud ahead of the ’18 elections
http://lri.link/2ftz3WK

Ex-Fiat Chrysler analyst Jerome Durden pleads guilty in federal UAW probe – 8/8
http://lri.link/2uppKKg

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Labor Around the World

Macron Takes On France’s Labor Code, 100 Years in the Making – 8/4
http://lri.link/2vjtC2n

Finland’s booming construction industry faces a labor shortage – despite high unemployment – 8/4
http://lri.link/2vjC81o

Post-Brexit customs checks will lead to border chaos, high costs: report – 7/30
http://lri.link/2upYkni

South Korea shifts gears, aims at more labor-friendly growth – 7/25
http://lri.link/2upiUsn

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