Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - December 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
December 2016
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 Obama NLRB Wiped Out 4,500 Years of Legal Precedent - 12/6
http://lri.link/2ggJL2E 

Overtime Rule Update: 5th Circuit Grants Expedited Review of Appeal – 12/8
http://lri.link/2hbjAHU 

OSHA Anti-Retaliation Injunction Denied – 11/29
http://lri.link/2ggIlFb

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Why New Deal Era Laws Are a Drag On the American Worker – 12/8 

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Workers hit Unions with Federal Charges For Illegal Union Dues Seizures Despite Worker Vote to End the Compulsion - 12/6
http://lri.link/2hpuSr1

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SEIU Watch SEIU’s Texas Branch Files for Bankruptcy - 12/6 

SEIU Sues Its Own Members for Banquet Hall They Paid For - 12/3
http://lri.link/2gGqtA0

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Union Pension Turmoil

Senators Vow to ‘Use Any Means Necessary’ to Ensure Taxpayer Bailout of Private Union Pension Plan - 12/7
http://lri.link/2gGr9Fk

Union Keeps Money for Itself, Lets Workers’ Pensions Erode – 11/18
http://lri.link/2hpCaLl

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Teamster Beat The Teamsters Election Shows Hoffa’s Days Are Numbered - 12/5 

Washington Teamsters Union May Dissolve After 15 Months - 11/29
http://lri.link/2hkHcNg

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Alt-Labor ‘Alt-Labor’ Recognizes Politics in the Age of Trump - 11/27 

Micro-Unions spread across many industries – 12/2
http://lri.link/2h87sqG

Walmart Warns Workers: Don’t Download Chat App From Labor Organization – 11/15
http://lri.link/2gpbi0p

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Election Waves Trump’s Labor Department Could Revive Union-Auditing Office - 12/2 

Big Labor Threw Tons of Cash at Democrats, but Workers Voted Red - 12/4
http://lri.link/2h83RJh

Andy Puzder expected to be labor secretary – 12/8
http://lri.link/2hpvFbg

Trump clashes with union leader over Carrier deal – 12/8
http://lri.link/2hkGuiG

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Fight for $15 A $15 Minimum Wage is not Without Consequences - 12/5 

Hundreds of Chicago Airport Workers Join Fight for $15 Action - 11/30
http://lri.link/2gGwnRu

US Unions Channel Workers’ Wage Demands Into ‘Fight for $15’ Publicity Stunts - 11/30
http://lri.link/2gp62K4

Fast-Food Worker Groups Could Get A Big Financial Boost In NYC – 12/5 *A first-of-its-kind law would require McDonald’s and other chains to let workers send membership dues directly from their paychecks.
http://lri.link/2hpD22z

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Right-to-Work Right-to-Work Zones in Deep-Blue Illinois? - 12/5
http://lri.link/2hadPN8

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Ex-labor union treasurer gets probation in embezzlement case – 12/6
http://lri.link/2gp9Qe9

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Firefighters union chief calls AFL-CIO ballot for DNC chair 'totalitarian' – 12/1
http://lri.link/2gGCUM8

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Auto Workers Labor battles at Columbia University – 11/30
http://lri.link/2gfGJqh

UAW Bewildered by Trump’s Louisville Tweet About Ford Louisville Assembly - 11/21
http://lri.link/2hbnEHU

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Labor Around the World German Engineering Workers Protest Job Cuts in Berlin - 11/30
http://lri.link/2ggGWyw

Strikes, anti-austerity rallies held across Greece – 12/8
http://lri.link/2gGzkBr

Bangladesh child laborers toil 64 hours a week: survey – 12/7
http://lri.link/2h84m5Z
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