Subject: Labor Relations INK Links December 2017

Labor Relations INK Links
December 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

Morgan Lewis Partner Said to be White House Pick for Labor Board
http://lri.link/2nY6zZl

New Labor Board General Counsel Issues Plans for Reversing Course
http://lri.link/2j1sdXe

New NLRB counsel pulls back on 'joint employer' rule
http://lri.link/2iZiOzm

NLRB moves to roll back rule giving workers' contact information to unions
http://lri.link/2BkXZcm

The NLRB wants your input on quickie union elections. [Translation: bye bye quickie union elections]
http://lri.link/2C24q0Q

RE: Janus v. AFSCME states requiring public employees to pay agency-fees to government unions experience greater labor unrest than “right-to-work” states in which agency-fee requirements are banned.
http://lri.link/2z9NEhM

Looming pension shortfalls to complicate next shutdown fight
http://lri.link/2C9VHup

Real Estate Firm CBRE's Arbitration Agreements Violate Labor Law: NLRB Judge
http://lri.link/2Bjv5cJ

9th Circuit Approves Prospective Application of New NLRB Standard
http://lri.link/2z9OoDA

Albany County: The Newest Jurisdiction to Prohibit Salary History Inquiries
http://lri.link/2ATmhrm

Labor Department Proposes A Reversal Of Its Current Tip-Pooling Rules
http://lri.link/2ynFDSq

Misclassification of Independent Contractor is Violation of NLRA, ALJ Rules
http://lri.link/2C1goHW

And So It Begins…Trump NLRB Overturns Obama NLRB Precedent for First Time
http://lri.link/2AiBam0

Democrats propose bill to aid unions
http://lri.link/2C2elTU

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Dockworkers Walk Out of Labor Talks
http://lri.link/2iZi39B

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Unions Looking to Increase Diversity in Their Leadership Ranks
http://lri.link/2ABgKc9

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SEIU Watch

Jury awards Lynwood whistleblower $2.63 million, punished for exposing union’s wrongdoing
http://lri.link/2z900qg

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JetBlue Had No Unions For 14 Years. Now Labor Is Targeting Four Separate Work Groups
http://lri.link/2BkSKcA

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Alt Labor

Restaurants Challenge de Blasio’s Union Handout
http://lri.link/2ATMxls

Facebook groups are the new workers’ unions
http://lri.link/2ynThVD

How Worker Centers Have Changed Union Organizing
http://lri.link/2j0aaAv

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It’s All Academic

Graduate students rush to unionize before Trump appointees reverse decision
http://lri.link/2C8GjOJ

Growing numbers of US teachers abandon unions
http://lri.link/2yntooU

NLRB Rules That Harvard Prevented a Free and Fair Union Election
http://lri.link/2Cd9xw7

Graduate Students Protest Georgetown’s Position on Union
http://lri.link/2nWoWxH

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Teamster Beat

Retired Teamsters Facing Dramatic Pension Cuts See Hope in New Federal Legislation
http://lri.link/2ATU2J4

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Fight for $15

Chicago raised its minimum wage two years ago, but some still earn less. Here's why.
http://lri.link/2za3AQW

Union says it has organized minimum wage activists
http://lri.link/2AhDUjp

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Auto Workers

UAW looks to restore its image amid corruption scandal, shrinking job market
http://lri.link/2z93id6

Top UAW official re-elected as feds investigate her role in corruption scandal
http://lri.link/2Cbwlfr

UAW restricts charities amid federal probe
http://lri.link/2C3Le2F

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Labor Around the World

Mexico Increases Minimum Wage
http://lri.link/2ynTgBh

Romanian auto repair shops planning to bring in Chinese workers
http://lri.link/2ynSTXq

Dutch classrooms empty again as primary teachers strike
http://lri.link/2Bkq4Ri

South Africa poultry group calls for probe of forced labor in Brazil
http://lri.link/2nX5Pn0
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