Subject: Labor Relations INK Links February 2019

Labor Relations INK Links
February 2019
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

Democrat Pearce Won’t Seek Return to Federal Labor Board
https://lri.link/2SQ4Hjw

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule to Protect Privacy of Workers
https://lri.link/2NbmcFP

Third Circuit Reverses Class Certification of Unpaid Overtime Claims in Off-The-Clock Lawsuit
https://lri.link/2RWDibb

NLRB Narrows Definition of “Protected Concerted Activity” in a Decision that Benefits Both Union and Non-Union Employers
https://lri.link/2SJPWib

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Insurance Agents Not Misclassified As Independent Contractors; Sixth Circuit Rules in Favor of Insurance Company in ERISA Class Action Seeking Pension, Life, and Health Benefits
https://lri.link/2S0nkN1

Back to the Future (Again): NLRB Returns to Traditional Independent Contractor Test
https://lri.link/2DAOchG

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NLRB Chairman Defends Proposal to Define ‘Joint Employer’
https://lri.link/2TKAwaw

Study Says Joint Employer Policy Costs Over $33 Billion a Year
https://lri.link/2WY5zBK

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The Rise of the Robot Reporter
https://lri.link/2GIIcq7

The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite
https://lri.link/2DGqEHY

Japan’s robot hotel lays off half the robots after they created more work for humans
https://lri.link/2tntU6C

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Mass. may reduce how much money unions can donate to back political candidates
https://lri.link/2tj7T8P

Developers, unions fill City Council war chests ahead of 2019 elections
https://lri.link/2GGw1u7

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Are California’s unions dying? Membership falls to 14-year low
https://lri.link/2TJbVTG

Union Membership Stagnant in 2018
https://lri.link/2S0nzHV

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Indiana lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors pushes to scrap state child labor laws
https://lri.link/2BBMUT8

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Can millennials save the labour movement?
https://lri.link/2GoSRa8

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SEIU Watch

230 Calif. Hospital Workers Vote to Leave SEIU-UHW
https://lri.link/2GpqY1J

Cleveland Clinic’s minimum-wage increase doesn’t apply to union workers
https://lri.link/2tiqfH2

A Trusteeship Diaspora: How SEIU’s Self Inflicted Loss Became Labor’s Gain
https://lri.link/2SMT4tp

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It’s All Academic

Board Grants Review and Invites Briefs Regarding Jurisdiction Over Charter Schools
https://lri.link/2GI6Tmr

CU Boulder grad student workers' push for union comes amid national movement
https://lri.link/2TTBmSF

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Alt Labor

The Resurrection of American Labor
https://lri.link/2By7HXG

Unions Need to Think Small to Get Big
https://lri.link/2N4ZzCK

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Teamster Beat

A Bad Day for Hoffa: Chicago Teamster Leader Joins Opposition Slate
https://lri.link/2GFgYAF

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Fight for $15

Gov. Wolf brings fight for $15 minimum wage to Philly
https://lri.link/2SC76PC

Maryland lawmakers hear hours of testimony on $15 minimum wage bill, seek 'sweet spot' of salary solution
https://lri.link/2tkI0Wf

NY lawmakers propose higher minimum wage for prison inmates
https://lri.link/2GqffA5

Illinois Senate votes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025, a top Pritzker priority
https://lri.link/2SAQojl

New Jersey becomes 4th state to increase minimum wage to $15
https://lri.link/2N8B9s8

What We Don’t Know About a $15 Minimum Wage Is Scary
https://lri.link/2RXdnju

The $33 Minimum Wage Push Reveals a Serious Disconnect with Economic Reality
https://lri.link/2Ie3caD

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Labor Around the World

Can Macron Talk the Yellow Vests Into Submission? He Will Try
https://lri.link/2TPWclG

Global Commission on the Future of Work Work for a brighter future
https://lri.link/2E99pAQ

Organized labour lines up against Canada's stance on Venezuela
https://lri.link/2X1nU0I
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