Subject: Labor Relations INK Links February 2020

Labor Relations INK Links
March 2015
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

Top NLRB Lawyer Pushes for Expansion of Damages Unions Could Pay
https://lri.link/2SkC4tt

Union’s Failure to Provide Factual Reasons as to Why It Needed Certain Information Privileged Employer to Deny Request, NLRB Rules
https://lri.link/31PTelP

NLRB says Countrywide's broad arbitration pact violated labor law
https://lri.link/3btBeCm

NLRB Continues To Validate Employee Confidentiality Provisions
https://lri.link/2UKwxhz

NLRB Releases Multiple Advice Memoranda Covering a Range of Hot Button Topics (US)
https://lri.link/37n0wyN

House approves pro-union labor bill
https://lri.link/37enlVm

White House Proposes 11% Cut in Labor Department Spending (1)
https://lri.link/2UNzpdp

National Labor Relations Board sues Oregon, wants judge to nullify state’s workplace meeting law
https://lri.link/2Sm56Jt

White House Reviewing Rule to Expand Union Financial Oversight
https://lri.link/37lCmo8

New Jersey becomes first state to guarantee severance for workers impacted by mass layoffs
https://lri.link/2OMBGC4

More Handbook Guidance: NLRB Shows When It Will Uphold Policies Regarding Confidentiality, Cell Phones, and Email Usage
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/more-handbook-guidance-nlrb-shows-when-it-will-uphold-policies-regarding

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Laboring Toward 2020

Biden supports trade deal despite opposition from unions
https://lri.link/31Ptbv2

Bernie’s labor support snowballs
https://lri.link/2Hi0OMO

Where the President and Democratic Candidates Stand on Collective Bargaining Rights of Gig Workers
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=952721bf-3c7a-4a1d-ad58-03b0494bd510&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2020-02-12&utm_term=

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AI, Technology, and Labor

EPIC Asks Federal Trade Commission To Regulate Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Pre-Employment Screenings
https://lri.link/2HgGJX5

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Clean Slate for Worker Power *Harvard report reimagining labor law
https://lri.link/2uIjlz0

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Union Corruption

Freedom Foundation Opt-Out Campaign Cuts SEIU 503’s Political Spending by Over 60%
https://lri.link/2Hk0eOK

Former UAW employee says he was forced to pay dues to a fake union local
https://lri.link/39xdUSz

Top Ten Union Corruption Stories of the Year
https://lri.link/2HjLKOB

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Norwood Jewell begins 15-month sentence in minimum-security prison for role in UAW bribery scheme
https://lri.link/2tQGpLE

UAW Moves to Expel Eight More Former Executives
https://lri.link/31KL7Hq

Former U.A.W. Official Pleads Guilty in Corruption Scandal
https://lri.link/39qWgjd

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It’s All Academic

Appeals Court Blocks Adjunct Union
https://lri.link/2w6Mog4

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Gig Economy

New Jersey enacts major changes on the independent contractor front
https://lri.link/2vp0fhu

Uber and Postmates Lose Move to Stop Enforcement of AB5
https://lri.link/37lCUuq

Instacart Workers Win Historic Union Election
https://lri.link/38kSeZr

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Minimum Rising

Walmart raising pay to $12 per hour in select stores
https://lri.link/2uvGNje

NM minimum wage rises to $9
https://lri.link/2SlXBST

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Right-to-Work

Union membership drops in Tennessee as legislature considers putting right to work laws in state constitution
https://lri.link/2SnpU3b

Kentucky UPS Employee Appeals to Labor Board General Counsel in Case Charging Teamsters Officials with Illegal Dues Deductions
https://lri.link/2tV1tki

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Labor Around the World

France’s Macron Advances Pension Overhaul, Despite Protests
https://lri.link/39sWNRB
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