Subject: Labor Relations INK Links February 2021

Labor Relations INK Links
February 2021
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

National Labor Relations Board Becomes Business-Labor Battleground That Could Define The Future Of Work
http://lri.link/3qkUDME

Acting NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Policy Guidance, Signals More Changes To Come
http://lri.link/3p6TTcR

Trump NLRB’s Union Email Rule Gets Legal Test in T-Mobile Case
https://lri.link/2LDBw1v

Cannabis Workers Not Protected by Labor Law, NLRB Lawyer Says
https://lri.link/3q9Z7Wr

Divided NLRB Panel Offers Expansive Protections for Wildcat Strikes
http://lri.link/3rLFLHP

NLRB Approves Workplace Social Media Policy Limiting Employees’ Online Communications
http://lri.link/3jFNfsP

Employers Should Get Ready for More OSHA Enforcement Under Biden’s DOL
https://lri.link/3q85utB

NLRB faces paralysis, legal challenges over Biden's firing of general counsel
http://lri.link/3jDeFQb

What Does a Biden Administration and Democratic Control of Congress Mean for Labor Policy?
http://lri.link/3aPcMMl

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 Covid-19

Analysis: A National Teacher Strike Isn’t Really Possible. But With Unions Refusing to Go Back Until Classrooms Are Safe, This is What One Would Look Like
http://lri.link/2OeNWO7

NYC Restaurant Workers Are Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine
http://lri.link/370us6w

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FREE LABOR MARKETS VS. BIDEN’S PUSH FOR COMPULSORY UNIONISM
http://lri.link/36X9vt6

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Once united in support of Joe Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines
http://lri.link/3p7vfZB

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AI, Technology, and Labor

The pandemic is replacing people with tech — threatening the jobs rebound
http://lri.link/36VNI59

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 Tech/Media Unions

Daily News editorial staffers form union, seek Tribune Publishing recognition
http://lri.link/3aPcwwR

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 Union Corruption

Labor Racket Weekly: New Year, Same Union Corruption
http://lri.link/3jBeqoy

Federal government and UAW reach deal on reforms after corruption investigation
http://lri.link/3rGtGmY

Ex-Midwest UAW Boss Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy
http://lri.link/3p8yX5l

Labor Secretary Nominee Walsh is Soft on Union Violence and Corruption
http://lri.link/3p7uYG3

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Organizing

Blaseball fans are taking their wild campaigns into union organizing
http://lri.link/2Z4mGnW

Exclusive-White House pulled into unionization effort at Amazon facility
http://lri.link/3a53bBG

Federal board clears way for mail-in union vote at Amazon
http://lri.link/2NiRG0Q

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Shamrock Foods Employees in Idaho Decisively Vote Teamsters Union Out of Workplace Following Union Boss Attempts to Block Election
http://lri.link/3a82V5e

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Gig Economy

California court rejects suit challenging California's new rules for gig workers
http://lri.link/3p7AecE

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Healthcare

Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Pandemic
http://lri.link/2Z53czi

Nursing home workers, union call for reforms
http://lri.link/3d01aJ1

Springfield Memory Care Workers to go on Strike
http://lri.link/3aPUQ41

Workers’ rights legislation could exacerbate senior living workforce challenges, industry experts say
http://lri.link/3rEadn1
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