Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - July 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
July 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.

NOTE:  Due to a storm power outage last Thursday-Friday, INK Links is going out a couple of days late!
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Union Bailout Update

U.S. top court won't consider labor board power over Indian casinos – 6/27
http://lri.link/29EjapZ

Supreme Court won’t hear Tribe’s case – 6/30
http://lri.link/2a9YtCd

Board Decides Miller & Anderson, Returns to Sturgis Standard – 7/11
http://lri.link/29JC2Ws

NLRB Regional Directors’ Formal Unfair Labor Practices Complaints to be Reported to Federal Database – 7/8
http://lri.link/29DFhB7

‘Civility Training’ May Lead to Liability Under National Labor Relations Act – 7/11
http://lri.link/29HYi3E

NLRB Hits Ceiling in Continual Push to Expand Scope of Protected Concerted Activity – 7/5
http://lri.link/29OCbbg

Workplace Dress Codes – Auto Dealer Can’t Bar Workers from Wearing Message Pins, First Circuit Court Affirms NLRB – 7/7
http://lri.link/29xoGtw

Supreme Court Agrees to Review D.C. Circuit’s Decision That Former NLRB Acting General Counsel Served in Violation of Federal Law – 7/5
http://lri.link/29StCL0

NLRB Reverses Rule Regarding Temporary Employees – 7/12
http://lri.link/29Yhuv6

NLRB Rules Employer Should Have Disclosed Lack of Information – 6/30
http://lri.link/29Yhs6q

Labor board: Sanford must allow doctors to disclose pay if desired – 6/23
http://lri.link/29Su4ci

Lawyers Spar Over NLRB's Witness Statement Ruling – 6/24
http://lri.link/29ElAUg

NLRB Associate General Counsel Warns Regions About ‘Potential Literacy Issues’ – 6/24
http://lri.link/29JBVKi

Things to Come at the NLRB: The General Counsel’s Plans – 6/24
http://lri.link/2a9Yh5S

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First Court Decision Casts Doubt on DOL Persuader Rule, But Declines to Enjoin – 6/23
http://lri.link/29Em6So

Federal District Court in Texas Issues Nationwide Injunction Against DOL’s New Persuader Rule – 6/28
http://lri.link/29JBW0W

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Court Repudiates NLRB’s Award of Attorney’s Fees and Expenses for Their ‘Deterrent Effect’ – 7/8
http://lri.link/29EjDZp

Labor spending bill reins in agency, labor board – 7/7
http://lri.link/29Suyiq

Eighth Circuit Rules that NLRB erred by invalidating employment agreements requiring individual arbitration – 7/5
http://lri.link/29yUQEm

5th Circuit lifts stays in latest NLRB arbitration fights – 7/12
http://lri.link/29OCeEk

The Attack Intensifies on the NLRB’s Joint-Employer Standard – 6/27
http://lri.link/29xnBCa

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Hatch: We need to make unions more democratic – 7/5
http://lri.link/29CxbCG

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The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison. – 7/11
http://lri.link/29QgQNI

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The War over Obama's Labor Agenda – 7/12
http://lri.link/2a9YvKr

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SEIU Watch

How A Fight Between SEIU 775 And A Conservative Think Tank Led To An Initiative On Identity Theft – 7/8
http://lri.link/29YiL50

Don't ask voters to set private-sector salaries – 7/4
http://lri.link/29Yi2Ba

Incredible Hypocrisy – 6/22 *SEIU won’t allow Fight for $15 (and a Union) employees to join SEIU’s staff union, and SEIU may have violated the contract with its staff union.
http://lri.link/29EmKiy

SEIU Members Determined To Break Free – 6/21
http://lri.link/29EYmQF

SEIU-UHW’s Dave Regan Withdraws Ballot Initiative and Launches “Big Lie” Campaign – 7/1
http://lri.link/29HZ54G

900 California Workers Vote to Leave SEIU, Join Independent Union – 6/29
http://lri.link/29yVAcI

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Retired Teamsters gain federal investigation of Central States Pension Fund – 7/6
http://lri.link/29SuzmF

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NAACP, Labor Unions Demand End to Investigation of Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts – 7/11
http://lri.link/29w2cgd

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Security Officers Union Boss Found Guilty of Embezzlement – 6/24
http://lri.link/29EmOPF

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Union Conducts Nationwide Anti-VHA Privatization Protests – 6/29
http://lri.link/29DGb0i

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Auto Workers vs. Volkswagen in Chattanooga: The saga continues  6/28
http://lri.link/29Suzmy

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Saint Martin’s University fights faculty unionization efforts – 7/4
http://lri.link/29JDZlo

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Fight for $15

'Full speed ahead' for $15 minimum wage campaign, despite attorney general's opinion – 7/1
http://lri.link/29JCYdi

Raising N.J. minimum wage to $15 an hour now in Christie's hands after Senate acts – 6/24
http://lri.link/29w3FDh

Baltimore May Be the Next City to Adopt a $15 Minimum Wage – 6/20
http://lri.link/29DHyMu

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Alt-Labor

Seattle Progressives Fight Inequality: Teamsters Take On Uber – 7/12
http://lri.link/29JEzzR

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Unions on the Campaign Trail

CWA endorses Clinton today – 7/11
http://lri.link/29Ylvzk

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Labor Around the World

South Korea: Independent Union Leader Sentenced to Five Years in Prison – 7/6
http://lri.link/29DI25e

Africa’s Biggest Labor Group to Balance Pay, Job Security – 7/3
http://lri.link/29YkFCH

French government forces labor bill through Parliament – 7/5
http://lri.link/29ElnSr

Cambodia Labor Leaders Speak Out Against Union Law – 7/4
http://lri.link/29F0lnY

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