Subject: Labor Relations INK Links July 2020

Labor Relations INK Links
July 2020
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

Employers Have No Duty to Bargain Over Discipline with Union Prior to First CBA
https://lri.link/2BKQP3C

NLRB General Counsel Announces “Suggested” Protocols for Conducting Manual, In-Person Elections Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://lri.link/3edZx7q

NLRB Moves to Prosecute Embassy Suites & UNITE HERE Union for Violating Worker Rights with Coercive ‘Card Check’ Unionization
https://lri.link/2W0Ch6w

Pandemic Tees Up Novel Legal Questions For NLRB
https://lri.link/2ZgnOWq

NLRB General Counsel: Ease Make Whole Relief Burden of Proof in Duty of Fair Representation Cases
https://lri.link/3fhNd7x

Labor Board Makes It Easier for Federal Employees to Cancel Union Dues
https://lri.link/2ZScBuf

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Navigating the NLRA in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Workplace: What Both Union and Nonunion Employers Need to Know 
https://lri.link/38G5jO4

Top Five Employment Law Liabilities Facing Employers Post-Pandemic
https://lri.link/2BNtIp4

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Laboring Toward 2020

Biden-Sanders Task Force Platform Recommendations include Card Check, Passage of PRO Act, Ban on Right to Work, and forced Arbitration Agreements
https://lri.link/38FLp5T

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Healthcare

Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again
https://lri.link/38JeBZv

Swedish Medical Center Employee Appeals Case against SEIU Union to National Labor Relations Board General Counsel
https://lri.link/3fqFHak

NY nurses union seeks hospital statistics on coronavirus in nurses
https://lri.link/3iGuk0h

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Union Organizing

In the era of COVID-19, the union hall is going virtual
https://lri.link/3gJUL3m

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Union Corruption

Biden-connected boss of firefighters union dogged by financial misconduct accusations
https://lri.link/31YN1Gw

UAW meets with feds to avert racketeering takeover, oversightUAW meets with feds to avert racketeering takeover, oversight
https://lri.link/38FC3a4

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It’s All Academic

CUNY Layoffs Prompt Union Lawsuit
https://lri.link/2BTKjYc

Teachers Unions in the Post-Janus World
https://lri.link/2ZT6RQP

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AP Exclusive: ‘Strike for Black Lives’ to highlight racism *spearheaded by unions
https://lri.link/3iO1KKg

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Gig Economy

Federal Agencies Plan to Address Gig-Worker Status, Pay-Data Collection
https://lri.link/322Yy7Q

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Logistics/Manufacturing

ASARCO ends nine-month strike after workers offer to go back to work
https://lri.link/2W3HhHB

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Minimum Rising

Nevada’s Minimum Wage Set to Increase on July 1, 2020
https://lri.link/3gGD4BG

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Right-to-Work

The Largest Public Sector Unions Have Lost Support Since Janus
https://lri.link/2O7mYF3
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