Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - June 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
June 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.
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Union Bailout Update

NLRB Defends Attempt to Encroach on Tribal Sovereignty – 5/28
http://lri.link/21aQebV

5th Cir. Backs NLRB Ruling on Macy's Bargaining Unit – 6/6
http://lri.link/1YcMvLN

Appellate Courts Set the Supreme Court Stage for Waiver Showdown? – 6/6
http://lri.link/1ten9Bo

Score One for the NLRB: Seventh Circuit Becomes First Federal Appeals Court to Hold that Class/Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements Violate the NLRA– 6/3
http://lri.link/1XcJ2xF

Enrolling in E-Verify Without Union Consent Violates NLRA – 6/3
http://lri.link/25PoJIn

New Model for Franchise Employee Training in a Post-NLRB World – 6/2
http://lri.link/24DBVxk

DOL's 'persuader rule' benefits unions and their lawyers, not employers and their lawyers, defense attorney says – 6/6
http://lri.link/1YcMIyz

Thirteen Reasons Why Non-Union Workplaces Can't Ignore The NLRB – 5/2
http://lri.link/21aQF6j

Court Enforces NLRB Order Previously Overturned Because of Recess Appointments – 6/7
http://lri.link/1WGZ2ru

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Replacing Striking Employees Becomes Even More Risky - NLRB Changes the Playing Field – 6/2
http://lri.link/1rfhN7N

Some Sanity on Striker Replacements – 6/1
http://lri.link/24DBsLD

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NLRB Allegedly Downplays Pro-Union Threats – 5/25
http://lri.link/1PjdUos

Kahler management company to appeal NLRB ruling
http://lri.link/1YcMuY6

Unions—Did the NLRB's General Counsel Open the Door to the Decertification of Unions? – 6/6
http://lri.link/24DCdo0

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Unions' fight against affordable housing – 6/5
http://lri.link/1TY9IMG

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5 Reasons the Employee Rights Act Terrifies Union Bosses – 6/1
http://lri.link/1TY8hhn

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Extravagant union bosses exploit their members – 5/25
http://lri.link/21aQPur

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SEIU Watch

Merger between SEIU and AFSCME? – 6/1
http://lri.link/1YcLJyd

Another SEIU Local Wants To Decertify – 5/27
http://lri.link/1PMEgok

SEIU’s Stubbornness Costs Jobs – 5/25
http://lri.link/1YgIB4V

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Auto Workers

Man arrested in shooting of two high-ranking UAW union officials – 6/8
http://lri.link/22Wr7v4

Honeywell and UAW Local 9 negotiations resume – 6/7
http://lri.link/1UjbifJ

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Verizon Strike

Union: Nearly 40,000 Striking Verizon Employees To Return To Work Wednesday – 5/30
http://lri.link/25OgXlo

As Verizon Strikers Return to Work Wednesday, Focus Returns to Wireless – 6/1
http://lri.link/1XIUwcW

How the Verizon Strike Hit May’s Jobs Report, and What It Means for June’s Figures – 6/3
http://lri.link/1PjeO4a

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Teamster Beat

Len Boselovic’s Heard off the Street: Teamster pensions spared, for the time being – 6/6
http://lri.link/1UjcfVi

Teamsters Call On Ports Of LA/Long Beach To Ban Trucking Companies Who “Misclassify” Drivers – 6/3
http://lri.link/22WqykP

Lockout Of Union Workers At Hartford Distributors – 6/8
http://lri.link/1YgHUZs

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Fight for $15

Labor and Employment Alert: Cleveland Proposes Enacting Its Own $15/Hour Minimum Wage – 5/26
http://lri.link/1U45WGV

Washington, D.C., Is Latest To Raise Minimum Wage – 6/8
http://lri.link/1OfbtIE

The Organizers Of Fight For $15 Now Must Fight For Their Own Union – 6/2
http://lri.link/1rfiKNc

Activists push for law that would bill employers for not paying living wage – 6/8
http://lri.link/1Pjf3fN

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Alt-Labor

In Quest To Organize Gig Economy Workers, Unions Sometimes Clash – 5/24
http://lri.link/28oijlD

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Unions on the Campaign Trail

Auto workers union endorses Clinton – 5/25
http://lri.link/22WrB4e

Labor Fears Partisan Defections Toward Donald Trump – 6/1
http://lri.link/1XITrlp

Can Trump make inroads with union voters? – 5/31
http://lri.link/1YcMWWu

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Labor Around the World

France Is on Strike But the Real Problem Is Even Worse: Q&A – 5/30
http://lri.link/1UpV4NW

French government labels strikers 'irresponsible' over threats to Euro 2016 – 6/3
http://lri.link/1TY9ZiE

Ekiti Strike: End of a political romance? – 6/5
http://lri.link/1UpVjsv

Labor Union Accused of Hiding Asbestos Risks at Commercial Bakeries – 6/8
http://lri.link/28oje5C

Photos: Protests in Chile – 5/31
http://lri.link/1UGa6Ss

North Korea documentary Cash for Kim shows labourers worked to death in Poland – 5/30
http://lri.link/25OhK5R

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