Subject: Labor Relations INK Links June 2020

Labor Relations INK Links
June 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

NLRB Issues Guidance for Updated Representation Case Procedures
https://lri.link/37g0k67

NLRB Redefines Solicitation Broadening What May Be Considered Unprotected Activity
https://lri.link/3cXegTT

NLRB Provides Clarity and Consistency to Stray Marks on Ballots
https://lri.link/2MLORBN

Senate advances 3 new EEOC nominations, 2 for current NLRB members
https://lri.link/2AY1xme

T-Mobile's ban on use of company email for union organizing is legal - NLRB
https://lri.link/3ffxB3R

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Union Violated Fair-Representation Duty
https://lri.link/2B159nx

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Racism Protests and Unions

Labor council to Seattle police union: Address racism or get out
https://lri.link/30sgjMP

No More Cop Unions
https://lri.link/3dLMwmd

Writers Guild Joins Calls for AFL-CIO to Expel Police Union
https://lri.link/3ffODiB

Police unions dig in as calls for reform grow
https://lri.link/2B0xpqk

As Protests Grow, Big Labor Sides with Police Unions
https://lri.link/3dOCocw

Bus Driver Unions Nationwide Refusing to Work With Police
https://lri.link/2ATRpuU

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COVID-19

Tracking COVID-19’s Employment Law Impact: The Role Of Traditional Labor
https://lri.link/3hidvYD

Union calls on Giant Food to extend workers hazard pay
https://lri.link/30rk996

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Organizing Trends

A Quiet Frenzy of Union Organizing Has Gripped the Nonprofit World
https://lri.link/3dQVb6J

With a Little Help from My Friends: How Taco Bell Workers and Many More Are Self-Organizing in the Pandemic
https://lri.link/3cXduGt

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Tech/Media Unions

Facebook employees stage virtual walkout in protest of company’s stance on Trump posts
https://lri.link/2BLZmme

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Union Corruption

U.S. prosecutor says UAW takeover remains option after ex-president pleads guilty
https://lri.link/2XU0oFH

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It’s All Academic

After 13 months of bargaining, graduate students, Brown reach tentative agreement
https://lri.link/2MN4tVy

Brown University Graduate Students Reach Union Contract
https://lri.link/2XMXuCi

‘A Recipe for Instability’ As Multiple Harvard Unions to Seek Contracts Amid Pandemic
https://lri.link/2ASBBbQ

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Logistics/Manufacturing

No end in sight for Asarco copper strike, but critical ruling lies ahead
https://lri.link/37gJljU

Bath shipyard’s largest union threatens strike as contract negotiations falter
https://lri.link/3dPUStb

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Right-to-Work

NLRB Cases Challenge Coercive ‘Neutrality Agreements’ Used to Impose Forced Unionism
https://lri.link/2MPwI5S

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Labor Around the World

Korean national labor board recognizes “gig economy” driver for ride-hailing platform as employee, requiring just cause for termination by the service
https://lri.link/30u3KAT
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