Subject: Labor Relations INK Links June 2021

Labor Relations Institute
June 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

Unions hail nomination of high-profile labor lawyer to NLRB
https://lri.link/3xaCDrv

Would the PRO Act Actually Deter Employer Violations?
https://lri.link/3v3e2Dy

Two Workplace Bills Advance Out of Committee – US Federal Labor Updates
https://lri.link/2TgK1mF

Senate fails to advance Paycheck Fairness Act
https://lri.link/357PFKi

Connecticut legal marijuana bill favors unions with labor peace agreements and project labor agreements
https://lri.link/3w94sQX

What Biden's worker organizing task force could mean for non-union employers
https://lri.link/3cuZOoA

Judge tosses union's challenge to Trump's labor panel appointees
https://lri.link/3pE9jav

Illinois lawmakers want to cement union powers into the state constitution
https://lri.link/3v9kUPU

President Biden Announces Key Nominations
https://lri.link/3zdZV1u

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Organizing

Airline Industry’s Top Labor Leader Gets Purged By His Union
https://lri.link/3cy0Ik2

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Covid-19

‘Public Health 101 failure’: CDC mask decision may knock out Biden’s workplace Covid crackdown
https://lri.link/3iugS1H

Companies can mandate COVID-19 vaccine, incentivize workers to get shot, EEOC says
https://lri.link/3x9lI8H

21 States Opt Out of Federal Unemployment Supplement, Citing Work Disincentive
https://lri.link/3cstjHK

117 Employees File Lawsuit Against Texas Hospital for Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine
https://lri.link/3pCFerG

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AI, Technology, and Labor

Restaurants turn to on-demand hiring apps during the labor squeeze
https://lri.link/2RCvLUC

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ANALYSIS: How Long Does It Take Unions to Reach First Contracts?
https://lri.link/3pCOcFm

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Why is AFL-CIO So Worried about its Vermont Affiliate?
https://lri.link/3xfhtIV

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Union Corruption

Can direct elections restore UAW as America’s most powerful labor union?
https://lri.link/3pEsznW

SCOOP: Controversy marrs SEIU leadership election for California state workers
https://lri.link/3pCOBrm

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It’s All Academic

Congressional bill introduced would allow college athletes to form unions, become employees
https://lri.link/3zhHA3N

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Gig Economy

Uber’s UK drivers gain collective bargaining with union recognition
https://lri.link/352q19J

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Healthcare

Tenet, Massachusetts nurses impasse update: 6 things to know
https://lri.link/2TLB4So

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Logistics/Manufacturing

U.S. manufacturing gains steam; raw material, labor shortages mounting
https://lri.link/2SeKVjt

Striking coalminers in Alabama energize support across the south
https://lri.link/3ze0wAg

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Minimum Rising

What Do We Know About the Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws?
https://lri.link/3pBq7Pj

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Right-to-Work

NH House rejects, buries right-to-work bill on key roll call of 199-175
https://lri.link/3zqarTA

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Labor Around the World

Fresh GM union vote in Mexico headed for delay - sources
https://lri.link/3x1GzuG
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