Subject: Labor Relations INK Links March 2017

Labor Relations INK Links
March 2017
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

U.S. Chamber Calls for Common Sense Restoration of the NLRB - 3/1
http://lri.link/2lx5XrP

House Overturns OSHA’s Unlawful Power Grab - 3/1
http://lri.link/2mupngr

Unions Can Have Workers’ Phone, Address Info : NLRB Judge - 2/28
http://lri.link/2mxJQkF

What’s Really in The NLRB’s New Amendments to Its Rules And Regulations and What Do These Changes Mean For Employers?
http://lri.link/2n7pj31

Repealing Labor's Double Standard - 2/28
http://lri.link/2mcv1BG

NLRB Finds Employer Did Not Need To Provide A Union Representative During A Police Interrogation During Which Management Was Present - 2/27
http://lri.link/2mYqz9q

NLRB Wins 5th Circuit Battle Over Alcoa Handling Bill - 2/23
http://lri.link/2mOvr43

House of Representatives Passes CRA Resolution To Invalidate Enjoined Contractor Blacklisting Rule – 2/5
http://lri.link/2mxu9dc

Senate Focuses on Labor Reform – 2/25
http://lri.link/2mYwHi5

Circuit Court is asked to Overturn NLRB’s Decision Allowing Surreptitious Workplace Recordings – 3/3
http://lri.link/2lxf2Rn

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SEIU Watch

Michigan Union Executives Removed Over Embezzlement Scandal – 2/22
http://lri.link/2muv1iy

Fraud alleged in Minnesota homecare provider union – 3/4
http://lri.link/2mciw90

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Union trailing in Duke vote; ballot challenges leave outcome uncertain - 2/27
http://lri.link/2n7zuF3

Union Organizing At Boeing, Yale University, and Elsewhere Show Need For Swift Response - 2/27
http://lri.link/2lUQnlX

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Union Pension Turmoil

The Mighty NY Teamsters Pension Fund is Out of Money - 3/1
http://lri.link/2muvPEf

Teamsters retirees would offer ‘earful’ to Trump team on failing Central States pension - 2/28
http://lri.link/2mcqNdn

About one million Americans have pensions on verge of insolvency - 2/28
http://lri.link/2mcfjGr

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Teamster Beat

NLRB Issues Complaint Against Teamsters Officials for Threats in Response to Campaign to End Forced Dues – 2/22
http://lri.link/2lxrror

Plan would benefit Teamsters, not employees - 2/26
http://lri.link/2n7LUfM

Teamsters plan broad organizing push into global supply chain – 3/3
http://lri.link/2mOxIfT

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Union's attack ads based on false assumption - 3/1
http://lri.link/2lxfyyN

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AFL-CIO moves to dismiss 'several dozens' of its headquarters staff - 2/28
http://lri.link/2muoXGE

How union leaders can change with the times — or not: Cohn - 2/27
http://lri.link/2mOwTn3

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Bill de Blasio Is in a Bind When it Comes to Unions and Affordable Housing – 2/21
http://lri.link/2lUStT2

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Fight for $15

Bill to raise minimum wage stalled in State Senate – 2/22
http://lri.link/2mfuUHb

Legislation calls for $15 an hour minimum wage in Michigan -2/28
http://lri.link/2lPaGjS

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Right-to-Work

Right-To-Work Laws Continue to Gain Momentum at Federal, State, and Local Levels - 2/27
http://lri.link/2mfdoT8

Homecare Providers Coast to Coast Challenge Force Unionism Schemes - 2/27
http://lri.link/2mcjfqQ

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Workers Are Working Longer — and Better – 3/2
http://lri.link/2lPaOjm

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Whistlin’ Dixie

South sees slight dip in union membership - 2/27
http://lri.link/2lxePxx

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ILA urges US dockers not to strike - 3/1
http://lri.link/2n7ywZe

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Auto Workers

Grad Employees Union Issues Solidarity Statement, Seeks NLRB Vote – 2/22
http://lri.link/2mcfW2L

UAW orders thousands of Caterpillar workers to stay on the job as contract expires - 3/2
http://lri.link/2lULZ6G

Labor Voices: Trade deal should help workers - 3/1
http://lri.link/2mxJXwJ

Nine-month lockout of Honeywell workers ends as UAW pushes through company’s demands - 3/1
http://lri.link/2lPj2YX

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Labor Around the World

As MEPs Vote On CETA, Trade Unions Demand A New Approach To Trade - 2/14
http://lri.link/2n7sqZ4

Ford Seeks U.K. Cost Cuts as Brexit Weighs on Europe Outlook - 3/1
http://lri.link/2n7oJCC

For More Chinese Firms, It Pays to Make It in the U.S.A. - 2/26
http://lri.link/2mf9TMO

Do African exports to China hurt labor rights? Here’s what we found. – 3/3
http://lri.link/2mflkUA

Labor in upheaval as crowded leadership battle turns ugly – 3/5
http://lri.link/2mYuUtp

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