Subject: Labor Relations INK Links March 2018

Labor Relations INK Links
March 2018
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

One Minute You’re In, the Next, You’re Out: NLRB Vacates the Short-Lived Hy-Brand Decision and Reinstates the Browning-Ferris’ Joint Employer Standard
http://lri.link/2HdJtm2

Labor Board Wants to Send Joint Employer Case Back to D.C. Cir. (1)
http://lri.link/2HhJ8yX

Senators Grill NLRB Nominee About Potential Conflicts of Interest
http://lri.link/2HfnFGE

Business renews Senate lobbying push after NLRB reversal on corporate liability
http://lri.link/2oWjkkd

Labor Board Debates Whether To Add Insult To Injury In Misclassification Debate
http://lri.link/2FpT2Ox

The NLRB Joins the #MeToo Movement
http://lri.link/2Fj08rU

General Counsel Dishes Up Advice on 43 Charges, Including Google’s Decision to Terminate an Employee for Harassment and a Union’s Shadow Facebook Page
http://lri.link/2HhomiN

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Unions sound alarm as Supreme Court takes up fees fight; Gorsuch seen as pivotal vote
http://lri.link/2oWk4Wx

Janus Oral Argument Transcript
http://lri.link/2FzTYDa

Public Unions vs. the First Amendment
http://lri.link/2DbknC8

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White House Reaches Out to Labor Unions on Trade Policy
http://lri.link/2FzU1ik

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It’s All Academic

Duquesne University Appeals NLRB Decision
http://lri.link/2I9TuCj

The Final Word on Unionization
http://lri.link/2D7S7QH

New Hampshire bill could prevent universities from spending money on anti-union activities
http://lri.link/2tp0vf8

Penn State grad students' organizing efforts headed to elections
http://lri.link/2FlYgyz

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Wisconsin Unions Fight Collective-Bargaining Limits
http://lri.link/2FnWB7P

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SUIT: 'Corrupt' Construction Unions Bilked Company Out Of $100 Million
http://lri.link/2G0Y58V

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Teamster Beat

Charlie Baker and the Boston Teamsters
http://lri.link/2oXjBTW

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Alt-Labor

Getting to work on ‘worker centers’
http://lri.link/2oTiVjl

Worker centers: How unions circumvent federal rules
http://lri.link/2HeKydf

Department of Labor Pressured to Close Worker Center Loophole
http://lri.link/2I6B2dv

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Right-to-Work

Most Voters Don’t Think Non-Union Members Should Pay Dues
http://lri.link/2D86gNF

How to grow a union in an anti-union state
http://lri.link/2G3o1AJ

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Whistlin’ Dixie

Boeing Plant Targeted Again for Union Organizing by Machinists
http://lri.link/2D8TxdM

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Auto Workers

UAW trust sells $1.6B worth of GM stock
http://lri.link/2D9n4nv

Airbnb Secures a Union Deal—And the Baggage Coming With It
http://lri.link/2D8Cto2

Top UAW leaders let charities go dormant
http://lri.link/2I78CQG

Labor Notes defends UAW amidst corruption scandal
http://lri.link/2FiYvu9

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Labor Around the World

Pepsi cuts off Indonesian palm oil supplier over labor, sustainability concerns
http://lri.link/2FiVaLQ

Macron government takes on union bastion in French rail reform
http://lri.link/2Fpw2is

Union Reports $2.8 Billion GM Korea Bailout Proposed
http://lri.link/2HeKLgx
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