Subject: Labor Relations INK Links March 2019

Labor Relations INK Links
March 2019
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

Hotel union's letter demanding dues from nonmembers was illegal - NLRB
https://lri.link/2HyCsQ8

NLRB Provides Updated Guidance On Employer Policies And Handbooks
https://lri.link/2u77hn5

Ninth Circuit Joins Eighth and Rejects Challenge to Exclusive Representation
https://lri.link/2VZ9FIy

NLRB General Counsel Urges New Rules for Union Payments
https://lri.link/2T500yf

Labor Partnerships Specter Raised Again in Congress
https://lri.link/2CuBOjB

AFL-CIO settles on NLRB pick
https://lri.link/2O69IiX

Non-Compete News: Florida Senator Rubio Proposes Legislation to Loosen Grip on Non-Compete Agreements
https://lri.link/2O4q0ZV

DOL proposes $35K overtime rule threshold
https://lri.link/2TDA8P1

Labor Board: Nonmembers Cannot Be Compelled to Pay Union Lobbying Expenses
https://lri.link/2TMmetb

DOL Will Propose Limiting Joint-Employer Overtime Liability
https://lri.link/2XTQAt4

Six states file suit against rollback of OSHA electronic recordkeeping requirements
https://lri.link/2u7lvEx

Uber to Pay $20 Million to Settle Driver Classification Suit
https://lri.link/2F0Pfbb

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The Union Strikes Back: Work Stoppages Of The Future
https://lri.link/2T8sI16

Union Strike at Pennsylvania Plant Largest in Manufacturing Since 2016
https://lri.link/2W3c9pt

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Big Labor Comes Out Swinging Against the Green New Deal
https://lri.link/2THIogk

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SEIU Watch

Illinois Homecare Workers Sue Union to Return $32 Million in Ill-Gotten ‘Dues’
https://lri.link/2HE1QEr

Previously Suspended NLRB Official Forces Workers into SEIU
https://lri.link/2XX13nx

Union Employees Authorize A Strike Against Their Own Union
https://lri.link/2XZitAa

EXCLUSIVE: SEIU VP Dave Regan Accused of Sexual Misconduct & Retaliating Against Whistleblowers
https://lri.link/2O3cXHR

SEIU Subpoenas Google to Identify Whistleblower as Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Heats Up
https://lri.link/2O30eVK

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It’s All Academic

D.C. Circuit says NLRB test for unionizing college faculty was flawed
https://lri.link/2FbwJhB

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Minimum Rising

$15 Minimum Wage Proposals are Alive and Well
https://lri.link/2UCZYPB

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NYC Bill to Ban No-Cause Firings May Be Double-Edged for Unions
https://lri.link/2O21oRv

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Right-to-Work

NLRB finding: Seizure of dues by union officials from Ford employee was a violation of his rights and “more than mere negligence”
https://lri.link/2UANPL7

Can the Courts Strike Down Right-to-Work?
https://lri.link/2TEzXmy

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Auto Workers

Worried UAW workers meet with President Trump's top trade official
https://lri.link/2O4G8ui

UAW President Pledges to Put Automakers on ‘Defensive’ in Talks
https://lri.link/2CjmbLq

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Labor Around the World

Turkey: 90 Percent of Workers are Non-Union
https://lri.link/2HytrXe

Unions attack May's Brexit pledge on workers’ rights
https://lri.link/2JdhsAS
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