Subject: Labor Relations INK Links March 2021

Labor Relations INK Links
March 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

https://lrionline.com/breaking-news-house-passes-pro-act/ BREAKING NEWS: House Passes PRO Act
http://lri.link/3rKEAc4

U.S. House Approves Expanded Protections for Labor Union Organizing
http://lri.link/3taDW7L

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NLRB Dissent In Employee Handbook Decision Provides A Roadmap for Future Cases, Unfortunately
http://lri.link/38wmhzA

Out With the Old, In With the New: President Biden Shakes Up Federal Labor Law
http://lri.link/2PW6l3e

Biden admin tells agencies to engage unions
http://lri.link/3qK7bwQ

Chamber of Commerce labels Biden removal of NLRB general counsel 'extreme'
http://lri.link/38tVync

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AFL-CIO to explore taking a stance on eliminating filibuster
http://lri.link/3bzmTX3

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Covid-19

Judge Won't Block Pandemic-Related Pay Raises for Grocery Workers
http://lri.link/2OKLLSV

Government Report Calls On OSHA Step Up Its Response to COVID-19
http://lri.link/3bDeNNi

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Tech/Media Unions

Glitch workers sign tech’s first collective bargaining agreement
http://lri.link/3cm5vV5

US Journalists Form Unions to Survive Hedge Fund Vampires and Covid-19 Pandemic
http://lri.link/3veoBVJ

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Union Corruption

Op-Ed: Why does firefighters' 'Fill the Boot' charity fill the union's coffers?
http://lri.link/3vhC3rW

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It’s All Academic

Recent Labor Victories for Adjunct Professors Signal Likely Uptick in Contingent Faculty Organizing
http://lri.link/3t89Jq0

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Organizing

Pandemic-Related Rise in Unionization Means Managers Need to Watch Workplace Dynamics
http://lri.link/3l8iYnt

Marijuana union organizing surging amid pandemic, uptick in labor peace requirements
http://lri.link/2N7Mvkn

Crown Point carpenters fight against union heads to NLRB
http://lri.link/3tbBq17

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Right-to-Work

Montana House votes down right-to-work bill
http://lri.link/3viYM74

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Gig Economy

The federal labor legislation that would kill my livelihood
http://lri.link/3qEvDPO

Postal Workers Union in Canada Announces Gig Worker Unionization Effort
http://lri.link/2ONXD6n

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Union Pension Turmoil

Stimulus Bill Provides Extensive Pension Funding Relief
http://lri.link/3tbUlZC

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Healthcare

800 Tenet Massachusetts hospital nurses begin strike
http://lri.link/2PLPfou

'It was just too much': Traumatized and tired, nurses are quitting due to the pandemic
http://lri.link/3rFE4Mn

Chicago hospital faces $13K penalty after OSHA cites 'serious' respirator mask violations
http://lri.link/3rQJvrC

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Minimum Rising

Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Fails in Senate
http://lri.link/38uHyd5

Bill For $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Filed In Wyoming Legislature
http://lri.link/3viVFvB
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