Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - May 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
May 2016
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 

Union Contract Was Finalized Before Decertification Petition – 5/10
http://lri.link/1qg4Da8

Labor board: You can’t be forced to be happy at work – 5/10
http://lri.link/1Xn57Zp

Don’t Gamble With Your Email Policy – 5/6
http://lri.link/1NrJfd3

NLRB General Counsel Seeks More Control Over Labor Law – 5/6
http://lri.link/24O9L4G

Work Rules Hanging in Balance? NLRB Dissenter Proposes Balancing Test Blueprint for Work Rule Challenges, Significant Departure from Board Precedent – 4/27
http://lri.link/27gNTkO

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NLRB Member Criticizes Board’s Handbook Rule Review Standard – 5/10
http://lri.link/1WsdGmG

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Toward a 21st-Century Labor Movement – 4/18
http://lri.link/1NrJi8M

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Faculty Preferences over Unionization: Evidence from Open Letters at Two Research Universities – Research Paper – April 2016
http://lri.link/1Ol8RIO

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Sued, Cuomo Says He Supports New York Farmworkers’ Right to Organize – 5/10
http://lri.link/1R0c233

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What The $100M Uber Settlement Means To All Employers – 4/28
http://lri.link/1WsdL9X

Uber Recognizes New York Drivers’ Group, Short of a Union – 5/10
http://lri.link/1ZJfVzM

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The Verizon Strike, The Virtual Picket Line, & The Labor Movement – 5/4
http://lri.link/1T9Pu7G

Verizon Strikers to Get Paid From $400 Million Union Fund – 5/3
http://lri.link/1VUxMW6

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SEIU Watch

California Democrats Kill Union Transparency Bills After CPA Exposes SEIU Spending– 5/5
http://lri.link/1ZJfYLP

SEIU-UHW’s Dave Regan is Interrogated by California Hospital Association in Court-Ordered Arbitration Hearing – 5/7
http://lri.link/1TB43LX

SEIU’s Fast-Buck Entrepreneurs – 5/6
http://lri.link/1Xn5lj6

Breaking The Law? – 5/9
http://lri.link/1R0c62U

THE SEIU IS HURTING ILLINOIS CAREGIVERS – 4/28
http://lri.link/1qg50RO

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Right-to-Work

Right-to-Work Makes Unions Stronger – 5/10
http://lri.link/1ZJgbii

AFL-CIO, Other Unions To File Suit On Right To Work – 5/9
http://lri.link/1WsBwy3

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 Union Pension Turmoil

Before Teamsters Negotiate Benefit Cuts, They Should Investigate Reason For Pension Failures – 5/2
http://lri.link/1WsBA0K

Treasury Department Rejects Plan to Cut Pension Benefits for Teamsters – 5/6
http://lri.link/24S97GP

What now for Central States? – 5/9
http://lri.link/1qg58kp

Unions pressure Dems over pensions on Puerto Rico bill – 4/27
http://lri.link/1TcSux7

Petition Calling For SAG Pension Plan Audit Nets 1,000 Signatures – 5/5
http://lri.link/1Ol9ja1

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United Front: Teachers Unions Quietly Spend Millions on ‘Grassroots’ Groups – 5/8
http://lri.link/1TRFiOa

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The Brady Decision is Good for Unions – 4/27
http://lri.link/1T8Bfuq

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2 Big Labor Unions Share Efforts to Gain Power and Scale – 5/5
http://lri.link/1WsBJBA

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Best month ever for the UAW? Or worst? You decide – 4/27
http://lri.link/1UVUsnP

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Union Bosses Go After Donald Trump – 5/3
http://lri.link/1TRFjSi

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Whistlin’ Dixie

Volkswagen Reverses Course on Union at Tennessee Plant – 4/25
http://lri.link/1shbzWq

VW and UAW to Meet for Talks on Car Maker’s Chattanooga Plant – 5/1
http://lri.link/1R0cbDP

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 Teacher Protest Shuts Almost All Detroit Public Schools– 5/2
http://lri.link/1Xn5G5s

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 Labor Around the World

Greece hit by general strike over pension and tax change – 5/6
http://lri.link/1WsBNkA

French labour reforms: Government to force plan through – 5/10
http://lri.link/1s1aHnY

Global Workers Rally for Rights, Higher Wages – 5/2
http://lri.link/1T7OleZ

Latest Luas strikes to hit Leaving Cert students – 5/11
http://lri.link/1shbMsH

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