Subject: Labor Relations INK Links May 2018

Labor Relations INK Links
May 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

NLRB Voids Hospital ID Policy that Bans Union Insignia Without Regard to Patient Visibility
https://lri.link/2KQ49mS

John Ring Sworn In, Board Back To Full Complement…..Or Is It?
https://lri.link/2FWDkK5

Connecticut Considering Law To Limit Employer Speech On Union Organizing
https://lri.link/2KQCJgq

Employee Background Checks: Avoiding FCRA Liability When Conducting Due Diligence
https://lri.link/2I5Znnp

NYC Lounge Illegally Fired Worker For Voicing Gripes: NLRB
https://lri.link/2K7Y0Bi

Tribal-Owned Casino Can't Escape Reach of Federal Labor Law, Ninth Circuit Says
https://lri.link/2K6GLA9

Eighth Circuit Upholds National Labor Relations Act’s Union “Salting” Protections
https://lri.link/2IsjMSU

Reunited and It Feels So Good—The DOL’s Opinion Letters Are Back (Part 1 of 3)
https://lri.link/2KNvBl9

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SEIU Watch

SEIU-UHW Spends $14M on Ballot Initiatives in 14 Months
https://lri.link/2I69fcR

SEIU-Owned Bank Rakes in Millions from Dem Campaigns, Liberal Orgs
https://lri.link/2FZgtO4

Worker Seeks to Cut Ties with Union that Smeared Her Husband
https://lri.link/2I3cV3e

Northwell Health Employee Halts Coercive Unionization Scheme by SEIU Union Officials
https://lri.link/2rwGxvi

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Looks like the gig is up for Uber in California
https://lri.link/2IsogZT

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IUOE Business Agent in Detroit Area Sentenced for Role in Extortion Conspiracy
https://lri.link/2wr4edx

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It’s All Academic

Harvard Will Bargain With Grad Union
https://lri.link/2K6kORP

Columbia’s War On Labor
https://lri.link/2wxud2O

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Union Pension Turmoil

Unions look for jobs to go with their infrastructure investments
https://lri.link/2I8Ddgr

The Just Born Case: Responding to the Multiemployer Pension Crisis
https://lri.link/2jJgYmz

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Teamster Beat

Hoffa Corruption Investigation Heats Up
https://lri.link/2K6I02h

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Fight for $15

Disney offers to pay union members at least $15 by 2021
https://lri.link/2KNFz65

McDonald's, Fight for $15 square off over NLRB settlement
https://lri.link/2IuJZQX

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Right-to-Work

16-Year-Old Safeway Clerk Files Federal Charges Against UFCW Union for Illegal Forced Dues Demands
https://lri.link/2rvFN9a

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Alt-Labor

Worker Centers: Union Front Groups and the Law
https://lri.link/2I3nSBN

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Auto Workers

Autoworkers denounce company-UAW scheme to hire low-paid workers in the face of mass layoffs
https://lri.link/2jKjOb5

Opinion: UAW part of anti-Tesla campaign
https://lri.link/2Iv3MQs

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Labor Around the World

Wages impasse puts President Ramaphosa in a bind
https://lri.link/2KLs7Q2

Loblaw shareholders reject living wage, independent board chair proposals
https://lri.link/2FYMZQt

In Nafta Talks, U.S. Pushes Mexico to Raise Wages for Its Auto Workers
https://lri.link/2rxwXYr
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