Subject: Labor Relations INK Links May 2019

Labor Relations INK Links
May 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

NLRB GC makes it easier for workers to challenge union expenses
https://lri.link/2PVwAms

Dems Introduce the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019
https://lri.link/305egMk

NLRB: Employer Lawfully Took Control of Investigatory Interview
https://lri.link/2HaVeN7

Can You Terminate An Employee For Talking To The Press?
https://lri.link/2H7KZI3

Union Dues Revocation Developments - NLRB Issues Both Advice Memo and Decision
https://lri.link/2JrowbJ

Trump Administration Blocks States From Skimming Medicaid Payments for Unions
https://lri.link/2YcoNDB

U.S. Department of Labor Says “Gig Economy” Workers Are Independent Contractors, Not Employees (US)
https://lri.link/2VP7VFw

High Court Won’t Review Whether Unions Can Represent Nonmembers
https://lri.link/2vKQE1p

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What’s next for workplace freedom?
https://lri.link/2J8eRHE

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AFL-CIO’s Trumka Opposes Green New Deal “As Currently Written”
https://lri.link/301eO5P

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Bloomberg: Non-Union Earnings Rising Twice As Fast As Union Earnings
https://lri.link/2VOBjM0

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Unions spent $2B on politics in 2018
https://lri.link/2V9zXHo

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NY Farmworkers to rally in Albany for labor protections
https://lri.link/2LwViLb

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AI, Technology and Labor

How Unions Are Pushing Back Against the Rise of Workplace Technology
https://lri.link/306VCU4

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It’s All Academic

Temple University holding first ‘open negotiations’ with faculty: ‘This was us watching the sausage being made'
https://lri.link/2VpdquQ

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Minimum Rising NLRB May Take Up Case Involving the Rights of Unpaid Interns
https://lri.link/2JzdeT1

The Little Big Union joins the growing movement to transform fast food
https://lri.link/2LFkZZU

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Right-to-Work

Bucking the Right-to-Work Trend, Illinois Passes Ban on Right-to-Work Zones
https://lri.link/306XIU8

Despite Supreme Court ruling, some MN public union members say stopping dues is too tough
https://lri.link/30552j4

Harris on Fighting for Unions: I Will Use ‘Bully Pulpit,’ Focus on ‘Banning Right-to-Work Laws’
https://lri.link/303djnA

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Whistlin’ Dixie

Teamsters Hit with Federal Charge for Attack on Sysco Foods Employee Collecting Petitions Opposing Union
https://lri.link/2PWzeIn

Volkswagen Tennessee Union Bid on Hold in Big Defeat for UAW
https://lri.link/2Y9DYxc

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Industrial & Manufacturing

Lear Corporation in Flint votes to join UAW
https://lri.link/2LxpK87

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Transportation & Logistics

Teamsters National UPS Agreement Takes Effect, Final Supplement Ratified
https://lri.link/2VprPra

Watchdog group to MTA: Shrink labor costs, save hundreds of millions
https://lri.link/301fJ6h

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Labor Around the World

Defeated? The unions are still running Britain
https://lri.link/2PS3AvG

Mexico adopts labor reforms, advancing Trump USMCA trade deal
https://lri.link/2vMWuQ0

Ontario Liberals Must Repay Secret Funds Funneled To Unions
https://lri.link/307ZggK

Pub Workers of the World, Unite
https://lri.link/2Wxk6DU
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