Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - November 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
November 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

Winds of Change: the NLRB Challenges Confidentiality Agreements and The Obama Administration’s “Call to Action” to Prohibit Non-Compete Agreements – 11/9
http://lri.link/2fFwSfn

Pennsylvania Charter Schools Are Subject to Jurisdiction of National Labor Relations Board – 11/8
http://lri.link/2fho6p6

GC Memo to NLRB: collect info but don’t share with other agencies. (yet) – 11/8
http://lri.link/2fFwXQd

New York City Passes Nation’s First Law Protecting Freelance Workers From Wage Theft – 11/3
http://lri.link/2eWj2DW

Fourth Circuit Finds Nurses Are Not Supervisors – Could Unionize – 11/3
http://lri.link/2eFNL7d

Employees Unlawfully Disciplined for In-Store Protest, Labor Board Decides – 10/26
http://lri.link/2fFLT2L

Intermittent Strike Tactic Could Get Boost From NLRB – 10/24
http://lri.link/2fG4qIz

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Confirms NLRB’s Infamous Specialty Healthcare Decision Has Given Rise to More Micro-Units – 11/1
http://lri.link/2fAMIY5

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Uberization

Uber Found an Unlikely Friend in Organized Labor – 10/27
http://lri.link/2eFPklv

NLRB argues against Uber – 11/3
http://lri.link/2fhnv6S

Teamsters object to Lyft settlement – 11/2
http://lri.link/2fG4sjF

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Election Results and Expectations

Top 10 workplace law developments to expect from the Trump presidency – 11/9
http://lri.link/2emzsJh

Who Will be Trump’s Sec. of Labor? – 11/9
http://lri.link/2eWn3Il

On Labor – Results on Fight for $15 and Right to Work ballot initiatives – 11/9
http://lri.link/2emxLMa

Minimum Wage Increases California – 10/26
http://lri.link/2fFwjSQ

Unions Defeat Right-To-Work Amendment In Virginia
http://lri.link/2fFvh9l

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A Lawless Labor Agenda – 11/2
http://lri.link/2g1mKAi

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American Constitution Society Issues Brief on Employee Status – 10/26
http://lri.link/2fG1trJ

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BUOC (Big Unions On Campus)

Hundreds of Harvard students stage a walkout, occupy building to support striking dining hall workers – 10/24
http://lri.link/2eNVtiL

A vote for Columbia grad students – 11/1
http://lri.link/2fUZFQg

In Wake of NLRB Ruling, AFT and SEIU Vie to Organize Grad Student Workers at Northwestern – 10/20
http://lri.link/2eFUmP4

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SEIU Watch

SEIU Uses Old Folks to Play Monopoly – 10/31
http://lri.link/2fV1blG

California Hospital Workers Dump SEIU-UHW – 11/9
http://lri.link/2emySLE

SEIU Harasses Care Provider And Elderly Client – 11/8
http://lri.link/2fokEHd

Seattle Weekly Opposes SEIU Initiative – 11/4
http://lri.link/2eFW5Uq

Court: SEIU-UHW Officials Must Stand Trial for Failing to Represent Union Member – 10/28
http://lri.link/2fhnIXI

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Fusion Employees Move Toward Unionization With Writers Guild East – 11/4
http://lri.link/2eWn7Ic

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Judge denies injunction to end strike, will revisit Monday – 11/4
http://lri.link/2g1milD

Far Better than an Injunction: Philly Strike Settles – 11/7
http://lri.link/2fojXNZ

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Teamster Beat

Teamsters Executive Said to Have Obstructed Investigation – 11/4
http://lri.link/2g1mhxZ

Teamsters rally for endangered pensions – 10/28
http://lri.link/2fokbET

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Auto Workers

Locked-out South Bend Honeywell workers will vote on contract proposal – 11/8
http://lri.link/2eWlOsR

Layoffs hit US auto industry as sales slow – 10/25
http://lri.link/2eFQE7M

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Labor Around the World

Unifor members approve new four-year labour agreement with Ford – 11/6
http://lri.link/2fV05Gk

The Fight for Mexican Labor – 10/20
http://lri.link/2fFJLbj
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