Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - October 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
October 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

A new joint-employer headache for McDonald's? – 10/6
http://lri.link/2e6zk1h

NLRB Permits Off-Duty Employees to Picket on Employer Property – 10/7
http://lri.link/2dSHLtZ

NLRB General Counsel Wants More Clarity and Employee Protection for Intermittent Strikes – 10/5
http://lri.link/2dKmvaX

DOL Publishes Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors To Provide Paid Sick Leave To Employees – 9/30
http://lri.link/2dlnrlt

Business Organizations and Ten States Move for a Nationwide Permanent Injunction Against DOL’s New Persuader Rule – 9/30
http://lri.link/2dLIEo4

NLRB Restricts Employers’ Ability to Reach Consent Settlement Agreements – 9/15
http://lri.link/2egVAFv

21 States Sue To Block Labor Department's Overtime Rule – 9/20
http://lri.link/2et1K4p

Foreign Union Allowed to Ignore Federal Disclosure Requirements – 10/8
http://lri.link/2dwZuoL

D.C. Circuit Scolds NLRB for ‘Bad Faith’, ‘Abusive Tactics’ and ‘Extremism’ – 10/7
http://lri.link/2e2dJ5O

Labor council to pay $16,000 for alleged public-disclosure violations – 9/23
http://lri.link/2et0yhJ

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Northwestern modifies handbook to treat football players like employees – 10/11
http://lri.link/2dYiyj8

In Memo, NLRB Told Northwestern Its Restrictions on Football Players Were ‘Unlawful’ – 10/11
http://lri.link/2dLGTHi

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Volkswagen readies challenge to NLRB 'micro union' test – 10/10
http://lri.link/2dSJShM

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Manufacturing Massacre: Union Leaders Betray Their Members – 10/11
http://lri.link/2ddcMpC

Rat-Inflating Union Organizer Can't Get Overtime – 10/5
http://lri.link/2dLIAo3

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The Sneaky Way Public Unions Are Getting Tax Dollars for Union Activities – 9/28
http://lri.link/2dwXVY0

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Billionaire Carl Icahn Closes The Trump Taj Mahal Casino After Union Standoff – 10/10
http://lri.link/2dKo7RO

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Designing 21st century platform unions—part 2 – 9/15
http://lri.link/2dLGAMt

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Beyond Social Movement Unionism
http://lri.link/2dN10IU

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Local union leader charged with theft – 9/26
http://lri.link/2dN1XRl

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SEIU Watch

Judgment against union grows to $7.8 million – 10/4
http://lri.link/2dXoZkB

Back in Court: California Hospital Association Sues SEIU-UHW for Millions Locked up in Covert Partnership Organization – 9/20
http://lri.link/2dN2fYi

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Teamster Beat

Zuckerman v. Hoffa: Can a “Pissed-off Teamster” Push Out the Incumbent? – 10/12
http://lri.link/2et2wOR

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Alt-Labor

Beautiful Rising’s new toolbox for change – 9/21
http://lri.link/2e6yemc

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Fight for $15

Beginning Next Year, Seattle's Fast Food and Big Box Employees Will Get More Control Over their Work Schedules – 9/19
http://lri.link/2dYiznr

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Right-to-Work

Unions Fight Ballot Efforts to Constitutionalize Right to Work – 10/10
http://lri.link/2dXo9EB

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Auto Workers

UAW Local President in Indiana Indicted for Embezzlement – 10/6
http://lri.link/2dXod7i

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Labor Around the World

Fiat Chrysler Deal With Union Averts Strike in Canada – 10/11
http://lri.link/2dLIGvQ

Canadian Ford Workers Unhappy With Union's GM Deal – 10/3
http://lri.link/2dN3JC4

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Unions call for speed in workers on company boards – 10/2
http://lri.link/2ddcRJQ

Hyundai Workers on Full Strike for First Time in 12 Years – 9/26
http://lri.link/2e8DbWk
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