Subject: Labor Relations INK Links - September 2016

Labor Relations INK Links
September 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 Admits ‘Blacklist’ Rule Gives Them New ‘Leverage’ Against Companies – 8/29
http://lri.link/2caUqHU

Board Decides King Soopers, Revises Treatment of Search-for-Work Expenses – 8/24
http://lri.link/2cC3GUM

Successor Must Bargain with Union Over Initial Terms and Conditions of Employment – 9/6
http://lri.link/2cCIwZe

California farmworkers could see overtime expanded in the next decade after historic Assembly vote – 8/29
http://lri.link/2c5uiNY

National Labor Relations Board decides charter schools are private corporations, not public schools – 8/30
http://lri.link/2cGGUiE

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I Was Forced to Join a Union – 9/6
http://lri.link/2c5uZab

Graduate students, organize – 8/30
http://lri.link/2bUu3YP

Beyond Bargaining: Consequences Of NLRB’s Graduate Students Decision – 8/29
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Only 6 percent of unionized workers voted for labor unions – 9/1
http://lri.link/2c7Sk9D

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Unions’ choice: Adapt or perish – 9/5
http://lri.link/2cdPQJY

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U.S. labor unions look increasingly white collar – 8/25
http://lri.link/2c5usou

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For Unions and New York City Hall, an Open-Door Relationship Turns Complex – 9/2
http://lri.link/2cdQ43y

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SEIU Watch

Jury finds against union, awards $5.3 million in damages to cleaning firm – 9/6
http://lri.link/2bYNQrm

Big Labor’s McDonald’s Defense – 9/2
http://lri.link/2cC5blx

SEIU-UHW's Dave Regan Pushes More Purple Lies on Dignity Healthcare Workers – 8/30
http://lri.link/2bTx3Qj

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UNITE HERE Must Pay $5.5M to Hotel Employees Over ERISA Breach – 8/30
http://lri.link/2cdQHKL

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Union pressures hindering construction of affordable housing – 8/29
http://lri.link/2c5vot6

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Former Letterkenny union president accused of fraud – 9/7
http://lri.link/2cGI2mm

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14 Cities With the Strongest Unions – 9/1
http://lri.link/2ctCKWt

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Fight for $15

Wisconsin Jobs Now Discontinues Fight for $15 Affiliation – 8/31
http://lri.link/2cikrYo

The $15 an Hour Minimum Wage: A Bad Idea with a Union Label – 8/29
http://lri.link/2cC5oVQ

Sign the Higher Ground Moral Declaration
http://lri.link/2c8VzNK

More casualties in the fight for $15 –9/15
http://lri.link/2ciki7p

Christie Vetoes Minimum Wage Bill, Calling Raise to $15 ‘Really Radical’ – 8/30
http://lri.link/2ckZkn3

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Unions on the Campaign Trail

Teamsters endorse Hillary Clinton – 8/26
http://lri.link/2bTxEkO

Splitting the union vote: Organized labor has roundly endorsed Clinton, but Trump support is percolating – 9/5
http://lri.link/2c7ULsM

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Auto Workers

Day 115 For Locked Out UAW Indiana Honeywell Workers – 8/31
http://lri.link/2c7V46U

Volkswagen appeals federal labor board decision supporting UAW – 9/3
http://lri.link/2bUw8nt

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Whistlin’ Dixie

VW ordered by U.S. labor board to bargain with UAW, skilled-trades workers at Tenn. plant – 9/1
http://lri.link/2bYOd2e

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Labor Around the World

Union wants exclusion from Fair Work bullying laws – 9/1
http://lri.link/2ctCjvh

Tens of millions of Indian workers strike in fight for higher wages – 9/2
http://lri.link/2bYPdq0
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