Subject: Labor Relations INK Links September 2017

Labor Relations INK Links
September 2017
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

Top Five Labor Law Developments For August 2017 - 9/12
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Hearing on Joint Employer - 9/13
http://lri.link/2eVP3xe

NLRB: Employer’s Side Letter Explaining NLRB Notice Breached Settlement Agreement and Warranted Default Judgment - 9/12
http://lri.link/2x2PKil

Ex-NLRB Compliance Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $400K in Back Pay – 8/21
http://lri.link/2wXuHOV

Split NLRB says Minn. Timberwolves jumbotron workers are employees – 8/21
http://lri.link/2xlqC70

Illinois Next to Prohibit Salary History Inquiries?  – 8/21
http://lri.link/2wXRr1h

Labor Wants to Make Nafta Its Friend. Here’s the Problem. – 8/22
http://lri.link/2h44eFy

NLRB to Argue Against Uber in Key Labor Fight in Ninth Circuit – 8/23
http://lri.link/2x1Zmty

NLRB says companies may be alter egos because owners are married – 8/24
http://lri.link/2xltiBD

Justices May Decide to Revisit Public Union Fees – 8/29
http://lri.link/2xZI1iz

Court Upholds T-Mobile’s Positive Workplace Environment Rules - 9/7
http://lri.link/2jqXxl5

3rd Circuit says NLRB must revisit ruling that nurses were not supervisors – 8/29
http://lri.link/2jqseqN

U.S. judge strikes down Obama administration overtime pay rule - 8/31, 9/1, 9/7
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D.C. Circuit Court Quashes the NLRB’s Extraordinary Expansion of Weingarten Rights - 8/25
http://lri.link/2jo2MSy

Second Circuit Affirms NLRB Position on Broad Confidentiality Agreements - 9/5
http://lri.link/2wqznIH

Canada Reportedly Wants the U.S. to Scrap Its Right-to-Work Laws as Part of a New NAFTA Deal - 9/5
http://lri.link/2wqBe0e

Democrats choose union over Tesla in California cap-and-trade deal - 9/12
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Morgan Lewis Partner Said to Be Up for Labor Board Seat – 8/23
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Businesses Say ‘Yes’ to Robb as Labor Board’s Top Lawyer – 8/25
http://lri.link/2f5tJt1

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Commentary | Court ruling on tax increases benefits labor unions - 9/6
http://lri.link/2x1XzVr

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15 Cities Where Unions Are Disappearing – 8/28
http://lri.link/2y6ZTZK

LABOR DAY TEXT ANALYTICS POLL™ SPELLS TROUBLE FOR LABOR UNIONS - 9/3
http://lri.link/2x0FeGB

Buoyed by Gains Among Republicans, Union Approval at Highest Levels Since 2003 - 9/5
http://lri.link/2wqmGhf

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Big Labor's latest scheme: Weaponized benefits funds - 9/6
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Labor unions are trying to take back politics in the Midwest - 9/3
http://lri.link/2vU3icP

Though elections are next year unions already revving up - 9/1
http://lri.link/2fjIZzr

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Big Labor Exploits Harvey – 8/30, 9/4
http://lri.link/2xyAvz5

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Labor watchdog wants answers from ex-Teamsters boss on son’s deals - 9/2
http://lri.link/2h3hRbw

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GM CAMI workers authorize strike in Canada - less than ½ voted for strike! - 8/30
http://lri.link/2w94nBZ

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IAM pushes sellout deal on striking Chicago car mechanics - 9/11
http://lri.link/2wpTwii

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Meet The Millennial Who’s Trying To Save The Labor Movement With A Facebook For Unions - 9/1
http://lri.link/2x0eoOX

https://unionbase.org/

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SEIU Watch

Service Union Plans Big Push to Turn Midwest Political Tide – 8/24
http://lri.link/2h3MDkJ

Former SEIU president sues to get her job back – 8/25
http://lri.link/2x2x7Lw

SEIU Staff Union Slams SEIU Bosses – 8/31
http://lri.link/2f6jBAn

SEIU’s Fight for $15 Flops, $100 Million Political Campaign Next - 8/31
http://lri.link/2y6ka1v

More SEIU Members Want To Leave - 9/8
http://lri.link/2eWSQuv

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Shasta Regional nurses vote to join union - 9/8
http://lri.link/2eWqbW9

Riverside County spent $1.5 million on replacement nurses during SEIU strike - 9/12
http://lri.link/2wXQMgd

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It’s All Academic

BC Files Motion to Delay Grad Student Union Election – 8/22
http://lri.link/2h2NLVC

Grad-Student Unions One Year after Columbia University: More to Come or a Thing of the Past? – 8/23
http://lri.link/2w934Tw

Appeals Court Squashes New U of M Union Attempt - 9/7
http://lri.link/2wXVBGt

Court decision might mean the end for University unionization, some say - 9/10
http://lri.link/2f6IfRk

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Union Pension Turmoil

Teamsters voting on their pension this week – 8/22
http://lri.link/2y0oC0U

1.3 million workers' pension plans expected to go insolvent – 8/23
http://lri.link/2x2xxS6

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Teamster Beat

Taking on Hoffa: Teamsters Local 25 president exploring international run - 9/12
http://lri.link/2y8383d

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Safeway.com Delivery Drivers Vote to Join Teamsters Local 174 - 9/6
http://lri.link/2x2CQiC

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Fight for $15

Economists still can’t decide whether the minimum wage is a good thing – 8/20
http://lri.link/2wXFt81

Ballot challenge to Flagstaff $15 minimum wage to proceed – 8/21
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Minimum Wage in St. Louis Drops From $10 to $7.70 After Missouri Governor Signs New Bill – 8/29
http://lri.link/2wX12VZ

Fight for $15 Asks Supporters for Free Labor Amid Budget Woes – 8/24
http://lri.link/2eWdx9N

McDonald's workers on strike in the UK for the first time - 9/4
http://lri.link/2xzbiEP

'Too much, too soon' - Sudbury employers - CANADA - 9/9
http://lri.link/2w9At0p

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Santa Ana squanders its budget on pointless union giveaway – 8/28
http://lri.link/2wq2hZF

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Right-to-Work

Workers Desire the Freedom to Choose – 8/22
http://lri.link/2y6oAp5

Unions continue challenge of 'right-to-work' law - 9/6
http://lri.link/2wZw78Z

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Auto Workers

Former UAW official Virdell King pleads guilty in Fiat Chrysler case – 8/29
http://lri.link/2xl7iqn

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Labor Around the World

Two union leaders assassinated in Marikana over alleged graft – 8/21
http://lri.link/2jqu7DT

Macron Faces First Big Street Protests, a Challenge to His Labor Overhaul - 9/12
http://lri.link/2xZY8gf

Row Escalates Between France, Poland Over EU Labor Reforms – 8/25
http://lri.link/2wq4xzY

Modi Needs to Revamp Labor Laws to Spur Growth, Adviser Says – 8/29
http://lri.link/2w8U68G
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