Subject: Labor Relations INK Links September 2021

Labor Relations Institute
September 2021
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

Keep Alaska working by pushing back against the PRO Act (Opinion)
https://lri.link/3tlRVcr

‘Not dealing with rookies’: Companies brace for Biden’s new labor cops
https://lri.link/3toAwj5

Trump labor board appointee is probed by DOJ over ethics allegations
https://lri.link/3DTFFEH

D.C. Circuit rejects NLRB's limits on contractor picketing
https://lri.link/3h8XMwG

NLRB standard for access to property overturned by D.C. Circuit
https://lri.link/3zPzZcl

The NLRB’s Amazon antics
https://lri.link/3jOVsfX

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Covid-19

Delta workers getting vaccines to avoid fines, top lawyer says
https://lri.link/38NBYC6

AP: Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer is approved
https://lri.link/3l2EYjI

Covid vaccine mandates at hospitals to soar on Pfizer approval
https://lri.link/3DSCjSA

Could COVID vaccination mandates be coming to the auto industry?
https://lri.link/3n9vqGC

Detroit highlights the tension over COVID vaccine mandates
https://lri.link/3BSuf2p

GM confidentially surveyed white-collar workers on Covid vaccination status
https://lri.link/3kZQjkD

GM requiring its U.S. salaried workforce to disclose vaccination status
https://lri.link/3jOtp0l

UAW president: Union will not require members to get vaccinated against COVID
https://lri.link/3kYXn15

New AFL-CIO president: 'Everyone should be vaccinated'
https://lri.link/38JNxdB

Pennsylvania nursing home opposes Biden’s vaccine obligation in employment crisis
https://lri.link/3h3BLzp

United Airlines employees receiving COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption face unpaid leave
https://lri.link/3A0BDrE

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Organizing

Starbucks workers in New York are organizing to form first US union
https://lri.link/2ViUfEe

Student workers at Hamilton College to vote on unionization, possibly a national first
https://lri.link/3yOFxmm

Brooklyn Museum staff vote to unionize
https://lri.link/3n8GLqf

Amazon's new union battle: Teamsters go local to snarl expansion
https://lri.link/38NxUlk

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Texas expands sexual harassment protections for employees
https://lri.link/3yOTnVI

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Union Corruption (not too many updates here, though I’m keeping eyes open)

UAW watchdog getting evidence from feds in corruption probe
https://lri.link/3nag9oO

New UAW President Ray Curry on COVID vaccine mandates, chip shortages, and corruption reforms
https://lri.link/3l08Ygf

Progress towards reforming the UAW
https://lri.link/3tm1Uyr

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Tech/Media Unions

U.S. labor agency probes two complaints from Apple workers
https://lri.link/3thXIzE

Apple just banned a pay equity Slack channel but lets fun dogs channel lie
https://lri.link/3DQJjPD

MSNBC staff votes to unionize with Writers Guild East
https://lri.link/3ngcLIS

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Manufacturing

Functional Devices workers vote against forming union
https://lri.link/3zLyLPo

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Rideshare Rollercoaster

Lyft, DoorDash see share prices fall after California ruling on Proposition 22
https://lri.link/3jQcxXa

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Healthcare

St. Vincent nurse strike becomes longest in Massachusetts history
https://lri.link/3DSYMyM

National union blames hospitals for staffing crisis; hospitals point to pandemic challenges
https://lri.link/3BPWfDt

Nursing home workers advocate for increased staffing
https://lri.link/3n8noOb

Workers at north St. Louis nursing home go on one-day strike demanding higher wages
https://lri.link/3zRVuJA

Over 300 Ontario physicians sign open letter to Ford demanding pay increases for nurses
https://lri.link/3zQl41L

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Minimum Rising

Walmart to raise minimum wage to $12 an hour
https://lri.link/3jLZAgT

Walgreens to raise wages for hourly workers to $15 by November 2022
https://lri.link/3kWnCVW

FL is set to boost the minimum wage to $10 an hour -- ‘a dramatic difference’ for low-wage workers
https://lri.link/3yTdoue

'Supply and demand': Workforce shortages cause Northwest Florida wages to skyrocket
https://lri.link/3A1LwW0

Santa Fe to explore $15 minimum wage for city employees
https://lri.link/3zPQaXj

Kentucky lawmakers push for minimum wage increase
https://lri.link/2Yrfchr

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Labor Around the World

Mexico to seek labor rules for gig workers, minister says
https://lri.link/2WUeCIy

Spain's economy minister sees minimum wage hike being approved in Sept
https://lri.link/3thu1ia

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Paramount+’s ‘The Offer’ pulls planned shoot at Chateau Marmont amid protests
https://lri.link/2YsuYst
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