INK Links January 2021

by | Jan 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Union Bailout Update

Before Becoming Boston’s Mayor, Biden’s Labor Pick Was Embroiled in Union Extortion Scandal https://www.texasobserver.org/the-year-newspaper-unions-roared-back-to-life-in-texas/ Boeing: The NLRB Decision That Keeps On Giving http://lri.link/3sodPKY NLRB: Employer’s Good-Faith Belief in Employee’s Misconduct Insufficient to Justify Terminating Employee Engaged in Protected Activity http://lri.link/39xJbGo Biden chooses Boston Mayor Walsh as Labor secretary http://lri.link/3bxItf7 DOL Clarifies Definition of Independent Contractor http://lri.link/2XEFlFT Significant Workplace Changes in Store under the Biden Administration http://lri.link/2LNTyxy Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … a New President http://lri.link/38Cg4CB Top Employee Handbook Updates for 2021 http://lri.link/3qfNbSL

********** Covid-19

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws http://lri.link/3i8sS6M U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations http://lri.link/3nFWUQD NLRB Issues Two More COVID-19 Advice Memos On Remote Bargaining And Hazard Pay http://lri.link/2XIJJDL Both Remote and On-Site Workers are Grappling with Serious Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 http://lri.link/2XAM57Z ********** No longer operating under same political party, unions forge alliance in upcoming city races http://lri.link/3qirmBW

********** Tech/Media Unions

ANALYSIS: Why Google Workers Are Looking for That ‘Union’ Label https://lri.link/3oGwQ9l Will Alphabet’s Unionization Effort Spread to Other Big Tech Companies? http://lri.link/3nDHLPH The Year Newspaper Unions Roared Back to Life in Texas http://lri.link/2MW9luN Three of Spotify’s Podcast Unions Stop Working to Demand Better Workplace Conditions http://lri.link/38FM0Gf

********** Union Corruption

Ex-Employees of Carpenters Council in New Jersey File Whistleblower Suit http://lri.link/2MXCm9v Three State Workers Sue SEIU Chapter Alleging Dues Were Illegally Withheld http://lri.link/38DmzVS Southern California Independent Union Boss Sentenced for Thefts http://lri.link/39p9Bds

********** It’s All Academic

Augsburg Staff Vote for a Union http://lri.link/2XDFGZG 2020 exposed the teachers unions for the frauds they are http://lri.link/38FWOEr

********** Organizing

Why Unions Must Recommit to Expanding Their Base http://lri.link/39oimVa Unions see opportunity as new generation of organizers emerge amid pandemic http://lri.link/35COvqQ ********** 2020 Saw Resurgence of Strikes as a Key Tactic for Labor Around the World http://lri.link/3nJFMt8

********** Healthcare

Hospital Offers Workers $500 to Get COVID-19 Vaccine http://lri.link/3bJaSP8 California hospitals reach tentative agreement with RNs, avert strikes http://lri.link/39rbMxb For Health Care Workers, The Pandemic Is Fueling Renewed Interest In Unions http://lri.link/38HGoLQ

********** Alt-Labor

Minority Unions – A Major Concern for Employers in 2021 and Beyond? http://lri.link/35CNsaF Members-only Unions: Can They Help Revitalize Workplace Democracy? http://lri.link/38DIYCf

********** Minimum Rising

Raises from Coast to Coast in 2021 http://lri.link/3i9Py6F

********** Labor Around the World

First USMCA report raises ‘serious concerns’ on Mexico labor law implementation http://lri.link/35DGC4r Collective Bargaining Needs a Fresh Start, in Canada and the US Alike http://lri.link/3soYnhA

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