Subject: Labor Relations INK Links January 2019

Labor Relations INK Links
January 2019
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

Unionized Employers: NLRB Removes Key Hurdles for Deferring ULP Charges to Arbitration (US)
https://lri.link/2VFw91Z

The Most Important Class Action Decisions of 2018 and a Quick Look at What’s to Come
https://lri.link/2SKYdPH

D.C. Circuit Issues Confusing Browning-Ferris Decision: Exacerbating Uncertainty
https://lri.link/2H2RI9j

Woo-Hoo! Workplace Civility Rules Upheld by NLRB General Counsel
https://lri.link/2FitZR2

Airline Employees Sue Union For Same Constitutional Protection As Public Employees
https://lri.link/2H1JEG4

Company didn't violate NLRA by calling police on union reps
https://lri.link/2CZX0yo

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Campaign finance complaints filed against two more unions
https://lri.link/2TBokIL

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Cross Border Reflections on the Future of Labor Law Reform
https://lri.link/2Qz23JM

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USW Members Overwhelmingly Ratify New National Grid Contract
https://lri.link/2Axls8L

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‘Nothing short of inhumane’: Union sues Trump administration over shutdown
https://lri.link/2sgX46G

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Warren Presidential Bid Would Put Labor Issues in Spotlight
https://lri.link/2D05Nk4

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SEIU Watch

Social worker sues union, says they violated constitutional rights
https://lri.link/2ACSkN8

Top SEIU Official to Leave at End of Month
https://lri.link/2AEKd2I

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NUHW Hits Kaiser with Strike
https://lri.link/2C9rdcz

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It’s All Academic

A Labor Strike at a Charter School?
https://lri.link/2AF8Zjs

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Union Pension Turmoil

What's Worse Funded Than Teamsters' Central States? Chicago's Pensions
https://lri.link/2FhTmCb

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Teamster Beat

Union Scum: Seasonal UPS Workers Had Paychecks Taken By Local Teamsters Chapter In Boston
https://lri.link/2H2SfIl

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Unions get a welcome reception in digital newsrooms
https://lri.link/2CYhHea

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Another IATSE Official Arrested For Embezzling From His Local Union
https://lri.link/2M2IOHE

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Fight for $15

The Writing is on the Wall: A $15 Minimum Wage Edges Toward the New Normal
https://lri.link/2Cbk0ZA

Editorial: Workers ultimately lose when minimum wage climbs
https://lri.link/2C9M3Zw

Minimum Wage Increases in 20 States
https://lri.link/2AE6tKe

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Right-to-Work

Michigan Public Workers Opting Out of Unions in Larger Numbers Since Right-To-Work Law
https://lri.link/2LYAbOz

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Auto Workers

UAW lawsuit against GM pits temporary part-time workers against laid-off Lordstown workers over jobs
https://lri.link/2THjABx

Former UAW official sentenced in widespread scandal
https://lri.link/2CYI9nM

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Labor Around the World

The new faces of the unions – Red Pepper’s Winter 2018 issue
https://lri.link/2sjTp8e

150 million Indians to go on strike against Modi’s “anti-labour” policies
https://lri.link/2FpCNU6

Mexico’s supreme court orders domestic workers formalized
https://lri.link/2H47CjJ

Uber loses latest legal bid over driver rights
https://lri.link/2VG2KVq

Workers get new rights in overhaul but zero-hours contracts remain
https://lri.link/2RgKMKH

Attempts to Topple Labor Chief Gabbay Intensify
https://lri.link/2CZXe8I
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