Google ordered to turn over documents related to anti-union efforts in NLRB case
A judge has ordered Google to turn over hundreds of internal documents — many related to its efforts to quash an employee union — as part of a National Labor Relations Board case over the tech giant’s firing of former employees.
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More At-Home Tests to Be Covered by Insurers, U.S. Says: Covid Live Updates – The New York Times
Chicago’s public schools canceled Monday’s classes. Italy introduced extra vaccination requirements for those over 50.
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Chicago Teachers Union delegate vows to ‘report’ members who show up for work
A Chicago Teachers Union delegate has vowed to “report” the union employees who show up to work at their school.
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Starbucks union workers in Buffalo walk out over ‘unsafe’ conditions
Workers at the country’s first unionized Starbucks store in Buffalo staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest what they described as “unsafe working conditions” due to an ongoing COVID-19 case surge…
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NLRB judge says owner of I-95 McDonald’s must rehire union organizers laid off during COVID-19 pandemic
In the ruling, the judge wrote that testimony from the franchisee’s witnesse
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A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November
A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Labor and Business News (12/30/2021)
“Nurses have fought since day one of this pandemic for protections based on science and the precautionary principle,” said NNU President Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN. “Our demands included optimal isolation times to prevent further Covid spread and an enforceable OSHA Covid health care industry…
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How millions of jobless Americans can afford to ditch work
One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because they were getting by just fine on government aid. People had too much money, went the narrative.
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‘I’m still in pain’: Amazon employees say climate of fear has led to high rates of injuries
In May Chloe Roberson of Chattanooga, Tennessee, injured her knee while working her shift at Amazon and she has been out of work since, while fighting with the company for workers’ compensation and paid medical leave. Roberson, 21, chose to go to the emergency room rather than Amazon’s on-site medical clinic, Amcare, and was referred to a sports medicine doctor who diagnosed her with a dislocated patella (kneecap). Her initial recovery wa
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Future of HR Tech – What Does 2022 Look Like … ?
Hybrid Workforce The past two years have taught us that, the business and its perceptions that were once widely acknowledged as a norm have altered, presenting us with a society that has transformed its work philosophy.
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