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    Top Five Labor Law Developments for May 2022

    June 17, 2022 // Geodis Logistics, Video game testers, No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act,

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    SPLC union: Civil rights organization’s return-to-office policy shows racial disparity

    March 30, 2022 // The union, which has been engaged in collective bargaining with SPLC management for more than a year, said a unit responsible for bringing in revenue primarily made up of Black women was being required to return to work, despite telework opportunities being made available to other employees.

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    Airport Workers Rally For Better Pay, Working Conditions Nationwide

    March 30, 2022 // The contracted workers are demanding that American Airlines, United and other major U.S. airlines sign a pledge to ensure that the companies they contract with pay fair wages to airport workers and provide affordable health insurance and benefits like paid sick days.

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    What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers

    March 25, 2022 // By organizing with the Warehouse Workers for Justice, many were able to get their jobs back and have their demands met. “What’s really interesting is that there’s a huge movement right now for worker centers and unions to work together ... to essentially surround the industry,” Oliva said. “So if an employer busts the union, the worker center emerges. If the worker center is unable to organize the workers, the union organizes them.”

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