Labor Relations Week Index-Summary

GAMBLING AND GAMING

– Casinos

See CASINOS

GARMENT INDUSTRY

See APPAREL AND GARMENT INDUSTRY

GAS

See OIL AND GAS

GAY EMPLOYEES

– Discrimination

See SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION

– Domestic partner issues

See DOMESTIC PARTNERS

– Treatment, Human Rights Campaign report, 1565

GCC

See GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

GCIU

See now GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

GDP

See GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

See SEX DISCRIMINATION
– Pay gap

See PAY EQUITY

GENDER IDENTITY

– Employment Non-Discrimination Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2981, S 1584

– Job bias, 35% of large firms ban, report, 303
– Mich., Kalamazoo city commissioners approve bias ban, 1114
– Ohio, Akron bias ban enacted, In Brief, 1320
– State laws banning job bias, 21 states and D.C., GAO report, 1653

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– Challenges and employer changes will ensure jobs for lawyers, conference, 527
– DOL semiannual regulatory agenda, 786
– EEOC proposed rules will be published, triggering 60-day comment period, In Brief, 360; EEOC plans to issue final rule to implement job provisions, 788; EEOC proposes to insert references into some of existing procedural regulations, 847; EEOC approves proposed final rule to implement for OMB review, In Brief, 1295; DOL, Medicare and Medicaid Ctrs., IRS issue interim final rules, 1585
– Health and welfare plans, employers await compliance guidance before amending plans for 2010 deadline, 1606
– Regulations, DOL, HHS and Treas. Depts. plan to release, conference, 1729

GEORGIA

– Combustible dust, OSHA inspections trigger citations, 1104

GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GLASS INDUSTRY

– Glass Serv., bankruptcy code's automatic stay provision violated by IUPAT pension fund's offset of debtor's benefits (7th Cir.), 685

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS

– Federal

See FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS

– State

See specific states

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Teachers

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

GRANTS

– Child labor

– – Exploitive labor, ILAB awards $59M to help rescue children in four continents, 1551
– – Prevention, ILAB offers, In Brief, 600

– Community college graduates, Obama proposes $12B initiative to educate and train for new jobs in changing economy, 1135
– Labor-management cooperation, FMCS issues draft guidelines for committee grants, In Brief, 482; FMCS announces availability of grants, In Brief, 1136
– Market recovery dispute between PPF Local 539 and nonunion contractor must be argued before NLRB (Minn.), 1342
– Mine safety, Brookwood-Sago grants for education and training programs available in FY2009, MSHA says, In Brief, 1069; grant recipients announced, 1525
– Training for laid-off workers

– – Casinos, DOL will award, In Brief, 354
– – Green jobs

See TRAINING

– – Health care jobs

– – – Automotive communities will get $25M, White House task force says, In Brief, 1176
– – – ETA solicits applications for $220M, 1175

– – Homeless vets

See VETERANS

– – Mich. auto workers granted $4.1M, In Brief, 802
– – Mo. and KS automotive supply workers, DOL will award, In Brief, 354
– – Ore., DOL awards $1.4M for paper plant employees, In Brief, 948

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

– Local 65-B, oral union pact extension with printing firm valid, management rights clause authorizes employer to change discipline policy (7th Cir.), 1137
– Tribune Publ'g, allowing dues checkoff after CBA expired and then reversing decision without bargaining with GCC-IBT is ULP (D.C. Cir.), 684

GRATUITIES

See TIPS

GREEN JOBS

– Advantages include energy self-sufficiency, economic recovery, move towards middle-class jobs, witnesses tell HELP Comm., 639
– AFL-CIO launches initiative, focuses on workforce development and training, conference, 252
– Benefits, green firms offer low wages and inadequate benefits, report, 223
– Blue Green Alliance, Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conf. goals aligned with economic stimulus bill, 251; greening of economy should focus on domestic investment, jobs, labor officials comment, 251
– Definition of what constitutes discussed, House panel hearing, 518; Barton (R-Texas) and Walden (R-Ore) ask Solis and Chu to clarify, 679; GAO urges DOL to clarify definition and standard for measuring work readiness of youth, 1566
– Job creation

– – Bond (R-Mo.) says proposals should not eliminate existing jobs or use taxpayer-funded subsidies, 747
– – Clean energy

See CLEAN ENERGY

– – Econ. Recovery and Reinvestment Act, groups tell Middle Class Task Force $19B in funding should create lasting jobs and living wages, meeting, 373
– – Funding for nonunion training programs

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1238

– – Labor Day, DOL Sec'y urges good-paying, safe, sustainable, innovative jobs, 1432
– – N.Y. gov. signs Green Jobs-Green N.Y. Act, 1695
– – Pay hike, job growth could improve living standards, House panel told, 537
– – Quality jobs needed to improve workers' economic situation, speakers say, conference, 614
– – Retrofitting homes to improve energy efficiency, Biden unveils proposal, 1667
– – Wash. state agency report, potential for jobs highlighted in, 224

– Made in Am. Jobs tour to promote clean energy, job creation and climate change, leaders announce kickoff, 1368
– Mich. plans to retrain workers, Levin says, conference, 694; report outlines kinds of jobs, training needed, defines green job, Senators working on manufacturing policy, conference, 829
– Occupational safety and health initiative, NIOSH launches, 979
– Recession, DOL Sec'y outlines initiatives for unemployed, touts worker protections and green jobs potential, conference, 976; Solis responds to layoffs/closures by offering job training, promoting health care reform, EFCA passage, wage hour enforcement, conference, 984
– Training

See TRAINING

GRIEVANCES

– Retaliation, filing grievance over overtime distribution not protected activity, no Title VII, N.Y. HR Law claim (W.D.N.Y.), 1676
– Sovereign immunity, ruling that Dallas Area Rapid Transit immune from ATU Local 1338 grievance challenging wages left standing (U.S., rev den), 931

GROCERY STORES

– Albertson's and Ralph's, ruling that locked-out UFCW workers failed to prove limitations period barring recovery of unemployment benefits should be extended reversed (Cal. Ct. App.), 443; unpublished opinion favoring workers certified for publication (Cal. App. Ct.), 642; locked-out workers may proceed with claim (Cal. Ct. App.), 1471
– Amish grocery chain and affiliates settle overtime dispute with N.Y. Dep't of Labor, 362
– Ariz. supermarkets, UFCW Local 99 members approve strike authorization, In Brief, 1549
– Assoc. Supermarket and Pioneer Supermarket pay $1.125M in restitution to baggers for FLSA violations (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), In Brief, 1128
– Bashas, challenge to whether request by Hispanic employees for class certification of Title VII pay bias claims properly rejected by trial judge (U.S., rev den), 175
– Bruno's Supermarkets files motion to reject pacts in bankruptcy (N.D. Ala.), 443; asset sale to S. Family Mkts. approved, saves 56 jobs (N.D. Ala.), 756
– Cal. Grocers Ass'n, L.A. Grocery Worker Retention Ordinance preempted by Cal. code, NLRA (Cal. Ct. App.), 1253
– MT Supermarket pays back wages for FLSA violations, 1339
– Ralphs Grocery, former executives acquitted of conspiracy and fraud charges stemming from unlawful hiring of locked-out workers (C.D. Cal.), 1095
– UFCW, pacts with

See FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS (UFCW)

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

– BEA reports, 4th quarter 2008, 212; 4th quarter 2008, 212; 4th quarter, revised, 367; 4th quarter, final, 530; 1st quarter, 2009, 729; 1st quarter, revised, 898; 1st quarter, final, 1065; 2nd quarter, 1263; 2nd quarter, unchanged, 1423; 2nd quarter, revised, 1600
– Health insurance reform, sweeping changes would increase growth rate, CEA report, 888

GUARDS

– Security

See SECURITY GUARDS

GUATEMALA

– Child labor prevention, ILAB offers grants for funding, In Brief, 600
– Torture claims, dismissal of Alien Tort Act and Torture Victim Protection Act claims affirmed (11th Cir.), 1376
– U.S.-Domincan Republic-Cen. Am. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), OTLA declined to seek consultations with Guatemala, 169

GUEST WORKERS

– CNMI, DHS delays application of federal immigration laws until Nov., 577
– Comprehensive immigration bill, witnesses discuss future flows, pathway to citizenship, amnesty provision, Senate panel hearing, 720; proposed commission to set future flow of immigrants may result in more offshoring, report, 910; Obama reaffirms commitment to passing bill, 1027
– Forced labor, safety, and pay violations alleged by temporary workers in suit against strawberry farm (E.D. La.), 33
– Utah, gov. signs resolution seeking waivers for employer-sponsored program, 456
– Visas

See generally VISAS