LSER Experts In the News

The Guardian asks Eric Blanc what’s driving labor’s recent success. He cites the tight labor market, increased union momentum, and more militant bargaining methods.

Devex writes about alleged union busting at the Open Society Foundations, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on contract negotiations between SEPTA and its largest union, TWU 234, quoting Francis Ryan.

Rutgers Today runs a Q&A with Susan Schurman and Rutgers alumna Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, the newly elected president of the Writers Guild of America, East.

Rutgers Today runs a Q&A with Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research and previews a disability employment research seminar.

The New Yorker interviews Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU about renowned organizer Jane McAlevey, who is battling cancer.

CNN Business examines the strategy that led to a contract deal at Kaiser Permanente, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

The Associated Press asks Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) why we are “absolutely at a turning point in people’s consciousness.”

The Detroit News reports cost-of-living-adjustments are part of the negotiations between GM and the striking UAW, quoting Susan Schurman.

Becker’s Hospital Review reports Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers could return to the picket lines, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.