LSER Experts In the News

The New York Times talks to Will Brucher about Harold Daggett, the president of the striking International Longshoremen’s Association.

NJ Spotlight News interviews Will Brucher and Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the port strike.

The Associated Press reports President Biden is declining to use the Taft-Hartley Act to stop the port strike. Will Brucher says the law is “widely despised” by unions.

Business Insider examines whether the hurricane’s impact on the supply chain gives dockworkers the upper hand in their strike. Will Brucher is quoted.

Newsweek reports on the president’s refusal to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act to halt the strike and force negotiations, quoting Will Brucher.

NJBIZ interviews Rutgers experts, including Will Brucher, about the impact of the strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association.

The Washington Post reports doctors and nurse practitioners at Unity Health Care in Washington D.C. are demanding safe staffing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Governing writes about Republican opposition to the growing number of union campaigns in the South, quoting Eric Blanc.

The New York Times examines how the president’s goals could affect auto industry jobs, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Marketplace interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work. She says many women are dealing with “the stigma associated with being a caregiver.”