LSER Experts In the News

Forbes interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says Amazon workers are unhappy about extreme surveillance, grueling working conditions, and “the inhumanity of feeling like they are managed by apps.”

Elemental writes about how the pandemic exposed critical blind spots in science and society, quoting Christopher Hayes on the “brutal way of life” facing low-wage workers.

Film Daily reports on the union election in Bessemer, Alabama, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan on the likelihood of future organizing drives.

BuzzFeed.News reports on “the biggest union vote in Amazon’s history,” quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about what to expect as the NLRB opens the ballots at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

Barron’s runs an Agence France Presse article about the union election in Bessemer, Alabama, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan. | The story appears in hundreds of publications worldwide.

CNN Business writes about the legal maneuvering that could drag on for weeks or even months, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Guardian (UK) interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about Amazon’s “intense, full-time union-busting” in Bessemer, Alabama. | Portside republishes the story.

Ms. Magazine publishes an op-ed by Dorothy Sue Cobble about JFK’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women and why its radical ideas are still relevant today.

The Washington Post interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says Amazon could “stonewall at the bargaining table” if the union wins the election. | The Seattle Times republishes the story.