SMLR Experts In the News

CNN Business interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the Starbucks CEO’s stance on unionization. Workers at 282 stores have now voted to join Starbucks Workers United.

Daily Hive Canada talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about why “The Great Resignation” is more like “The Great Renegotiation” for millions of workers.

NJ Spotlight News interviews Will Brucher about the ongoing legal dispute between Medieval Times and the union representing workers at its Lyndhurst, NJ location.

ABC News reports Tesla fired more than 30 workers at its Buffalo, NY facility, just one day after a union organizing campaign kicked-off there. Susan Schurman is quoted.

The ESOP Podcast discusses the new massive open online course (MOOC) offered by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Governing publishes an op-ed co-authored by Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center and Kermit Kaleba of Lumina Foundation.

Bloomberg Law analyzes recent unionization trends. Susan Schurman says, “I believe we are on the cusp of the next great wave of worker organizing.”

TVO reports on the new Canadian Employee Ownership Coalition, quoting Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Digiday examines the recent wave of news media layoffs, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

The Star-Ledger cites research by the Center for Women and Work and Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium.