SMLR Experts In the News

Inside Higher Ed reports several prominent coding boot camps are shutting down, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center.

Sojourners talks to Douglas Kruse of the Program for Disability Research about the accessibility of polling places and how it affects voter turnout.

Credentials Unscripted, a podcast about education credentials, interviews Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center.

Law360 previews the International Longshoremen’s Association, Starbucks Workers United, United Auto Workers, and CWA District 6 negotiations, quoting Will Brucher.

New Jersey Monitor reports the state’s unemployment rate hovered between 4.6% and 4.8% in 2024. Christopher Hayes calls it an indicator of “a softening labor market.”

Hoodline reports on the minimum wage hike in Denver and cites a recent report by the Workplace Justice Jab@RU on wage theft in the the city.

The New York Times examines the dangerous conditions facing many undocumented workers, quoting Janice Fine of the Workplace Justice Jab@RU.

Vox reports delivery workers are picketing several Amazon facilities over the company’s refusal to bargain a contract. Eric Blanc and Rebecca Kolins Givan are quoted.

The City reports on the controversial Home Healthcare Workers of America. Rebecca Kolins Givan says, “This union shows all the signs of being a fake union.”

The Denver Post cites research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.