SMLR Experts In the News

The Hill reports business groups and the Biden administration want to make it as easy as possible for workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

WHYY interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the high level of burnout among nurses.

Bloomberg reports some workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama are wary of joining a union, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization. | Bloomberg’s publications in Canada and India republish the story.

Law360 reports on President Biden’s statement that it’s not up to him—or employers—to decide whether anyone should join a union, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

NJBIZ reports the pandemic is causing a steep decline in community college enrollment, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center who says the trend will “exacerbate existing inequalities."

Wrestling INC writes about how MMA fighter Leslie Smith, a Labor Studies and Employment Relations student at SMLR, is trying to form a union in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Nasdaq interviews Jessica Methot about her small talk study, noting the results were “remarkable."

Rutgers Today writes about Francis Ryan’s interview with longtime civil rights and labor leader William Lucy, sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

U.S. News and World Report interviews Scott Seibert about the value and versatility of a degree in Human Resource Management, noting top-level HR executives can earn as much as $300,000 plus stock options and other benefits.

Fifty by Fifty publishes a column by Adria Sharf about the teaching resources available in the Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership (CLEO).