SMLR Experts In the News

Harvard Business Review publishes an article co-authored by Jessica Methot about why we need casual conversations with co-workers to help us “connect across the virtual divide.”

Insider NJ publishes a press release about the nationwide expansion of the New Jersey Public School Labor-Management Collaborative, quoting Saul Rubinstein of the Center for the Study of Collaboration in Work and Society.

The Wall Street Journal quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan, who predicts the company will face more union organizing drives and worker demands.

XRAY Radio conducts a live interview with Will Brucher about the union election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

Human Resources Online reports on a new study co-authored by Nichelle Carpenter.

Jewish Exponent writes about the 7,000 women who walked off the job to demand higher wages, shorter hours, and sanitary working conditions, quoting Daniel Sidorick.

USA Today examines how Republican efforts to eliminate ballot boxes and mail-in voting could disenfranchise people with disabilities, quoting Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research. | The Erie Times-News published the original story.

VICE News asks Rebecca Kolins Givan why some Amazon workers want a union, while others are opposed or on the fence.

Deseret News reports on the union vote at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton about the transition from HR generalist to subject matter expert.