SMLR Experts In the News

GetFive issues a press release announcing its 2019 HR Hero Award recipients, including SMLR adjunct instructor Maryanne Spatola.

The Cooperative Business Journal publishes an op-ed by Joseph Blasi of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, arguing that expanding worker co-ops can stave off job loss and economic harm when business owners retire.

The Willamsport Sun-Gazette publishes a letter to the editor arguing against restrictive abortion laws, citing research by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

Forbes profiles an Arizona state legislator who uses a wheelchair, citing a report by the Program for Disability Research.

The Portland Business Journal publishes an op-ed advocating for a paid family leave law in Oregon, citing research by the Center for Women and Work.

The University of Pittsburgh Magazine reports Pitt alumnus Michael Lowenstein, an adjunct instructor at SMLR, was named to the CustomerThink Hall of Fame.

Markets Insider cites paid family leave research by the Center for Women and Work.

NPR Illinois interviews Camille Kerr, a research fellow in the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, about legislation to boost worker cooperatives in the state.

The Biden Foundation’s Biden Forum publishes an op-ed by Joseph Blasi of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, outlining a six-point plan to lift-up the middle class through a national employee ownership and profit sharing policy.

Rutgers Today reports SMLR alumna Analilia Mejia is the national political director for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, quoting Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work.