SMLR Experts In the News

The Record asks James M. Cooney how a Supreme Court ruling involving a Starbucks store in Tennessee could affect a similar legal battle at a megamall in New Jersey.

Jacobin reviews Power Lines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement, noting that Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) wrote a chapter.

The Washington Post interviews James M. Cooney about the Supreme Court decision stating that Starbucks does not have to rehire seven workers fired for union organizing.

The City reports the union that won a historic election at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York is moving to affiliate with the Teamsters. Rebecca Kolins Givan is quoted.

WBUR Radio’s On Point interviews Becky Logue-Conroy of the Center for Women and Work about New Jersey’s paid family leave program.

Down to the Struts, a podcast about disability, design, and intersectionality, interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research.

The Washington Post reports doctors and nurse practitioners at Unity Health Care in Washington D.C. are demanding safe staffing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Governing writes about Republican opposition to the growing number of union campaigns in the South, quoting Eric Blanc.

The New York Times examines how the president’s goals could affect auto industry jobs, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

The Wall Street Journal explores how remote work and virtual meetings are making more employees feel isolated, quoting Jessica Methot and citing her research.