SMLR Experts In the News

Marketplace reports a growing number of employers are doing mass layoffs in the second quarter of the year to avoid bad publicity, quoting Michael Sturman.

Law360 previews upcoming contract talks. Susan Schurman says, “We haven't had leverage like this in decades on the labor side, and so this is the year to try to make some real gains.”

The Star-Ledger reports New Jersey had the largest unemployment increase between November 2022 and November 2023, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

The Washington Post interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the most significant union contract agreements and organizing victories of 2023.

The Star-Ledger talks to Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center about the closure of her mom’s nursing home and the poor treatment of its workers.

NJ Spotlight News reports on legislation that would help more than 50,000 domestic workers in New Jersey, citing a study by the Center for Women and Work.

The Journal Record writes about an Oklahoma-based healthcare provider, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Detroit Free Press talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about the UAW’s bold plan to organize auto plants in the traditionally anti-union South.  

American Banker reports workers at a Wells Fargo branch in New Mexico voted 5-3 to join a union, quoting Susan Schurman.

InvestigativeWest reports Oregon employers paid just 11% of wage theft penalties in full between 2015 and 2020. Jenn Round of the workplace justice lab@RU is quoted.