SMLR Experts In the News

The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin, interviews Alex Press and Eric Blanc about surging labor militancy in the U.S.

ABC News / 538 cites a study by the Program for Disability Research, which finds that people with disabilities are underrepresented in government.

Nonprofit Quarterly cites research by Tamara Lee, who is studying how Amazon uses police and private security at its distribution centers. 

WHYY previews the union decertification vote at a Philadelphia coffee shop, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

NJ Spotlight News interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

QR Calgary / 630 CHEDfr interviews Francis Ryan about the growing number of labor actions in Canada and the U.S.

The Hill notes the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing is one of the few places teaching about ESOPs, worker co-ops, and equity shares.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc, who urges union leaders to devote more resources to organizing Gen Z and Millennial workers.

KCBS Radio interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the history and renewed relevance of Labor Day.

Radical Candor writes about a viral TikTok trend that reflects Gen Z’s exhaustion with hustle culture. Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work is quoted.