SMLR Experts In the News

Gothamist interviews Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work about a $30 million budget shortfall freezing New Jersey's Child Care Assistance Program.

Marketplace asks Michael Sturman why Starbucks and other companies are giving across-the-board raises instead of merit raises based on each employee’s performance.

Bloomberg Law reports on the declining number of union elections in 2025, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Labor Notes reports NewsGuild has organized 210 workplaces since 2020, including many of the nation's largest newsrooms. Eric Blanc is quoted.

WKSU Radio interviews Christopher Hayes about the growing number of baristas and other coffee shop employees who are seeking to unionize.

NJBIZ profiles the Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey and cites a report by the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

MedPage Today reports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating union contracts for most employees, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

NJ Spotlight News reports the state might reclassify some independent contractors as employees. The segment includes testimony by Jake Barnes of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

Forbes publishes an article by Project Equity CEO Evan Edwards, who cites research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

The Star-Ledger runs an op-ed co-authored by Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work about New Jersey raising copays and rejecting new applications for child care subsidies.