SMLR Experts In the News

Inc. examines the durability of employee-owned firms, citing research by Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Bloomberg Law interviews Carmen Martino about possible changes to a federal rule governing who can be present for OSHA workplace inspections.

The Record reports NJ Transit and the train engineers’ union are keeping quiet, for now, about their tentative contract agreement. Bill Dwyer says, “Nobody wants to upend a deal.”

The Star-Ledger reports NJ Transit and the union representing train engineers have reached a tentative deal to end the strike, quoting Bill Dwyer.

Gothamist reports NJ Transit train engineers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m., demanding higher pay that is on par with other railroads. Bill Dwyer is quoted.

The New York Times interviews Bill Dwyer about the tense contract negotiations that ended with the first NJ Transit strike in more than 40 years.

NJ Spotlight News airs a one-on-one interview with Bill Dwyer about the NJ Transit strike and what it will take for management and the union to reach an agreement.

The Record talks to Bill Dwyer about the “historic” and “very unusual” negotiations between NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.

WHYY interviews Will Brucher about the last NJ Transit strike, which occurred in 1983 and lasted for 34 days. Striking conductors ultimately received a 17% pay increase.

Bloomberg reports NJ Transit train engineers could walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. if management and the union do reach a new contract agreement. Eric Blanc is quoted.