SMLR Experts In the News

Southwest Voices writes about a project supported by the workplace justice lab@RU and designed to help small businesses comply with the city’s labor standards.

Over the past half-century, labor activists Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner have been responsible for spurring major strategic advances in union organizing and movement building. In this episode of the "Reinventing Solidarity Podcast," they discuss their recent New Labor Forum article, titled “Making Hope and History Rhyme: A New Worker Movement from the Shell of the Old“.

Marketplace interviews Joseph Blasi of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing about the California Employee Ownership Act.

The Nation reflects on the University of California strike and talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about the rising frustrations of adjuncts and graduate workers across the country.

Marketplace reports on mass layoffs at Amazon and Salesforce. Michael Sturman discusses whether alternatives, such as furloughs and pay cuts, could save jobs.

New Jersey Business Magazine cites a report by the Center for Women and Work, which finds that many women are cutting their work hours to stay home with their kids.

WNYC Radio interviews Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium about his research on temp workers and NJ FamilyCare.

Law360 previews litigation involving Apple, Google, Starbucks, and other major employers, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

In this New Labor Forum article, authors Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner reflect on the lessons of the past half-century & assess the strategic challenges and opportunities confronting a new generation of workers, activists, and organizers.

The Tributary interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says a growing number of institutions are trying to decertify their faculty unions.