SMLR News

On July 20-22, 2016, Rutgers University’s Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) convened 20 senior leaders from key labor, economic justice and community organizing networks to build a community of practice and learning as part of CIWO’s “Building the Bench” leadership initiative.

This summer, the Society for Human Resource Management named RU SHRM its Outstanding Student Chapter for the sixth time in the last seven years, including the last five years in a row.

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, Rutgers SMLR's Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) co-hosted an afternoon forum, “Bargaining for the Common Good: Lessons from Los Angeles and Beyond,” with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has awarded a 2016-2017 Merit Award designation to the Rutgers University SHRM Undergraduate student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members.

Rutgers research fellows who explore the impact of profit-sharing and employee stock ownership to be introduced at Beyster Symposium in California.

On May 21-22, Rutgers' Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) at the School of Management and Labor Relations hosted a two-day convening on “Bargaining for the Common Good” in collaboration with the New Jersey Education Association and the National Education Association.

Germany is tapping the expertise of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) to inform national policy recommendations on the future of work.

Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) held its 13^th annual Convocation at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on May 14, 2016. More than 450 students attended the event, with a total of 800 students receiving their degrees from the school.

On May 12, 2016, Rutgers' Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) convened local and national labor unions, worker centers, community organizing groups, and civic tech innovators for a day-long meeting at the National Education Association in Washington, DC, focused on innovation in membership building.