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Episode 12: A Ray of Sunshine and Hope

New Jersey recently became the 11th state to enact labor protections for housecleaners, nannies, and other domestic workers. New Labor organizer and SMLR alumna Jenifer Garcia takes you inside the long campaign that made it happen. Naomi R Williams, assistant professor in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, leads the discussion.

SMLR Experts In the News

• Workload concerns fuel labor fight at D.C.’s largest health clinic
  The Washington Post reports doctors and nurse practitioners at Unity Health Care in Washington D.C. are demanding safe staffing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

• Biden doesn’t want you buying an E.V. from China. Here’s why.
  The New York Times examines how the president’s goals could affect auto industry jobs, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

• The loneliness of the American worker
  The Wall Street Journal explores how remote work and virtual meetings are making more employees feel isolated, quoting Jessica Methot and citing her research.

• The kind of thinking it takes to help Minneapolis bounce back
  The Star Tribune runs an op-ed by Minneapolis City Council Member Emily Koski about a successful pilot program led by the workplace justice lab@RU.