LSER Experts In the News

The New York Times talks to Will Brucher about President-elect Trump’s support for the International Longshoremen’s Association, which is threatening another port strike.

The Record looks ahead to what’s in store for the New Jersey economy in 2025, quoting Christopher Hayes on the end of the Great Resignation.

PublicSource reports graduate student workers at the University of Pittsburgh have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers, quoting Adrienne Eaton.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the city and AFSCME District Council 33 have reached an agreement on a one-year contract extension, quoting Francis Ryan.

Boston Review publishes an op-ed by Janice Fine of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU examining why Democrats can no longer expect unions to deliver working-class voters.

Jacobin publishes an article co-authored by Eric Blanc, who argues that the labor movement still has many opportunities to seize over the next four years.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc examining why Republicans swept the election and what their return to power means for workers and union organizing. 

Banking Dive reports Wells Fargo Workers United members in Albuquerque, N.M. are beginning their first negotiations with the megabank, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bloomberg Law reports Amazon warehouse workers in San Francisco are leveraging a landmark NLRB ruling in their unionization effort, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

KQED Radio interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the looming strike by thousands of healthcare workers in California. She says safe staffing is a top concern.