LSER Experts In the News

Sourcing Journal recaps its fall conference, where Mark Anner took part in a panel discussion about wages and working conditions in the garment industry.

New Books Network interviews Naomi R Williams about their book on worker activism in Racine, Wisconsin in the 1970s and 80s and what we can learn from it today.

The New York Review of Books publishes an essay by Professor Emerita Dorothy Sue Cobble, reviewing “Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor.”

RTVI News, a Russian-speaking global news channel, interviews Will Brucher about the U.S. government shutdown and its effect on federal workers.

Law360 reports 380,000 women dropped out of the labor force between January and August. Yana Rodgers points to return-to-office mandates as a leading cause.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc, arguing that the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayoral race could encourage large numbers of workers to organize.

Nonprofit Quarterly cites Eric Blanc and mentions his new book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.”

Insider NJ names Dana Britton to its Labor Power List, calling her a “widely cited authority on gendered organizations” and noting her many scholarly works.

The Associated Press interviews James M. Cooney about the controversy surrounding an online system that checks the immigration status of job applicants.

The Nation publishes an op-ed co-authored by Eric Blanc about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to become the next mayor of New York City.