LSER Experts In the News

Law360 previews contract negotiations between the Teamsters and UPS, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

The Associated Press reports Joe Biden will become the first president to run a re-election campaign with a unionized staff, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.

The Associated Press interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the strike by bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians, teachers’ aides, and other school support staff in Los Angeles.

The Philadelphia Citizen writes about the graduate student strike and other recent controversies at Temple University, quoting Francis Ryan.

The Washington Post asks James M. Cooney to explain how a recent National Labor Relations Board ruling can protect people who speak out against their former employer.

Insider explores how mass layoffs at Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other Big Tech companies could spur a wave of union organizing, quoting Susan Schurman.

Marketplace previews Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony, President Biden’s budget, and the latest jobs report, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

TAPinto profiles the multitalented Carla Katz as part of its series on notable people from Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

The Nation publishes a debate between Larry Cohen and Eric Blanc. Cohen says unions should organize entire industries. Blanc says they should focus on individual workplaces.

Common Dreams quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says, “To order a company to reopen stores that it's closed should be embarrassing for Starbucks.”