LSER Experts In the News

Law360 talks to Eric Blanc about the growing number of union election petitions filed by workers at the outdoor equipment retailer REI.

VICE reports on legislation that would allow 14-year-olds in Iowa to work six-hour night shifts. Eric Blanc calls it a “pretty unprecedented attack” on the labor movement.

BBC Business Daily interviews Paula Voos about the history of tipping in the U.S. and how the practice has changed in recent years.

Insider quotes Susan Schurman, who says Chris Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union should be focused on securing their first contract.

Insider reports on growing tensions within the Amazon Labor Union, including a physical fight between its president, Chris Smalls, and a worker. Susan Schurman is quoted.

The New York Times reports on the death of longtime union activist and writer Jane LaTour, who earned a master’s degree in Labor Studies at Rutgers in 1977.

VICE asks Eric Blanc why strikes are so much tamer in the U.S. than in France. He says, “The U.S. has the most anti-democratic labor laws of any industrialized country.”

HuffPost interviews James M. Cooney about the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling that strikes down “overly broad” non-disparagement agreements.

Financial Times reports U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is doubling down on the Starbucks CEO for trying to keep unions out of his stores. Rebecca Kolins Givan is quoted.

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the growing number of labor actions on college campuses nationwide.