LSER Experts In the News

AL DÍA writes about the growing number of Starbucks employees who are voting to unionize in stores across the U.S., quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

CNET talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about how the National Labor Relations Board will respond after Amazon fired two workers involved in the organizing effort.

The Indianapolis Star reports 1,000 graduate students who teach courses at Indiana University are on strike, quoting Paula Voos.

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviews Distinguished Professor Emerita Dorothy Sue Cobble about the history of unionization in the restaurant industry.

The Star-Ledger covers a report by the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN), quoting co-author Todd Vachon.

Forbes runs a column calling Rutgers “the center for all things employee ownership” and cities research by Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse.

NJ Spotlight News interviews Todd Vachon about “The State of Labor in New Jersey,” a new report from the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

The Washington Post previews the first round of contract negotiations between Amazon and the Amazon Labor Union, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Recode by Vox reports workers at Amazon’s LDJ5 facility voted against unionization just weeks after workers at JFK8 voted yes, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bangor Daily News quotes Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work and cites her research on the PPE shortage that defined the early days of the pandemic.