LSER Experts In the News

BBC News reports workers in Bessemer voted 1,798 to 738 against unionizing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Raw Story quotes Will Brucher on the resilience of the labor movement. The story, originally published by Agence France Presse, appears on numerous other sites. 

The Birmingham News quotes Will Brucher, who says “community-based, grassroots organizing can succeed, even against a powerful employer like Amazon.”

Recode by Vox reports the union plans to challenge the results of the election in Bessemer, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bloomberg interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about the labor movement’s history of “failing forward.”

The Washington Post reports Amazon’s victory will have ripple effects for workers and unions nationwide, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

CBS News reports the union plans to challenge the election results over Amazon’s alleged interference in the vote, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Law360 reports on Amazon’s early edge in the Bessemer union election, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Law360 reports New York’s recreational marijuana law requires cannabis employers and unions to enter into labor peace agreements, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

CBS News reports some Amazon workers are forced to urinate in bottles because they don’t have enough time for bathroom breaks, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.