LSER Experts In the News

HoosLeft, a podcast, interviews Eric Blanc about his new book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.”

The Star-Ledger reports more than 10,000 NJ Transit employees worked overtime in 2024. Will Brucher says hiring more full-time workers would reduce OT costs.

Jacobin publishes a review of the book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big” by Eric Blanc.

FRANCE 24 asks Mark Anner how President Trump’s tariffs could harm low-wage textile workers in Bangladesh and other countries. (En français | En español)

The Guardian examines how President Trump and Elon Musk’s actions could influence private sector employers, quoting Eric Blanc.

KQED Radio reports thousands of workers walked off the job at many of the University of California’s campuses, hospitals, and labs, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Sourcing Journal reports Fruit of the Loom is closing its unionized cut-and-sew facilities in Honduras, quoting Mark Anner.

In These Times interviews Eric Blanc about his new book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.”

Salon reports President Trump has issued an executive order eliminating collective bargaining rights at more than 20 federal agencies and offices, quoting Eric Blanc.

The Washington Post reports on President Trump’s executive order abolishing union rights for scores of federal workers. Carla Katz calls it “plainly retaliatory.”