LSER Experts In the News

Yahoo Finance reports many Amazon, FedEx, Instacart, Shipt, Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods workers called in sick or walked off the job, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Star-Ledger covers a report by the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and New Jersey Policy Perspective, quoting co-author Janice Fine.

NPR interviews Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, who says the COVID-19 pandemic “is like an X-ray” on inequality in the labor market.

Insider NJ publishes a summary of a report co-authored by Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization and Todd Vachon.

Il Dubbio (Italy) reports on the growing number of Americans who have lost their health insurance during the pandemic, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Mashable quotes Christopher Hayes, who says the COVID-19 pandemic is “like the 1918 flu and the Great Depression at the same time.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports three unions want the city to reduce jail populations in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bloomberg Law reports on the difficulty of winning personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits related to COVID-19, quoting Rosemarie Cipparulo.

WHRV Radio’s HearSay with Cathy Lewis interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the challenges facing food delivery drivers during the pandemic and beyond.

The Washington Post reports students at the University of Virginia and other institutions are petitioning for dining workers, janitors, and support staff to be paid during the pandemic, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.