LSER Experts In the News

The Guardian reports Elizabeth Shuler and Sara Nelson are top contenders to become the next AFL-CIO president, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The American Prospect publishes an article, co-authored by Rebecca Kolins Givan, on how craft labor unions are flexing their muscle to protect construction workers.

Rutgers Today reports the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing has appointed the largest class of research fellows in the 11-year history of the program, quoting Joseph Blasi, Joo Hun Han, and Douglas Kruse.

WHYY quotes Todd Vachon on how the displaced workers face very different job prospects in today’s economy.

Observer credits Susan Schurman with the “Quote of the Day” for her comment in a WNYC story about private sector resentment toward public sector workers.

WNYC Radio interviews Susan Schurman about New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney’s complicated relationship with organized labor.

Axios summarizes The Atlantic’s report on the group that’s writing the policies, quoting Todd Vachon on how no labor leaders attended the last meeting.

The Atlantic takes an in-depth look at New Consensus, quoting Todd Vachon about the absence of union leaders at its last meeting.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports locomotive plant workers in Western Pennsylvania are voting on a new contract, quoting Susan Schurman.

The Fabricator, a trade magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry, cites research by Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.