Center for Work and Health In the News

Salon quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

The Los Angeles Times publishes a column on the looming strike by more than 80,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers, quoting Adrienne Eaton of the Center for Work and Health.

The Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health, arguing that labor unions should embrace universal healthcare.

The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety reports on an innovative partnership between the SHARE union and UMass Memorial Healthcare, quoting Adrienne Eaton of the Center for Work and Health.

Labor Notes reports on a contract agreement between the New York City Hospital Alliance and the New York State Nurses Association, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

CNET reports on allegations of pregnancy discrimination at Amazon, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health and Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

SMLR’s Center for Work and Health and Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) co-sponsored a conference, What’s Next for Healthcare in New Jersey? was held on June 16th at Rutgers Labor Education Center.

On December 1-2, 2016, SMLR, Jobs With Justice, and a coalition of labor and community organizations shared workplace best practices with 14 different union nurses from across the United States during the two-day CAR:NG Conference at Rutgers: Nurses Gathering. 

Jean Whelan, Ph.D., RN, from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing, described and discussed the role played by professional nurse organizations and other groups in developing the structure and conventions of nurses' work in the early twentieth century during a special presentation at the Labor Education Center.

Diane Burns, Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield, UK, discussed the mistreatment of vulnerable people while in hospital or living in residential care. She examined the forces that inhibit staff and residents from "speaking out" about poor care.