Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations faculty and staff are sharing their expertise on the changing nature of work, employment, and labor as affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fortune writes about people who pretend to be in a Zoom meeting in order to look busy or avoid talking to their co-workers, quoting Jessica Methot.

Thursday, March 7, 2024
​Fortune 

The Boston Globe talks to Eric Blanc and Rebecca Kolins Givan about the teachers strike in Newton, Massachusetts and the potential for more education strikes in the state.

Saturday, February 3, 2024
The Boston Globe

Fortune reports on the growing number of union campaigns. David (DK) Kryscynski says too many employers view organizing as an external threat, rather than a chance to look inward.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
​Fortune

Jacobin talks to Eric Blanc about the recent surge in labor militancy across the country and what unions must do to reverse decades of declining membership.

Friday, January 5, 2024
​Jacobin

Financial Times reports the unionization rate remains low despite recent high-profile victories. Christopher Hayes says it will take “a lot of stars to line up” to change that.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Financial Times

WHYY interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the union organizing effort at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
WHYY

Convergence Magazine publishes an article co-authored by Liz Perlman of AFSCME 3299 and Sandra Jeong Lane of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Convergence Magazine

NJ Spotlight News interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the deal to end the strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Monday, December 4, 2023
NJ Spotlight News

The Star-Ledger publishes an op-ed by Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center and Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work.

Sunday, December 3, 2023
The Star-Ledger

The Associated Press reports many Americans want more control over when they work and how often they report to the office, quoting Bill Castellano.

Monday, November 27, 2023
The Associated Press

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