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Vox talks to Susan Schurman about the rise of “horizontal solidary” – unions supporting other unions – during the recent wave of strikes.

Scripps News reports younger workers are revitalizing the labor movement, quoting Susan Schurman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch republishes the story.

Restaurant Dive asks Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) why workers in coffee shops are organizing.

Money interviews Susan Schurman about our “Hot Labor Summer.” She says a “whole generation of younger workers” are seeing the benefits of unions.

Voice of America talks to Susan Schurman about the growing trend of “horizontal labor solidarity,” in which unions support each other’s collective action.

MarketWatch talks to Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about income inequality and the growing wave of strikes.

The Real News Network talks to Eric Blanc about the “more militant, more radical orientation that a lot of younger workers are bringing to the [labor] movement.”

Reuters examines why some unionized workers are rejecting contract agreements, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

HR Brew interviews Jessica Methot about her research on the benefits of small talk in the workplace. She offers suggestions about how HR departments can encourage it.

POLITICO quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health in its newsletter, Weekly New York Health Care.