SMLR Shares Expertise on How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing the World of Work

Newsweek publishes an op-ed by Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health, arguing that the national COVID-19 vaccination program could serve as a model for single payer healthcare.

Elemental writes about how the pandemic exposed critical blind spots in science and society, quoting Christopher Hayes on the “brutal way of life” facing low-wage workers.

Harvard Business Review publishes an article co-authored by Jessica Methot about why we need casual conversations with co-workers to help us “connect across the virtual divide.”

NJBIZ writes about how unions and worker’s rights groups are approaching the post-pandemic landscape, quoting Will Brucher.

Rutgers Today publishes an essay by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about her research on paid and unpaid care work.

WABC-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work, who says federal childcare and paid family leave policies would “revolutionize our labor force.”

WABC-TV interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about the childcare and homecare concerns that have pushed millions of working moms out of the labor force.

Healthcare Dive reports nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are demanding safe staffing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Al Jazeera reports on the strike at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health.

Fast Company publishes an op-ed about research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, which finds employee-owned firms have been less likely to cut jobs and wages during the pandemic.