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

TechCrunch publishes an op-ed by two county clerks on the need for expanded online voting due to the coronavirus pandemic, citing reports by the Program for Disability Research.

Salud America! reports a disproportionate number of Latino workers have low-wage jobs that cannot be done from home, quoting Christopher Hayes on how this puts them at greater risk of catching the coronavirus.

The New Deal gave us FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps. Writing for northjersey.com and The Record, Michael Merrill argues the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new CCC: a Coronavirus Containment Corps.

Instacart workers are striking for hazard pay and better protection from the coronavirus pandemic. Rebecca Kolins Givan tells NBC News, "The American public sees them deserving of respect and decent wages."

“When the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in this country, we will see an unequal distribution of infections and deaths along the intersecting lines of race and class.” Christopher Hayes explains in his op-ed for NJ.com and the Sunday edition of the Star-Ledger.

CO, a publication of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, writes about businesses that are forced to furlough or lay-off employees due to the coronavirus
pandemic, quoting Jie (Jasmine) Feng.

Rebecca Kolins Givan, via Bloomberg Law: "The airline industry went through a crisis like this after 9/11 and these unions have experience negotiating on behalf of their members during this time of extreme economic uncertainty."

Christopher Mackin, a research fellow in SMLR's Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, writes an op-ed for The New Republic about how to address income inequality in the U.S. after the coronavirus pandemic.

Thrive Global publishes a list of tips, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

Yana Rodgers of SMLR's Center for Women and Work shares advice for parents balancing working from home and educating their children.