DEI In the News: SMLR’s Faculty and Staff Share their Research and Expertise

HuffPost talks to Kyra Leigh Sutton about the benefits of creating employee resource groups for older workers.

In These Times interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about her research on the dangers of restricting access to gender-affirming care.

Nonprofit Quarterly cites research by Tamara Lee, who is studying how Amazon uses police and private security at its distribution centers. 

The Star-Ledger publishes an op-ed by Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about how to reverse income inequality in New Jersey.

The Associated Press interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the origins of Labor Day, the recent surge in union activity, and the “historical rhyming” between then and now.

The Record interviews Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research about the new minor that they helped to create.

Rutgers Today announces the new minor in disability studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, quoting Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research.

USA Today Network New Jersey publishes an op-ed noting that the Center for Women and Work co-hosted an event focused on working families.

HuffPost talks to Douglas Kruse of the Program for Disability Research about why it’s “pretty rude” when people without disabilities use an accessible bathroom stall.

The Dallas Morning News publishes an editorial about wage theft in Texas, citing a study by the workplace justice lab@RU and the Workers Defense Project.