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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News 12 New Jersey interviews Christopher Hayes about recent labor actions, including a nurse strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
News 12 New Jersey

Vox reports more than 11,000 sanitation workers, airport employees, traffic officers, engineers, and other workers are striking in Los Angeles. Susan Schurman is quoted.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Vox

Devpolicy Blog, a publication of The Australian National University, writes about a new study co-authored by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Devpolicy Blog

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

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Vox

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

Saturday, July 29, 2023
Scripps News

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

Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Restaurant Dive

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

Friday, July 21, 2023
Money

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

Thursday, July 20, 2023
Voice of America

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

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
MarketWatch

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.”

Monday, June 26, 2023
The Real News Network

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