SMLR Experts In the News

The Hill publishes an op-ed about outdated laws and workplace policies that punish mothers, quoting Dorothy Sue Cobble.

The Davis Vanguard publishes a column quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says, “Collective action is contagious.”

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.

The Hill reports business groups and the Biden administration want to make it as easy as possible for workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

WHYY interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the high level of burnout among nurses.

Bloomberg reports some workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama are wary of joining a union, quoting Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization. | Bloomberg’s publications in Canada and India republish the story.

Law360 reports on President Biden’s statement that it’s not up to him—or employers—to decide whether anyone should join a union, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

NJBIZ reports the pandemic is causing a steep decline in community college enrollment, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center who says the trend will “exacerbate existing inequalities."

Wrestling INC writes about how MMA fighter Leslie Smith, a Labor Studies and Employment Relations student at SMLR, is trying to form a union in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).