SMLR Experts In the News

Billy Penn interviews Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work, who says “occupational segregation” puts many women in front-line healthcare roles that are first in line for vaccination.

Fagbladet3F (Denmark) reports on the global significance of the unionization vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, quoting Will Brucher.

MarketWatch interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about workers quitting Amazon for lower-paying jobs that are less grueling.

Moms.com quotes Karen White, a retired researcher in the Center for Women and Work, who says the benefits of paid family leave exceed the costs.

The Star-Ledger publishes an op-ed by Susan Schurman reflecting on the life of former AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, who passed away this week at the age of 86.

WPFW Radio interviews Marilyn Sneiderman of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about John Sweeney’s legacy in the labor movement.

Abasto reports an independent grocery store chain in Oregon and California is now an ESOP company, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

AL DÍA reports on the historic unionization vote, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Fatherly quotes Karen White, a retired researcher in the Center for Women and Work.

NBC’s Zerlina Maxwell does a live TV interview with Rebecca Kolins Givan about what’s at stake in the unionization vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.