SMLR Experts In the News

The Washington Post reports 33,000 Boeing factory workers are on strike, demanding higher wages and the restoration of their pensions. Eric Blanc is quoted.

KUOW Radio, Seattle’s NPR news station, interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the strike by Boeing factory workers in the Pacific Northwest.

NJBIZ names Rebecca Kolins Givan and the Center for Women and Work’s Debra Lancaster to its list of the 50 most influential educators and researchers in New Jersey.

Bolts Magazine talks to Douglas Kruse of the Program for Disability Research about a ballot measure that could pave the way for expanded voting by mail in Connecticut.

Rutgers Today profiles Mark Anner, who says, “It is a privilege to build upon the exceptional legacy of Dean Adrienne Eaton” at SMLR.

The Washington Post interviews Jessica Methot about her research on the benefits of making small talk, both in-person and virtually, with co-workers.

Inside Philanthropy cites an op-ed by Janice Fine of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU. She urges support for the Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) program.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc about the successful strategies of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee.

KTSM 9 News, the NBC-TV affiliate in El Paso, Texas, reports on wage theft in the county and cites a report by the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The Star-Ledger publishes an op-ed by Bill Castellano and Adria Scharf of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.