SMLR Experts In the News

ESPN reports Leslie Smith, a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter who is trying to unionize the sport, is taking labor studies and employment relations courses at SMLR.

Nonprofit Quarterly publishes an op-ed on the ways employee ownership can level the playing field, citing research by Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

iHeartRadio reports on WalletHub’s rankings, quoting Charles Fay.

Rutgers Today profiles one of SMLR’s newest professors of human resource management, Rebecca Greenbaum.

The Windy City Times publishes a press release summarizing research, co-authored by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work, that finds countries with more rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people fare better economically.

The Star-Ledger reports New Jersey’s new laws will mean larger payroll deductions for workers, quoting Yarrow Willman-Cole of the Center for Women and Work.

LinkedIn writes about jobs that do not require a college degree, quoting Bill Castellano.

NJBIZ explores how New Jersey’s public sector unions are faring after the Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan and Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) director Michael Merrill.

The Pioneer Press reports Javier Morillo is retiring as president of SEIU Local 26 and joining the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization as a Minnesota-based program fellow.

The Hill publishes an op-ed by Rebecca Kolins Givan, arguing Democrats have shifted from attacking teachers’ unions to embracing them in the run up to the 2020 presidential election.