SMLR Experts In the News

CBS News reports Amazon has scrapped plans to build a second headquarters, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan on the role of union and community opposition.

CNET reports on the collapse of the Amazon deal in the nation’s largest city, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Los Angeles Times reports on the local opposition that led to Amazon’s decision to nix HQ2, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Progressive Radio Network interviews Sheri Davis-Faulkner of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about the WILL Empower program and strengthening women’s leadership at work.

The Star Tribune reports Delta Air Lines is making the second-largest payout in the company’s history, quoting Joseph Blasi of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

NJ Spotlight reports on legislation to expand paid family leave and temporary disability insurance in New Jersey, quoting Yarrow Willman-Cole of the Center for Women and Work.

The Hill publishes an op-ed on the harmful effect of the global gag rule, citing research by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

The Washington Post publishes an op-ed, co-authored by Dorothy Sue Cobble, on the history of paid parental leave advocacy in the U.S. and why a national policy is needed.

Recode reports many workers in the gig economy are not paid a consistent living wage, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Mother Jones reports on research by Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work, who finds the global gag rule caused abortion rates to climb in Africa and Latin America.