SMLR Experts In the News

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc, who argues that most unions have invested “exasperatingly little into new organizing” in recent years.

Rutgers Today writes about a new report co-authored by Hana Shepherd, a senior researcher in the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

The Philadelphia Inquirer covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of federal wage and hour investigators, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.

The Star-Ledger publishes an op-ed by Lindsay Dhanani calling on New Jersey to enact stronger disparate impact protections for marginalized workers.

Business Insider reports Amazon is freezing its retail hiring budget and changing how it manages labor costs, quoting David Kryscynski.

The American Prospect mentions a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report, which finds that USDOL staff reductions, coupled with mass deportations, could worsen wage theft.

The Record covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the shrinking number of labor investigators and the growing risk of wage theft, quoting Jake Barnes and Janice Fine.

Truthout publishes an interview with Eric Blanc about the Trump administration’s sweeping impact on both public and private sector workers.

HuffPost writes about a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report, which finds that staffing in the U.S. Wage and Hour Division just hit a 52-year low.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the lack of quorum at the National Labor Relations Board could slow the unionization effort at Whole Foods, quoting James M. Cooney.