SMLR Experts In the News

The Journal Record writes about an Oklahoma-based healthcare provider, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Detroit Free Press talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about the UAW’s bold plan to organize auto plants in the traditionally anti-union South.  

American Banker reports workers at a Wells Fargo branch in New Mexico voted 5-3 to join a union, quoting Susan Schurman.

InvestigativeWest reports Oregon employers paid just 11% of wage theft penalties in full between 2015 and 2020. Jenn Round of the workplace justice lab@RU is quoted.

The Daily Camera reports on research that finds bonuses and raises can sometimes backfire on employers, quoting Michael Sturman.

Financial Times reports the unionization rate remains low despite recent high-profile victories. Christopher Hayes says it will take “a lot of stars to line up” to change that.

WHYY interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about the union organizing effort at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.

Work Shift reports on a bill to modernize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center.

Bloomberg Law reports Microsoft has agreed to provide increased training for workers and collaboration with unions on AI standards, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Convergence Magazine publishes an article co-authored by Liz Perlman of AFSCME 3299 and Sandra Jeong Lane of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.