SMLR Experts In the News

City News Service cites a study by the Workplace Justice Lab@RU, revealing that 25% of fast food workers in Los Angeles were paid below the minimum wage in 2024.

The Daily Targum reports Sheri Davis of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization is serving on the selection committee for a magazine’s new award.

The Los Angeles Times reports on a study by the Workplace Justice Lab@RU, which finds that minimum wage theft is rising sharply in Los Angeles fast food restaurants.

The New Republic explores how unions can challenge President Trump. Eric Blanc says they must “fill the political vacuum created by the Democratic Party’s disarray.”

Telemundo 52 covers a Workplace Justice Lab@RU study on minimum wage theft in Los Angeles fast food restaurants. The average victim loses nearly $3,500 annually.

The Guardian publishes an op-ed by Eric Blanc, arguing that organized labor can help to counter President Trump’s “shock-and-awe offensive.”

Vox examines how progressives can defeat President Trump’s political agenda, quoting Eric Blanc on the power of collective action in the workplace.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc detailing how federal workers can stand up to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.

USA TODAY writes about the Black labor leaders who are standing up to the Trump administration, quoting Danielle Phillips-Cunningham.

Bloomberg talks to Rosemarie Cipparulo about the Department of Government Efficiency’s controversial deferred resignation offer to the federal workforce.