SMLR Experts In the News

Fortune reports on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s claim that automation will create more factory jobs. Eric Blanc is quoted.

KPFA Radio interviews Eric Blanc about President Trump’s desire for a manufacturing renaissance and why unionization is needed to ensure a living wage.

TAPinto reports Janice Fine of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU spoke at a May Day rally in Franklin Township, New Jersey.

The Record reports the New Jersey Department of Labor is proposing a new rule that would classify some independent contractors as employees, quoting James M. Cooney.

USA TODAY interviews Lindsay Dhanani about a new policy that could have a disproportionate impact on transgender workers at several federal agencies.

Rutgers Today profiles Francine Glaser, who worked in finance before enrolling in the Master of Human Resource Management program. Dave Ferio is quoted.

The New Jersey Democrat asks Susan Schurman why building trades unions support Steve Sweeney’s run for governor, while public sector unions oppose him.

Bloomberg runs a column about a Minnesota-based furniture retailer’s ESOP, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc, addressing critics of his new book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.”

The Assembly reports on a proposal to reimagine North Carolina’s community colleges, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center.