SMLR Experts In the News

Rutgers Today reports Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing has been appointed to an endowed professorship.

The Record reports more Starbucks workers in New Jersey are seeking to join a union, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN). 

Common Dreams writes about a controversial Supreme Court decision involving Starbucks workers fired for union organizing. James M. Cooney is quoted.

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the court order suspending the strike by graduate and postdoctoral student workers at six UC campuses.

The Record asks James M. Cooney how a Supreme Court ruling involving a Starbucks store in Tennessee could affect a similar legal battle at a megamall in New Jersey.

Jacobin reviews Power Lines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement, noting that Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) wrote a chapter.

The Washington Post interviews James M. Cooney about the Supreme Court decision stating that Starbucks does not have to rehire seven workers fired for union organizing.

The City reports the union that won a historic election at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York is moving to affiliate with the Teamsters. Rebecca Kolins Givan is quoted.

The Record reports the labor committees of the New Jersey Assembly and Senate have advanced a bill that would mandate pay transparency, quoting Christopher To.

WBUR Radio’s On Point interviews Becky Logue-Conroy of the Center for Women and Work about New Jersey’s paid family leave program.