SMLR Experts In the News

Reuters reports workers at four Caterpillar plants are threatening to walk off the job. Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) is quoted.

Bloomberg Law reports more than 24,000 workers joined unions outside the direct reach of the AFL-CIO in 2022, quoting Susan Schurman.

The Boston Globe writes about the financial challenges facing teacher’s aides in Massachusetts, citing data from Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Guardian reports workers at Lodi, a café in New York City’s Rockefeller Center, are organizing. Eric Blanc adds context by discussing “the rise of worker-led unionizing.”

1. reports Saul Rubinstein and the Center for the Study of Collaboration in Work and Society are bringing a labor-management partnership to South African schools.

IOL reports Saul Rubinstein and the Center for the Study of Collaboration in Work and Society are bringing a labor-management partnership to South African schools.

CNN Business interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the Starbucks CEO’s stance on unionization. Workers at 282 stores have now voted to join Starbucks Workers United.

Daily Hive Canada talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about why “The Great Resignation” is more like “The Great Renegotiation” for millions of workers.

NJ Spotlight News interviews Will Brucher about the ongoing legal dispute between Medieval Times and the union representing workers at its Lyndhurst, NJ location.

ABC News reports Tesla fired more than 30 workers at its Buffalo, NY facility, just one day after a union organizing campaign kicked-off there. Susan Schurman is quoted.