SMLR Experts In the News

BBC Business Daily interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about America’s surging labor movement and the pushback from employers.

LAist reports on the growth of coding boot camps and other non-degree programs, quoting Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the organizing campaign at the University of Pennsylvania, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

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.