SMLR Experts In the News

Patch covers “The Status of Women in New Jersey,” a report by the Center for Women and Work analyzing how COVID affected childcare access, employment, and earnings.

Bloomberg Law previews the National Labor Relations Board’s hearings to determine if Starbucks committed unfair labor practices, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Courier-Post reports Rep. Donald Norcross is calling on OSHA to investigate Amazon. Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium spoke at the press conference. 

The Washington Post asks Rebecca Kolins Givan why Microsoft’s president is vowing to “make it simpler rather than more difficult” for workers to unionize.

American Educator, the magazine of the American Federation of Teachers, runs an article co-authored by James Boyle and Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Associations Now interviews Nichelle Carpenter about her study, which reveals how bullying, loafing, and other counterproductive behaviors spread through the workplace.

The News-Gazette reports Ingrid Fulmer, a professor of human resource management at SMLR since 2012, has accepted a leadership post at the University of Illinois.

Nonprofit Quarterly writes about the new NJ/NY Center for Employee Ownership program that helps business owners of color convert to an ESOP or worker co-op.

Philly Voice cites a report co-authored by the Occupational Training and Education Consortium, which finds that New Jersey’s Amazon warehouses have a high number of workplace injuries.

USA Today runs a story about Bitty & Beau’s, a coffee shop chain that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research is quoted.