SMLR Experts In the News

NJ Spotlight News reports a study co-authored by the Occupational Training and Education Consortium prompted a legislative hearing on Amazon workplace safety.

NJ Spotlight News reports some workers are taking a “don’t test, don’t tell’ approach, quoting Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium.

Patch reports a study co-authored by Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium prompted Rep. Donald Norcross to call for an investigation.

Rutgers Today covers two SMLR-led studies. Nichelle Carpenter looked at unit-level counterproductive behavior. Rebecca Greenbaum studied the “bottom-line mentality.”

MarketScale interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s response to unionization.

PBS NewsHour reports Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

NJBIZ writes about the employment picture in New Jersey, quoting Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work and Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

New Jersey 101.5 News reports on the state’s growing unionization rate, quoting Todd Vachon and citing data from the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) report, “The State of Labor in New Jersey.”

The New York Times reports many of the 40 million Americans who left their job in 2021 traded up for a better gig, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

AL DÍA writes about the growing number of Starbucks employees who are voting to unionize in stores across the U.S., quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.