SMLR Experts In the News

Recode by Vox reports workers at Amazon’s LDJ5 facility voted against unionization just weeks after workers at JFK8 voted yes, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Hechinger Report talks to Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center about earnings outcomes for undergraduate certificate programs.

Bangor Daily News quotes Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work and cites her research on the PPE shortage that defined the early days of the pandemic.

Bloomberg Law reports Rep. Donald Norcross is calling for an investigation after a study co-authored by Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium revealed a high rate of injuries at New Jersey’s Amazon warehouses.

The Asbury Park Press reports workers at a Starbucks in Hopewell voted unanimously to unionize, quoting Michael C. Sturman. The Record republishes the story.

KSHB 41 News, the NBC-TV affiliate in Kansas City, cites research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

The Record covers a report co-authored by Carmen Martino of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium.

Vox examines new restrictions that make it harder for people with disabilities to vote in some states. The article cites turnout data from the Program for Disability Research.

Zagat publishes a Q&A with Distinguished Professor Emerita Dorothy Sue Cobble, tracing the history of the labor movement in the hospitality industry.

Forbes runs a column about a new compendium of disability statistics, which includes data from Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research.