SMLR Experts In the News

In These Times reports on a Bargaining for the Common Good campaign in Minnesota, quoting Marilyn Sneiderman of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

The Washington Post reports some independent coffee shops have closed to avoid a unionization effort. Rebecca Kolins Givan says the fines for doing so are “basically nonexistent.”

Common Dreams writes about Starbucks and Workers United agreeing to bargain a first contract, quoting Eric Blanc. He says it is “hard to overstate how big a deal this is.”

Courthouse News Service reports on UAW’s ongoing effort to organize non-union auto plants in Alabama and Tennessee, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Rutgers Today publishes a Q&A with Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work and Jenifer Garcia Pelaez ’21, an organizer at the worker center New Labor.

The Daily Targum reports on the new class of research fellows appointed by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, quoting Adria Scharf.

NJ Spotlight News interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about a possible strike looming at Anheuser-Busch.

The Philadelphia Citizen reports on the effort to unionize small coffee shops, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Power at Work interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about a range of labor topics.

Nikkei (Japan) reports on the launch of Apple’s new AR/VR headset, quoting Peter Rokkos on its potential to transform the workplace.