SMLR Experts In the News

Yahoo Finance reports Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize, while those in Alabama appear to have voted against it for the second time, quoting Tamara Lee.

The Associated Press reports workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island have voted to join a union, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan. The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and hundreds of other news organizations republish the story.

BBC News interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who calls it a “David and Goliath story” and predicts “Amazon will do everything it can to undo this success.”

BuzzFeed.News reports the vote was 2,654 to 2,131 with 67 challenged ballots, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

CNN Business reports Amazon is “disappointed in the outcome of the election,” quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Eater writes about the diverse, young Starbucks workers who are leading a growing unionization effort, quoting Susan Schurman.

The New York Daily News quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan in the headline of its story about the historic organizing victory in Staten Island.

WIRED reports on Amazon Labor Union’s victory and the looming contract negotiations, quoting Francis Ryan.

The Washington Post talks with Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work about the fact that young women are starting out their careers with the same wages as men in some American cities. 

Andscape talks to women of color about the financial challenges they are facing and asks Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work what the research shows.