SMLR Experts In the News

NJ Spotlight News interviews Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work about the large number of women who quit their jobs in order to care for their kids.

An op-ed in The Hechinger Report cites research by Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center that work-study students should be paid for experiential and service-learning opportunities to help jump-start their careers.

Well+Good talks to Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about gender disparities in caregiving and housework, “which is all work.”

Insider NJ publishes a special edition citing research by the Center for Women and Work and quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Law360 interviews Will Brucher about the candidates vying to succeed James P. Hoffa as general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Shareable writes about the growing number of worker co-ops, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Carnegie-Knight News21 interviews Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research about the impossible choice facing many people with disabilities: “Do I go in and risk my life or do I lose my job?”

The Star Tribune reports on a Minnesota trucking company that’s retaining more drivers than its competitors, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

The Corpus Christi Caller Times cites voter turnout data from the Program for Disability Research and quotes Lisa Schur on the importance of mail-in voting.

CBS News reports hundreds of workers walked off the job to protest the newspaper’s refusal to voluntarily recognize their union, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).