SMLR Experts In the News

The Guardian reports ESOP companies laid off fewer workers, cut fewer salaries, and required less federal aid during the pandemic, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

New Jersey 101.5 News talks to Debra Lancaster and Sarah Small of the Center for Women and Work about their report, “The Status of Women in New Jersey.”

Commonweal cites The Citizen’s Share, a book co-authored by Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Belabored, a Dissent Magazine podcast, features a panel discussion co-sponsored by WILL Empower, an initiative of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization.

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.