SMLR Experts In the News

The Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) reports Amy’s Kitchen, Chipotle, and Starbucks are closing some locations that want to unionize, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Work Shift runs an op-ed by Michelle Van Noy of the Education and Employment Research Center urging policymakers to consider labor market factors when deciding whether to expand Pell Grants.

The Globe and Mail interviews Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work about the need to revalue care work in the U.S. and Canada.

The Detroit News previews the four-day UAW Constitutional Convention, quoting Susan Schurman.

The Record interviews Christopher Hayes, who says businesses and pro-business politicians are “conveniently removing record profits and profit margins from the equation” when discussing inflation.

DiversityInc examines the economic consequences of restricting abortion access, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

Marketplace interviews Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU, who says workers in states that use the $7.25 federal minimum wage are living in poverty.

NJBIZ names Jessica Methot to its list of New Jersey’s Next Generation of Leaders, noting that she now leads our Ph.D. program and recently co-founded WorkTies.org.

The Record writes about the historic union election at Medieval Times, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

DiversityInc writes about a webinar hosted by Rutgers Business School’s Center for Women in Business and featuring Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.