SMLR Experts In the News

MMA Fighting interviews Bellator featherweight title challenger Leslie Smith about what she’s learned as a student in SMLR’s Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations.

Black Work Talk, a new podcast, interviews Sheri Davis of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about Black feminist principles in labor organizing.

The Star-Ledger reports Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work will join the governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, and others for a virtual symposium.

HuffPost talks to Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur of the Program for Disability Research about state laws that could reverse recent progress on voting accessibility.

The Star-Ledger reports on the rising cost of food, furniture, lumber, and other products, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work who predicts the increases are only temporary.

Granite State News Collaborative writes about efforts to enact paid family leave in New Hampshire, quoting Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work.

NJBIZ examines how President Biden’s infrastructure plan would create more unionized construction jobs in New Jersey, quoting Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN).

Rutgers Today writes a profile of Nanette Dande, a senior majoring in Human Resource Management at SMLR.

The Times-Tribune publishes an editorial urging increased federal enforcement of wage and hour laws, quoting Jenn Round of the Strengthening Labor Standards Enforcement Program.

HuffPost talks to Jessica Methot about people who have settled into a comfort zone while working from home and now feel reluctant to return to the office.