SMLR Experts In the News

MarketWatch quotes Rebecca Kolins Givan in the headline of its story about Amazon’s victory in Bessemer, Alabama.

BBC News reports workers in Bessemer voted 1,798 to 738 against unionizing, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Motherboard by VICE examines the “imbalance of labor law” that contributed to the outcome in Alabama, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The Birmingham News quotes Will Brucher, who says “community-based, grassroots organizing can succeed, even against a powerful employer like Amazon.”

NBC News interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about how an employer like Amazon “successfully busts the union by instilling fear and uncertainty into the workers.”

Law360 reports on Amazon’s early edge in the Bessemer union election, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Law360 reports New York’s recreational marijuana law requires cannabis employers and unions to enter into labor peace agreements, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

CBS News reports some Amazon workers are forced to urinate in bottles because they don’t have enough time for bathroom breaks, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

The BBC (UK) conducts a live interview with Janice Fine of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, who says, “Amazon is the king of e-commerce, but it’s acting like anything but a benevolent dictator."

Bloomberg Law investigates alleged corruption within the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), quoting Susan Schurman.