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SMLR experts discuss the continuing struggle for racial justice in the workplace.
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In celebration of Black History Month, SMLR’s Francis Ryan interviews the longtime labor leader about his 50-year fight for racial justice and workers’ rights.
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Led by SMLR's Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse, co-directors of the Program for Disability Research, Rutgers has produced more studies on disability and work than any other institution. Three major grants are now turbocharging their work.
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SMLR's Program for Disability Research projects the number of eligible voters with disabilities in every state. A massive expansion of mail-in voting could spur higher turnout.
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SMLR's Center for Women and Work teamed-up with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and its affiliates to study the challenges facing housecleaners, nannies, and home health aides in New Jersey.
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A study co-authored by SMLR's Center for Women and Work finds both parents do better in their jobs when dads take on more childcare and chores.
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SMLR's Center for Innovation in Worker Organization finds minimum wage violations increased during the Great Recession of 2008. The problem could be even worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New research by SMLR's Center for Innovation in Worker Organization finds many wage theft victims do not come forward. Strategic enforcement would prevent them from falling through the cracks.