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Image of child with teething ring

A report by SMLR’s Center for Women and Work finds an additional 200,000 children would be covered if the state adopted the federal income threshold.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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Image of Janice Fine

SMLR’s Janice Fine visited the Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center to share the findings of a new report by the Workplace Justice Lab.

Monday, March 10, 2025
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Photo of 2025 book prize winners

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing has announced the William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte Book Prize, an award recognizing significant contributions to the advancement of economic democracy.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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Image o LA wage theft in fast food restaurants report

SMLR’s Workplace Justice Lab finds 25% of workers were illegally paid below the minimum wage in 2024. But most never complain, in part because they don’t know their rights.

Monday, February 17, 2025
Photo of Nannie Helen Burroughs
Photo of Nannie Helen Burroughs

Danielle Phillips-Cunningham’s new book unfolds the story of Nannie Helen Burroughs, who opened a national school for Black women and girls in the early 1900s.

Thursday, February 6, 2025

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