LSER Experts In the News

PublicSource reports graduate student workers at the University of Pittsburgh have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers, quoting Adrienne Eaton.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the city and AFSCME District Council 33 have reached an agreement on a one-year contract extension, quoting Francis Ryan.

Boston Review publishes an op-ed by Janice Fine of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU examining why Democrats can no longer expect unions to deliver working-class voters.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc examining why Republicans swept the election and what their return to power means for workers and union organizing. 

Banking Dive reports Wells Fargo Workers United members in Albuquerque, N.M. are beginning their first negotiations with the megabank, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

Bloomberg Law reports Amazon warehouse workers in San Francisco are leveraging a landmark NLRB ruling in their unionization effort, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

KQED Radio interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the looming strike by thousands of healthcare workers in California. She says safe staffing is a top concern.

Law360 examines how the rise of automation is worrying workers on docks, assembly lines, Hollywood sets, and in many other places, quoting Will Brucher.

The New York Times reports the NLRB is challenging Amazon’s model of using third-party logistics companies for deliveries, quoting Susan Schurman.

WGN Radio’s Legal Face-Off with Rich Lenkov and Christina Martini interviews Will Brucher about the strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association.