LER in the News — School of Labor and Employment Relations

Jan 27, 2021

New CGWR-Solidarity Report: "What Difference Does a Union Make? Banana Plantations in the North and South of Guatemala."

Mark Anner

Dec 17, 2020

Bangladesh factories face smaller, less profitable orders this Christmas (Vogue Business)

Mark Anner

Dec 16, 2020

These women dread office holiday parties. They’re glad to be off the hook this year. (The Washington Post's The Lily)

Mark Gough

Nov 30, 2020

School of Labor and Employment Relations alumni connect with current students (Penn State News)

Alumni Story

Nov 13, 2020

Labor and human resources student receives award from Purdue HR Case Competition (Penn State News)

Student Story

Nov 11, 2020

The world of work before, during and after the pandemic (Penn State News)

Alumni Story

Oct 30, 2020

Penn State celebrates National Nontraditional Learner Week with virtual events (Penn State News)

Brian Redmond

Oct 23, 2020

“Donald Trump va-t-il perdre le vote ouvrier?” (Will Donald Trump Lose the Workers’ Vote?) (Slate France)

Paul Clark

Oct 19, 2020

Buyer behaviour 'threatens millions more jobs' (Ecotextile News)

Mark Anner

Oct 19, 2020

Human resources and employment relations student inspires change (Penn State News)

Student Story

Oct 18, 2020

‘Vulnerable’ garment workers in Bangladesh bear the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic (CNBC)

Mark Anner

Oct 17, 2020

Garment workers hanging by a thread amid price-cut demands (The Straits Times)

Mark Anner

Oct 15, 2020

Fashion brands accused of exploiting workers at risk of layoffs (Reuters)

Mark Anner

Oct 13, 2020

Fashion’s $16 Billion Debt To Garment Workers Should Spark Reform, Not Sympathy (Forbes)

Mark Anner

Oct 09, 2020

Fashion companies have canceled or refused to pay for $16.2 billion of orders during the pandemic, costing textile workers $1.6 billion in wages, a report found (Business Insider)

Mark Anner

Oct 09, 2020

Fashion firms scrapped $16 billion in apparel orders amid COVID-19 crisis (The New York Post)

Mark Anner

Oct 08, 2020

World’s garment workers face ruin as fashion brands refuse to pay $16bn (The Guardian)

Mark Anner

Oct 01, 2020

“You Can’t Be What You Can’t See” (Penn Stater Magazine) Page 52

Tom Hogan

Sep 29, 2020

Human resource professionals to share how degree prepared them for pandemic (Penn State News)

Alumni Story

Sep 24, 2020

Teaching and Learning with Technology welcomes newest faculty fellows cohort (Penn State News)

Tom Hogan

Sep 24, 2020

The new movement to reform fashion (Vogue Business)

Mark Anner

Sep 20, 2020

Virtual internships have plenty to offer labor and employment relations students (Penn State News)

Student Story

Sep 10, 2020

Sept. 18 Penn State symposium to examine effects of racism, injustice (Penn State News)

Rebecca Tarlau

Aug 28, 2020

Hogan to serve on SHRM Blue Ribbon Commission on Racial Equity (Penn State News)

Tom Hogan

Aug 26, 2020

Wasser selected as 2020 Kelley-Willits Award Winner (Penn State News)

Michael Wasser

Aug 25, 2020

Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement (The Conversation)

Paul Clark

Aug 14, 2020

After 37 years, this veteran is graduating with her Penn State degree (Penn State News)

Student Story

Aug 13, 2020

How the pandemic is hurting progressive manufacturing (Vogue Business)

Mark Anner

Aug 05, 2020

SHRM Announces Blue Ribbon Commission on Racial Equity (SHRM)

Tom Hogan

Jun 30, 2020

Prospective student event to focus on professional graduate degree programs (Penn State News)

School News

Jun 22, 2020

Penn State Labor Expert On The History Of Police Unions, How Reform Could Happen (WPSU)

Paul Clark

Jun 18, 2020

Opinion: It’s time to give nursing home workers the voice they deserve (Centre Daily Times)

Zachary Zobrist

Jun 09, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 & Global Supply Chains: Will Western Brands Pay Up for Bangladesh Apparel Supplies? (Duke University News)

Mark Anner

Jun 04, 2020

She Paid Thousands for a Visa to Work in the U.S. Then She Got Laid Off. Now, She’s Trapped. (ProPublica)

Catherine Bowman

May 21, 2020

Your View by a Penn State prof: How the lack of paid sick leave harms us all (The Morning Call)

Paul Clark

May 18, 2020

Essential workers deserve a law that requires paid sick leave (Penn Live)

Paul Clark

May 13, 2020

Faculty, grad students come together to help Centre County residents in need (Penn State News)

Rebecca Tarlau, Manuel Rosaldo

May 06, 2020

Essential US workers often lack sick leave and health care – benefits taken for granted in most other countries (The Conversation)

Paul Clark

May 05, 2020

Activist farmers in Brazil feed the hungry and aid the sick as president downplays coronavirus crisis (The Conversation)

Rebecca Tarlau

May 05, 2020

ROTC Student Plans to Help Soldiers with her Human Resources and Employment Relations Master’s Degree (Penn State News)

Student Story

Apr 29, 2020

Doliveira Cultivates Sheetz DNA (CStoreDecisions)

Alumni News

Apr 28, 2020

Bangladesh Teeters As Retail Shutdown Leaves Clothes On The Factory Floor (WBUR)

Mark Anner

Apr 20, 2020

Solovey Selected as 2020 World Campus Student Marshal (Penn State News)

Student Story

Apr 20, 2020

Steinle selected as 2020 Labor and Employment Relations Student Marshal (Penn State News)

Student Story

Apr 17, 2020

Research Contributes to Policy Changes to Support Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Penn State News)

Mark Anner

Apr 06, 2020

Labor and human resources major helps student find a new path (Penn State News)

Student Story

Mar 30, 2020

Bangladesh garment makers say $3B in orders lost to virus (Associated Press)

Mark Anner

Mar 27, 2020

Tarlau is 2020 recipient of emerging faculty award for engaged scholarship (Penn State News)

Rebecca Tarlau

Mar 27, 2020

Garment workers going unpaid as fashion labels cancel orders (Associated Press)

Mark Anner

Mar 12, 2020

American Organ Institute director investigated for multiple sexual harassment allegations (OUDaily)

Mark Gough

Mar 04, 2020

Alumnus creates fund to support labor and employment relations students (Penn State News)

Alumni News

Feb 27, 2020

Waste Not, Shop Not (The New York Review)

Mark Anner

Feb 24, 2020

Hardest-Working Cities in America (WalletHub)

James B. Stewart

Feb 20, 2020

Penn State adult learner and US Marine leads others in outdoor adventures (Penn State News)

Student Story

Feb 06, 2020

Women Workers Film Festival to be Held Feb. 15-16 (Penn State News)

Center for Global Workers’ Rights

Jan 10, 2020

Idaho Tourism Areas Rely On 'Essential' Work-Travel Program (NPR)

Catherine Bowman