US auto workers strike: IU experts available to comment
Thousands of auto workers went on strike Friday after leaders couldn’t bridge a gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.
Members of the United Auto Workers union began picketing at factories in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio. President Biden dispatched aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike, which, if it continues, could impact vehicle prices and strain the economy.
Indiana University experts are available to comment on the situation, the history of labor unions and movements, as well as the economic and supply chain impacts.
For more information, contact Teresa Mackin at tmackin@iu.edu or 317-274-5432, or Marah Yankey at mqharbis@iu.edu or 812-856-1442.
R. Andrew Butters
Kelley School of BusinessR. Andrew Butters is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the IU Kelley School of Business. Before joining Kelley, he was an associate economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Expertise
Industrial organization, applied econometrics, productivity, market integration.
Elizabeth Clayton
School of BusinessClayton can comment on how the orientation of leader-employee motivations are predictors in the ability to find win-win or win-lose solutions. She can also discuss how fairness perceptions regarding the distribution of resources, interpersonal treatment, and policies and procedures influence workplace dynamics.
Expertise
Motivations in the workplace, interpersonal workplace dynamics, leader-employee relationship quality, team dynamics, and workplace outcomes of focus: stress, burnout, job satisfaction, well-being, and employee productivity and efficiency.
Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt
Maurer School of LawProfessor Kenneth Dau-Schmidt is a nationally recognized teacher and scholar on the subjects of labor and employment law and the economic analysis of legal problems. His innovative teaching methods using classroom simulations have been widely featured in publications including the Christian Science Monitor, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chicago Sun-Times and National Jurist.
Expertise
Labor law, including unions, collective bargaining, NLRB processes and public sector unions; employment law, including employment contracts, Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage law), OSHA (safety), workers compensation, unemployment compensation, ERISA (pensions); and the legal profession, including income, job satisfaction, hours worked, gender.
Isaac Hacamo
Kelley School of BusinessA faculty member at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business since 2014, Isaac Hacamo is an associate professor of finance and directs the Access to Finance Lab at Kelley. He studies related issues in labor, household finance and entrepreneurship.
Expertise
Labor and finance, housing/urban economics, entrepreneurship, household finance, corporate finance.
Carol Rogers
Kelley School of BusinessCarol Rogers serves as director of the Indiana Business Research Center at the IU Kelley School of Business.
Expertise
Population, demographics, census, Indiana economy.
Marquita Walker
School of Social Work, Department of Labor StudiesMarquita Walker is the interim chair and associate professor of labor studies at the IU School of Social Work. Most of her research explores a theoretical approach and practical application to the (re)entry of workers into the workforce and the protection of workers’ rights.
Expertise
Workers’ education and (re)entry into the workforce, labor-management relationships, the protection of workers’ rights in global supply chains, indirect bias as a barrier to women’s entry into apprenticeship programs and the workforce in general.
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