Cornell Global Labor Institute

Current Projects

Monitoring Freedom of Association
A seminar presented by both the Cornell ILR School's New York-based Global Labor Institute and the Ithaca-based ILR International Programs will be held on May 15-16, 2008 in New York City. This intimate seminar is limited to 25 persons and will provide a focused, practice-oriented treatment of standards, monitoring systems, enforcement and remediation steps, and best practices in this field.

UN Green Jobs Report
In partnership with the Worldwatch Institute, the Cornell Global Labor Institute is co-authoring on a study for the United Nations Environment Programme entitled “Green Jobs: Can the Transition to Environmental Sustainability Spur New Kinds and Higher Levels of Employment.”  This report is scheduled to be released Summer 2008.  Click here for more details.

Global Trade Union Task Force

Featured Past Event

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A North American Labor Assembly on Climate Crisis: Building a Global Movement for Clean Energy

The Cornell ILR School's Global Labor Institute convened perhaps the largest ever meeting of trade union leaders and environmentalists at "The North American Labor Assembly on Climate Crisis" in New York City on May 7th and 8th, 2007. The meeting was sponsored by 10 major unions and attended by more than 200 trade unionists from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean region, as well as 50 trade unionists situated in other regions of the world. Representatives from the energy policy community and environmental organizations took the numbers of attendees past 350. Read more »