The Cornell Global Labor Institute (GLI) offers a unique venue for unions at the local, national and global level to work together to strengthen labor's response to the challenges posed by globalization. The goal of the Institute is to help union officers, staff and activists gain a deeper understanding of the policies and institutions that shape today's world and assist in bringing unionists based in different countries in contact with each other for meaningful discussion on strategy and policy. Read more »
? International Solidarity
? Democratic Governance
? Environmental Sustainability
? Global Justice
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.
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at the Climate Crisis Conference
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 »
Cornell GLI organizes a Trade Union Delegation to attend UN Climate Change Conference in Bali
December 3-14, 2007
GLI receives refunding for Global Trade Union Task Force on Development Alternatives for 2008
December 2007
GLI Report presents at European Foundation Workshops in Geneva, Switzerland,
November 29-30, 2007
GLI hosts a discussion between US and Chinese trade unionists
November 27, 2007
Cornell GLI hosts a discussion with Monsignor Fernando Lugo, frontrunner in the 2008 Paraguay presidential elections
June 15, 2007
Sean Sweeney, Director of the Cornell GLI, gives keynote speech at the New York State Apollo Alliance Summit
May 24, 2007
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