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News Archive

February 2024

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South
Cornell Chronicle
Students Debate Free Speech in the Workplace

January 2024

Art Wheaton
After Teamsters Meeting, Trump Says Of Possible Union Endorsement, 'Stranger Things Have Happened'
CAHRS Shares 2024 Priorities of HR Leaders
AoL
JR Keller
The talent conundrum: Managers may be tempted to hold onto their best employees, but that actually hurts the entire company
AP News
Art Wheaton
Trump will meet with the Teamsters in Washington as he tries to cut into Biden’s union support
Cornell Chronicle
Sam Nelson
Undergrads to Debate Free Speech in the Workplace
The Washington Post
Vanessa Bohns
How to say ‘no’ to social invitations
Harry Katz
The CSU Strike Didn't Last Long. But Anger Over The Chancellor's Paycheck? That's Still Going
Quartz
Erica Groshen
Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and more: 2024 starts with tech layoffs already set to surpass last year
The Guardian
Cathy Creighton
‘Dark forces’: how US corporations turned to courts in fight against unions
Newsweek
Art Wheaton
Donald Trump comes face-to-face with union blow
Cathy Creighton
2nd Circ. grapples with Starbucks' need for union info
AP News
Art Wheaton
Biden will speak at United Auto Workers forum as he woos the blue-collar vote in battleground states
AP News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall to all-time low
CNN
Labor Action Tracker
Cal State faculty members end strike after one day
ILR WIDE Supporting Research by 22 Scholars
Art Wheaton
The UAW won big for future EV battery plants
Spectrum
Lee Adler
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on 'bathroom bill'
Fast Company
The Worker Institute
Delivery workers won a mandated raise from NYC. Now they say the apps figured out a way to undermine it
John August
‘Complete breakdown of CVS,’ cries shopper who waited 3 days ‘to find out’ where medicine was & others ‘rage’ at lines
Yahoo News
Jason Judd
Fashion Production’s Climate Crisis in 4 Graphs
Virginia Doellgast
The (ongoing) fight against workplace AI surveillance
Johnnie Kallas
Q&A: Johnnie Kallas of Cornell’s Labor Action Tracker on the labor beat in 2024
Yahoo! Finance
John August
Key hospital and provider trends in 2024
The Messenger
Lance Compa
Is Starbucks, a ‘Most Admired’ Company, Out to Bust a Fledgling Union?
Inc.
Justin Bloesch
The Labor Market Remains Stronger Than Expected
Gothamist
Russell Weaver
NYC evictions surged in 2023, with legal lockouts nearing pre-COVID levels
MSN
Spencer Beswick
Joe Biden Is a 'Dictator' and 'Worse Than Trump': Progressive Activist
Yahoo! Finance
The Worker Institute
AI threatens to push human fashion models out of the picture
Wired
Brian Lucas
Here’s Why Getting Back to Work in 2024 Is So Hard—and How You Can Get Over the Slump
CNN
Labor Action Tracker
What to expect from Friday’s jobs report, 2023’s final tally
Russell Weaver
Groups renew call for NYS to expand unemployment insurance
Marketplace
Erica Groshen
Those jobs you’re applying to? They might not be real.
Marketplace
Alex Colvin
It’s been 4 years since the pandemic began. Here’s what the new normal looks like.
The Guardian
Virginia Doellgast
‘Constantly monitored’: the pushback against AI surveillance at work
Marketplace
Cathy Creighton
Last year’s successful strikes may prompt more labor actions in 2024

December 2023

The Buffalo News
Cathy Creighton
Another Voice: The UAW win demonstrates the importance of a well-paid workforce
Marketplace
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Will labor unions maintain their momentum in 2024?
Sourcing Journal
Kate Bronfenbrenner
A Look Back at a Turbulent Year in Logistics
Market watch
Erica Groshen
A Wave of Corporate Refinancings Is Coming. This Time, It Won’t Lead to Layoffs.
NBC News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Workers wrested a seat at the table on AI this year. Will it be enough?
Yahoo News
Art Wheaton
Florida faces critical shortage of doctors and nurses, lawmakers looking for solutions
NPR
Johnnie Kallas
Coming off big wins at the bargaining table, what's ahead for unions in 2024?
Quartz
Erica Groshen
Immigrants make up more of the US construction labor force than ever
MSN
Why UAW's push to organize workers at nonunion carmakers faces a steep climb
The New York Times
Sarosh Kuruvilla
They’re paid billions to root out child labor in the U.S. Why do they fail?
CNN
Art Wheaton
Shawn Fain, CNN Business’ labor leader of the year, plans to keep automakers sweating
The New York Times
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Board Game Cafe Workers Went on a Quest for a Union and Won
ABC News
Harry Katz
Wells Fargo workers form 1st union at a US megabank

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