Faculty and Staff
- Executive Director, Global Labor Institute
Jason Judd previously led the Ship to Shore Rights Project at the International Labor Organization (Bangkok).
- Chair of the Board
Hailed by Fortune Magazine as "the most powerful woman in the labor movement" Anna Burger retired in 2010 as both a top ranking officer at SEIU and the first chair of the labor federation, Change t
- Academic Director, Global Labor Institute
Sarosh Kuruvilla is currently Professor of Industrial Relations and Asian Studies at Cornell University and Visiting Professor of Employment Relations and Organizational Behaviour at the London Sch
- Global Labor Institute Project Associate
Isadora Bratton-Benfield is a Project Associate for the Global Labor Institute.
Advisory Board
- Chair of the Board
- Founder and Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS)
As the founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), Kalpona Akter campaigns for worker safety, fair wages and the right to labour unions.
- Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility - Global Affairs at PVH Corp.
Based in New York, Michael is charged with ensuring that PVH’s Corporate Responsibility policies, both human rights and environment, are respected by the company and enforced throughout its supply
- Sustainability Analyst, Responsible Investment Team - Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- Secretary-Treasurer, Workers United, SEIU
- Manager, NY Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United
- Chief Technical Advisor - Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Research Network
GLI has a research network of faculty and experts from leading universities.
Andreas Admasie, Researcher, International Institute for Social History
Matthew Amengual, Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Sarah Ashwin, Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, Department of Management, London School of Economics
Jinsun Bae, Assistant Professor in International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Jennifer Bair, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
Alex Covarrubias, Professor, El Colegio de Sonora
Martin Curley, Co-Director, Katalyst Initiative
Greg Distelhorst, Assistant Professor, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Eli Friedman, Associate Professor, International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University ILR School
Anne Lally, Co-Director, Katalyst Initiative
Desiree LeClercq, Proskauer Employment and Labor Law Assistant Professor, Cornell University ILR School
Chunyun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, London School of Economics
Raymond Robertson, Professor, Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government, Department of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University