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ILR Hosts ILERA Conference on Transition to EVs

Outreach

The ILR School hosted a two-day ILERA conference that explored labor and the transition to electric vehicles. Organized in part by Ian Greer, director of the Ithaca Co-Lab, Professor Harry Katz and Art Wheaton, director of labor studies, the conference and its 35 attendees aimed to develop a global understanding of the EV shift and its consequences for workers.

Ian Greer leading a panel discussion at the ILERA conference on the transition to electric vehicles.
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Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Cornell Chronicle
As part of its on-going public impact mission and “data democratization” initiative, the Buffalo Co-Lab has launched the Cornell ILR Eviction Filings Dashboard for New York, a tool designed to help citizens, policymakers and nonprofits more easily visualize where eviction filings have occurred since 2018.
An eviction notice hangs on a door.
Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Quality Jobs Sought for the Unemployed

"Good Jobs For All?" summit brought together advocates working on behalf of unemployed people in Ithaca area.
Althea Brennan ’23
Quality Jobs Sought for the Unemployed

Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

Ian Greer, Ithaca Co-Lab director and other ILR researchers have found that living wage legislation would have a dramatic impact on the earnings of many Black workers in Tompkins County.
A graphic showing how living wage connects to basic needs
Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

A two-credit course where students can learn about U.S. unemployment issues with ILR Professor Ian Greer.
a long line of people outside waiting to file for unemployment
“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

The shift to electric vehicles will destroy unionized jobs, and the quality of the jobs being created and the severity of the disruption to the lives of autoworkers remain to be seen. How can there be a ‘just transition’ that protects autoworkers and creates good jobs?
Car engine with mechanic hand image
New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

A new report co-authored by Cornell-ILR researchers Ian Greer, Rusty Weaver, and Michele Belot examines labor market change just as the pandemic was beginning to subside.
multiethnic workers
ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

In the News

Media Mentions

Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Times Union News
In this op-ed, Ian Greer argues that New York needs progressive taxation of employers: taxing all workers’ wages, reducing the role of experience rating, and reducing the Unemployment Insurance tax rate for the businesses whose rates are disproportionately high.
Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

CNN
“In the electric vehicle segment, tariffs are a boon to fiercely anti-union Tesla, which will benefit from the disarray of competitors (including the Big Three) who need time to rethink production strategies and retool factories. Any new automotive jobs will be overwhelmingly nonunion,” says Ian Greer.
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen

Clean Technica
Ian Greer, research professor at ILR, says, “If VW closes three plants, the reason will not only be competitive difficulties but also the decision to pay out dividends rather than to invest in the existing productive tissue.”
The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen