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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Cornell Chronicle
“Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,” by Tejasvi Nagaraja, is set for release on Sept. 22.
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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

AI’s Impact on Professional Work to be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

A new research team plans to explore AI’s impact on professional work through a new two-year pilot initiative housed at the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator.
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AI’s Impact on Professional Work to be Examined by CAROW Yang-Tan Incubator Initiative

Dean Colvin to Give Inaugural McKersie Lecture

ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will explore how insights from the work of the late Robert “Bob” McKersie, former ILR School dean, relate to the state of labor today when he delivers the inaugural McKersie Labor Day Lecture on Friday, Sep. 4.
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Dean Colvin to Give Inaugural McKersie Lecture

Two New Faculty Members Join ILR for 2026-27

The ILR School welcomed two new faculty members, Greg Distelhorst and Anaïs Fabre, on July 1.
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Two New Faculty Members Join ILR for 2026-27

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Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Cornell Chronicle
“Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,” by Tejasvi Nagaraja, is set for release on Sept. 22.
Troop Movement cover
Nagaraja Book Examines WWII Workers Challenges to Racism, Imperialism and Exploitation

Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Cornell Chronicle
Studying two decades of data collected through the Empire State Poll, researchers have found that the cost of living dominates respondents’ key concerns, eclipsing other priorities, such as the environment.
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Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

New research by Forrest Briscoe examined how reported violence in protests was associated with increased local corporate diversity action announcements.
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Community Context Shapes Corporate Response to Violence in Street Protests

Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Cornell Chronicle
Central Americans with TPS status make significant contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.
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Workers With Temporary Protected Status Aid NYS’s Economy, Society

Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

Cornell Chronicle
Men and women achieve similar economic outcomes in negotiations, but female negotiators foster stronger interpersonal relationships, according to new research by Charlotte “Charlie” Townsend, a Future of Work fellow in the ILR School’s Department of Organizational Behavior.
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Women Negotiate as Effectively as Men – But Leave People Happier

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Looking ahead to August's jobs numbers

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In this audio interview, ILR Senior Labor Market Advisor Erica Groshen comments on U.S. labor market stagnancy: “Our usual characterization of the labor market is it takes the escalator up and takes the escalator down – this is like we are spending a lot of time on that landing.”
Looking ahead to August's jobs numbers

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ILR Professor Philipp Kircher offers tips for using percentage-based budgeting for personal finances.
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Tompkins County reviewing study on minimum wage

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“There is a big problem with wages and the cost of living being out of sync; cost of living is going up much more rapidly than wages are,” says Ian Greer, ILR Ithaca Co-Lab director, in this audio interview about a minimum-wage study he co-authored for Tompkins County.
Tompkins County reviewing study on minimum wage
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Labor Day 2026: Cornell experts on AI, the changing workplace

Sept. 3, 2026

Artificial intelligence has quickly become one of the defining issues in the workplace, with employers and workers alike grappling with how the technology will change jobs, productivity, wages and the balance of power at work.

In this Tip Sheet, labor experts discuss AI’s impact on workers, jobs and the workplace.

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Judge's ruling tests the future of gig economy labor standards

July 23, 2026

This ruling sets a dangerous precedent that local governments can’t regulate the employment conditions in specific industries ... In a world where AI and algorithms are increasingly determining whether workers keep or lose their job, it is essential that we have human review of these decisions."

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