News Archive

December 2022

Marketplace
Cathy Creighton
Federal labor board lobbies for additional funding, staffing resources as Congressional deadline looms
Apple Podcasts
Eli Friedman
Podcast: Workers Protest in Modern China, Part 2
Apple Podcasts
Eli Friedman
Podcast: Workers Protest in Modern China, Part 1
Endowments Honor Bettman ’74
Three Faculty Members Named Full Professors
American Banker
Ileen DeVault
'We aren't being recognized': Workers' union bid at one financial institution
Gleeson Named Edmund Ezra Day Professor
Inside Higher Ed
Kate Bronfenbrenner
‘These Are the Wrong Kids to Do This To’
CNN
Eli Friedman
Apple made China the backbone of its iPhone assembly. Shifting away could take years
ABC News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Impacted by inflation, workers in academia, make demands
Bloomberg
Brian Dunn
Workers have high hopes for pay hikes next year. Perhaps too high
Graduate Students Receive Awards
CNBC
Cathy Creighton
Here’s a map of Starbucks stores that voted to unionize
Yahoo! Finance
Johnnie Kallas
Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike
Wall Street Journal
Johnnie Kallas
South Korea orders truckers back to work as labor tensions rise globally
Spectrum
Russell Weaver
Less people are working in New York, state report shows
CNBC
Art Wheaton
GM battery plant workers to vote on union representation in labor test for the EV industry
Many Lessons, Difficult Path to Solutions
Co-Lab Builds on Research
Wagner '92 Gift Honors Lieberwitz
WKBW ABC 7
Cathy Creighton
History in the making as Schofield Nursing Facility employees vote majority to unionize
The Business of Fashion News
Jason Judd and Sarosh Kuruvilla
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Business Model Isn’t Fit for Climate Change
Fast Company
Lisa Nishii
Why employee satisfaction isn’t enough for employee engagement
Wired
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Activision Blizzard has another union on its hands. Now what?
Cornell Chronicle
Stephen Kim Named Global Public Voices Fellow
CNN
Chris Collins
CDC’s remote-work policy may hinder efforts for agencywide reform, experts say
Scheinman Institute Driving Diversity Initiatives
Scheinman Institute Helps Launch Arbitration Career
The Nation
Eli Friedman
The Social Explosion of China’s Pent-up Pain
NPR
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Alabama coal miners begin their 20th month on strike

November 2022

KCBS Radio
Lee Adler
House expected to pass bill to avert rail worker strike
Aljazeera
Patricia Campos-Medina and Vanessa Bohns
Does 2022 spell a US labour union revival?
Bloomberg
Art Wheaton
Sound On: GOP Biden Investigations, Rail Shutdown Threat
Fast Company
Art Wheaton
Railroad strike: What’s next after the House intervened?
Vox
Rebecca Kehoe
Here’s what employers are cutting instead of your job
Financial Times
Art Wheaton
Biden risks rift with unions as he navigates US rail strike threat
Vox
Eli Friedman
What makes China’s wave of protests different this time
Art Wheaton
In-depth: WBEN insiders assessing current situation with potential rail strike in U.S.
Reuters
Eli Friedman
Analysis: Apple supply chain data shows receding exposure to China as risks mount
HR Dive
Peter Bamberger
HR largely complying with NYC pay transparency laws
The Washington Post
Tae Youn Park
Incentives can lead employees to cheat or lie at work
Cleveland News
Alice Lee
Practicing gratitude boosts our resilience in the face of challenges: Leslie Kouba
Yahoo News
Art Wheaton
Biggest U.S. rail union raises threat of strike
Beachler, Ksiazek Named to Engaged Fellows Cohort
Forbes
Ileen DeVault and Harry Katz
Starbucks Union Efforts Get Frothy With Strike
WCPO 9 ABC
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Amazon workers want a union at CVG. Can they win?
The Guardian
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Workers denounce Starbucks over union contract negotiations: ‘They don’t treat us like human beings’
Times Union News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Kate Mullany Medal to be awarded to retired Troy teacher and a Cornell professor
The Nation
Art Wheaton
Supply-Chain Workers Have the Power—and They’re Ready to Use It
Peer Mentors Welcome New ILRies

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