News Archive

October 2022

Spectrum News
Labor Action Tracker
Union leaders discuss Amazon and Starbucks campaigns at SU
Meet Cornell’s Student Assembly President
Q&A with Alex Kowalski
Pay Transparency: Pros and Cons
Business Insider
Alex Kowalski
How the warehouse boom devoured America's workforce
Creating a Creativity Framework
Business Insider
Louis Hyman
Warehouse giants like Amazon and others are desperate for more robots, but human workers worry they make the job more dangerous
The Washington Post
Patricia Campos-Medina
Biden wants to let gig workers be employees. Here’s why it matters.
The Buffalo News
Cathy Creighton
Amid wave of union organizing, Geico workers in Amherst seek insurance giant's first union
Business Insider
Rebecca Kehoe
TikTokers are smashing the stigma of getting laid off as a recession looms and more people fear for their jobs: ‘Posting it on TikTok was the best thing I could have done’
Yahoo News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
A Year After Striketober, Employers and Labor Unions Aren't Getting Along
Business Insider
Erica Groshen
America's best tool to fight inflation and prevent recessions is facing a dangerous death spiral
Market watch
Patricia Campos-Medina
'Gig work' rule is in Biden administration's crosshairs, sending DoorDash and Lyft stocks to all-time lows
CBS News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Why going on strike could get much harder for American workers
Newsday
Erica Groshen
Job openings going unfilled in ‘crazy’ market, recruiters say
Marketplace
Patricia Campos-Medina
Biden administration proposes rule that could reclassify gig workers
Time
Michael Gold
A Federal Proposal Could Turn Gig Workers Into Employees. Here's What That Means
Politico
Art Wheaton
So what's going on with railroads?
Vox
Tae Youn Park
You’re going back to the office. Your boss isn’t.
Yahoo! Finance
Susanne Bruyere
DXC Technology Rolls Out Global Initiative to Support Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Yahoo! Finance
Patricia Campos-Medina
Amazon workers in Albany prepare for pivotal union vote
AP News
Patricia Campos-Medina
Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies
Politico
Art Wheaton
‘Dubious at best’: Railroad workers’ rejection of new contracts revives strike fears
Kate Griffith
The Conservative Astroturf Organization Rolling Back Child Labor Protections
NPR
Patricia Campos-Medina
Labor Department proposal could change gig worker and company rules
Cornell Chronicle
Fixed-Duration Strikes Can Revitalize Labor
Harvard Business Review
Louis Hyman
4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Scientific Management
ABC News
Erica Groshen
US economy added 263K jobs in September
CNN
Russell Weaver
The US job market remains robust, but is showing signs of cooling
HR Dive
Diane Burton
How 2023 minimum wage hikes will affect HR’s compensation strategies
localsyr.com
Ian Greer
Neighboring universities ready to supply Micron’s workforce
The Buffalo News
Lou Jean Fleron
How child care's challenges hit home in the economy
Cornell Chronicle
Chen '22 Receives Kheel Center Research Award
Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities
Cathy Creighton
Kaleida, unions still bargaining, but what happens if a strikenotice is issued?
Quartz
Labor Action Tracker
The number of strikes are increasing for US workers
Bloomberg
Susanne Bruyere
Disabled Americans Reap Remote-Work Reward in Record Employment
syracuse.com
Lee Adler
Strike against national food distributor Sysco started in Syracuse. Now it’s spreading
Reveal News
Kate Griffith
Minor League Pay
Implement Policy Changes, Urges Cook-Gray Lecturer
Forbes
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Striketober Is Back As Workers Fight To Close The Wage Gap

September 2022

wnyc
Patricia Campos-Medina
Suburban Women Activists and the Midterms
syracuse.com
Sam Wang
‘Jeopardy!’ results: How did Central New York professor do?
CNBC
Cathy Creighton
Unions could face a big obstacle in 2023 if the economy falls into a recession
MSN
Cathy Creighton
Why The Worsening Economy Could Impact Starbucks' Union Efforts
The Buffalo News
Cathy Creighton
Let's strike! But just for a day or two
Business Insider
Labor Action Tracker
Amazon confirms it is raising pay for warehouse staff and delivery drivers by $1 per hour
CNN
Labor Action Tracker
1,000 food workers at San Francisco airport are on strike
The Guardian
Johnnie Kallas
New ‘Striketober’ looms as US walkouts increase amid surge in union activity
HR Brew
Phoebe Strom
The majority of workers can’t correctly identify sexual harassment, study shows

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