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Gleeson, Lyon Lead Project Studying Labor Migration Programs

A seven-year, multi-university partnership will examine migrant workers and international mobility programs in New Zealand, also known as Aotearoa, Australia, Canada and the U.S.
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Gleeson, Lyon Lead Project Studying Labor Migration Programs

Analysis of Court Transcripts Reveals Biased Jury Selection

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Martin Wells, director of research in the ILR School, analyzed transcripts that included more than 26,000 questions that judges, defense attorneys and the prosecution asked potential jurors.
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Analysis of Court Transcripts Reveals Biased Jury Selection

Washington State Climate Jobs Report Released

The Evergreen State has positioned itself as a climate leader in America, but a new report from the ILR Climate Jobs Institute reveals there is much more to be done to ensure that its climate investments maximize high-quality job creation, equity and economic development.
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Washington State Climate Jobs Report Released

ILRies Make an Impact Through Community Partnership Funding

Five ILR students led grassroots community projects, thanks to funding from Cornell’s student-run Community Partnership Funding Board.
Margot Treadwell '24 and Kevin Harris
ILRies Make an Impact Through Community Partnership Funding

ILO’s 2023 Conference: the 8th for the Regulating for Decent Work Network in Geneva, Switzerland

More than 3,000 justice-involved people, employers, law enforcement personnel and others have received training since 2018 through an ILR program.
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ILO’s 2023 Conference: the 8th for the Regulating for Decent Work Network in Geneva, Switzerland

CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

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Funding from K. Lisa Yang '74 will support innovative applied research projects and foster collaborations across Cornell to address important societal issues linked to work.
K. Lisa Yang
CAROW Introduces Yang-Tan WorkABILITY Incubator

Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

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ILRie will use award funding to establish a partnership between Alpha Phi Omega and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.
Yasmin Ballew ’23
Yasmin Ballew ’23 Receives Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award

Regional Town-Gown Conference Focuses on Labor, Employment

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Community leaders and ILR School experts discussed issues such as childcare, remote and hybrid work, and housing and demographic trends at the Regional Town-Gown Conference, held April 18 at the Hotel Ithaca.
ILR Dean Alex Colvin speaks at the Regional Town-Gown Conference
Regional Town-Gown Conference Focuses on Labor, Employment

Minimum Wage Increase Yields Positives: Report

Increasing the Tompkins County minimum wage of $16.61 to a living wage would increase earnings for thousands of workers and reduce racial and gender disparities, according to a new Ithaca Co-Lab report.
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Minimum Wage Increase Yields Positives: Report

Matthew Saleh Wins Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award

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Senior Research Associate at Yang-Tan Institute recognized for his work on career pathways for youth with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
Matthew Saleh
Matthew Saleh Wins Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Award

Explainer: Landmark NYC AI Law

ILR Professor John Hausknecht discusses a new law aimed at reducing hiring discrimination.
John Hausknecht
Explainer: Landmark NYC AI Law

Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker

The ILR School database that documents U.S. work stoppages informs journalists, policymakers, activists, scholars and the public about labor activism and unrest.
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Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker

Climate Jobs Institute Launch Celebrated

Union leaders, elected officials, non-profit organizations and others across the nation are lauding the growth of the ILR School initiative.
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Climate Jobs Institute Launch Celebrated

Bigler Reappointed Chair of NYS Council

The New York State Apprenticeship and Training Council will be led through 2025 by Esta Bigler.
Esta Bigler
Bigler Reappointed Chair of NYS Council

Fewer Than 40% of New Yorkers Earn a Living Wage

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The Cornell ILR Wage Atlas, a new tool out of the Buffalo Co-Lab, shows who in New York state earns living wages and where, helping policymakers and other stakeholders to understand patterns of inequality.
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Fewer Than 40% of New Yorkers Earn a Living Wage

Co-Lab Builds on Research

The “Good Jobs for All?” summit focused on barriers faced by workers in Ithaca, where ILR faculty, students and community members have been investigating joblessness, wage inequality and related issues.
Althea Brennan ’23
Co-Lab Builds on Research

Student Receives Grant to Study Strike Impact

Johnnie Kallas started the ILR Labor Action Tracker, which tracks labor strikes across the country, and is now also studying their effectiveness.
Johnnie Kallas
Student Receives Grant to Study Strike Impact

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.
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Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

New York at Work 2022 Published

Research-based data and policy analysis on a range of issues impacting New York’s workers, unions and employers are the focus of the ILR School’s second annual Labor Day report.
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New York at Work 2022 Published

Advice to Novice Debaters: “Lean Into It”

The Cornell International Summer Debate Camp invites local students to join teens from around the world July 30 through Aug. 7 to learn about debate, a civil discourse skill.
Sean O'Neil
Advice to Novice Debaters: “Lean Into It”

Ask Help Desk: If I take a remote job, can I be forced into an office?

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Patricia Campos-Medina, senior extension associate at the ILR Worker Institute, says, “If you don’t accommodate your workers, you’ll lose them,” and “to attract more talent, more employers have to be more flexible.”
Ask Help Desk: If I take a remote job, can I be forced into an office?

Racial profiling in Buffalo traffic enforcement hard to gauge with imperfect data

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WIVB worked with the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab to analyze stop receipt data to determine if there are disparities in who gets stopped.
Racial profiling in Buffalo traffic enforcement hard to gauge with imperfect data

The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Ban

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The gender pay gap begins to widen once women become mothers: research by Prof. Francine Blau.
The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Ban

What Happened at the Amazon Warehouse on Staten Island?

When a union-free tech giant was upended by a worker-founded union at a Staten Island warehouse April 1, the world was shocked. ILR experts are contextualizing what led to the surprise win and what’s next.
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What Happened at the Amazon Warehouse on Staten Island?

NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative Surveys Industry

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Cannabis employers see lack of training and skills, as well as lack of awareness of career opportunities, as two of the largest obstacles to achieving social equity in the adult-use market.
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NYS Cannabis Workforce Initiative Surveys Industry

Climate Jobs Plan Published

A new Worker Institute report details how Rhode Island can create a clean-energy, worker centered economy.
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Climate Jobs Plan Published

ILR, Weill Cornell Medicine Researchers Publish Findings

Study on paid home care workers in New York state has federal policymaking implications.
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ILR, Weill Cornell Medicine Researchers Publish Findings

Buffalo Co-Lab Studies Child Care Crisis

Low wages have driven an 11% drop in the child care workforce in Erie County and have resulted in economic repercussions for families and the local economy.
A teacher interacts with students at a daycare.
Buffalo Co-Lab Studies Child Care Crisis

Research Project on Worker Organizing Announced

“Achieving Greater Worker Voice, Equity, and Mobility: A Multi-Industry Study of Organizing Efforts and Their Outcomes,” will be led by Labor Education Research Director Kate Bronfenbrenner and MIT Professor Thomas A. Kochan.
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Research Project on Worker Organizing Announced

Creighton, Saleh are 2021-22 Engaged Learning Fellows

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Cathy Creighton, Buffalo Co-Lab director, and Matthew Saleh, Yang-Tan Institute research associate, have been named two of Cornell’s 2021-22 Faculty Fellows in Engaged Learning.
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Creighton, Saleh are 2021-22 Engaged Learning Fellows

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