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Harry Katz, ILR professor and director of ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, discusses anti-union tactics and cultural hurdles impacting labor organizing in the South.

“It sounds like a solid settlement,” said Harry Katz, ILR professor and director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, as he analyzed the tentative agreement reached in the New York City nurses’ strike.

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, commented on the New York City nurses’ strike.

Harry Katz, ILR professor and director of the Scheinman Institute, contextualizes the tentative contract agreement at the UAW’s first unionized, foreign-owned factory in the South, saying “it’s notable that they finally got a contract, but I don’t think it’s going to solve all their problems.”

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, provides insight into the dynamics of the nurses’ strike and negotiation process.

“There’s chronic issues here that keep recurring, and the parties seem to be at a state where they’re not able to resolve them,” said John August, director of healthcare labor relations at Scheinman Institute, about the NYC nursing strike. The article also cites ILR’s Labor Action Tracker.

Harry Katz, director of the Scheinman Institute, comments on the legitimacy of including international political issues in labor contract negotiations.

Harry Katz, director of the Scheinman Institute, shares his expertise as he answers questions about the possibility of workers at Breads Bakery forming a union, what labor issues a union typically negotiates with management, and the likelihood of Breads management engaging on issues related to Israel.

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, comments on how often nurses strike and why it has become more common recently.

An article by John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, is referenced in this article about how AI can be levered to meet the need for improved pediatric care in the U.S.

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, analyzes the gap between the union’s wage proposal and Kaiser’s current offer, in relation to the current impasse in negotiations.

New research by Dionne Pohler, the David and Alexandra Lipsky Professor in Dispute Resolution and Labor Relations, found that a small, unexpected tax benefit helped low-income Canadians continue working, contrary to what classic economic theory would predict.

Praise for facilitation after a breakdown in traditional negotiations is given to Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service and Dan McCray, director of labor relations programs at the Scheinman Institute.

Appreciation for essential mediation leading to the ratification of a new production contract with The Broadway league is expressed by Actors’ Equity Association and The League for Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service and Dan McCray, director of labor relations programs at the Scheinman Institute.

John August, director of health care and partner programs at the Scheinman Institute, provides expert commentary on trends in health care labor strikes and systemic workforce issues.

John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, explains the basic purpose of unions.

“First contracts are extremely difficult to achieve,” John August, director of healthcare labor relations at ILR’s Scheinman Institute, said when discussing picketing by physicians assistants at Northwell Health in Long Island.

Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.

Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service, discusses the future of labor mediation and its role in sustaining stable labor-management relations.

Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service and former deputy director of field operations at FMCS under the Biden administration, calls the potential closure “tragic” and said the agency’s typical budget is far less than what it saves the economy by preventing strikes.

Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service, said the Teamsters’ request highlighted a shift in union strategy.

Javier Ramirez, executive manager of the National Conflict Resolution Service in ILR's Scheinman Institute, discusses how the new resolution service will address a shortfall in federal mediation services.

Javier Ramirez, former deputy director of field operations at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, has joined ILR’s Scheinman Institute to help lead the newly established National Conflict Resolution Service.

“The labor-management relationship in health care is about as fraught as I’ve ever seen it since the pandemic,” said John August, who added that the rising cost of living and employee burnout since 2020 have affected employees mentally and emotionally.

Harry Katz, professor of collective bargaining, discusses a potential port worker's strike.

John August, the Scheinman Institute's Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs, explains what is behind the decline of retail pharmacies over the past decade and the problems it has created in underrepresented communities.