This Week’s Top Hits

Francine Blau, ILR economics professor emeritus, offers analysis of the proposed More Paid Leave for More Americans Act program and other family-related policy measures.

Harry Katz, director of ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, points out that legislating pay outside collective bargaining undermines the established system.

"These tariffs are very disruptive for the sector and can be very hurtful for Buffalo because we don’t have an assembly plant here,” says Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, discussing the potential impact of U.S.-Canadian tariffs on the auto industry and car pricing.

Harry Katz, director of ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, explains his prediction that Boeing will offer a wage increase to workers in the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace in negotiations before the current contract expires on Oct. 6.

“They can get more from the auto industry when the auto industry is doing well,” says Ian Greer, ILR research professor. “And it’s not doing well.”

Ileen DeVault, ILR professor of labor history, discusses how ‘9 to 5’ and Dolly Parton’s contributions advanced the conversation on workplace sexism and women’s rights.