This Week’s Top Hits

Investments to provide cooling in Bangladesh garment factories are commercially viable and pay back within four years says a report from ILR’s Global Labor Institute; the report “gives both buyers and suppliers a context for the scale of the intervention required,” explains Jason Judd, executive director of the institute.

The validity of a recent report on noncitizen voting in the 2020 U.S. presidential election is questioned by John Abowd, ILR emeritus professor and former U.S. Census Bureau chief scientist.

The importance of both employer grievance procedures and union stewards is explained by Kate Bronfenbrenner, ILR senior lecturer emeritus.

Co-created by the ILR School, the Labor Action Tracker, which shows U.S. strike activity over time, is discussed and demonstrated in this video clip. 

“We understand the importance of collaboration, collective struggle in terms of improving wages and working conditions,” says Paul Ortiz, ILR Professor of Labor History, sharing his perspective on the centrality of family, mutual aid and collective action within Latino communities.

A study by ILR researchers found that when making an intrusive request, to make it easy for your request to be turned down, you should suggest what to say instead of just giving permission to refuse.