Unions split over data centers, AI

Axios
“You aren’t going to get all the unions to agree. One loses, the other might gain,” says Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, commenting on varied perspectives within labor unions on supporting AI.
Unions split over data centers, AI

Private Equity's Significant Debt Problem Has Been Building For Years

Forbes
Debt burdens created by private equity buyouts erode operational cash flows and increase vulnerability to market shocks, according to research contributed to by Rosemary Batt, ILR professor emeritus.
Private Equity's Significant Debt Problem Has Been Building For Years

There's a Career Tax on Being Smart at Work—but Only If You're a Woman

Fast Company
Vanessa Bohns, ILR professor of organizational behavior, provides insight into how gender stereotypes contribute to workplace penalties for intelligent women.
There's a Career Tax on Being Smart at Work—but Only If You're a Woman

ILR in the News

Cornell Chronicle
"Local collective action and social change"
WBFO
"After Janus, a battle for union members' wallets"
PBS
"3 charts that explain the rise in U.S. household incomes"
Cornell Sun
"Global Health, ILR Students Gain Service Experience Collaborating with Indian NGO"
Inside Higher Ed
"'Temp' and the Lean University"
Ithaca Journal
"Ithaca branch of American Association of University Women celebrates 100 years"
Quartz
"Merccedes-Benz is finally taking on Tesla. It probably won't work."
Cornell Chronicle
"Digital economy can be path to inclusive capitalism"
"What We Can Learn from Rising Interest in Unions"
Fast Company
"Why work has failed us: because companies aren't sharing the profits"
Seattle Times
"It's a record bull market, but most workers aren't invited to the party."
"Labor Justice in the Gig Economy"
"Worker visa red tape worries companies"
Cornell Sun
"ILR Program Gives Students Policy Analysis Experience in Zambia"
The New York Times
"Companies Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration"
"Cornell University professor Louis Hyman looked at changes to the American workforce over the past seventy years"
"Temp Quotes by Louis Hyman"
WHYY NPR
"Temporary work: the rise of the gig economy"
The Washington Post
"The undocumented workers who built Silicon Valley"
"Census Bureau Economists Provide More Evidence Against the Citizenship Question"
"Unions Outpacing 2017 in New Member Recruitment"
The New York Times
"9 New Books We Recommend This Week"
"Stop The Violence; Temp; Feed My Mojo"
"'Temp' author Louis Hyman on Recode Decode"
"Silicon Valley has been treating workers ‘miserably’ since the 1970s"
WIVB TV
"Trump nixing NAFTA: good or bad for WNY?"
"AT&T Has Closed 44 Call Centers Since 2011, Despite Raking In Record Profits"
"The Accountable Capitalism Act Will Never Happen. But Now the Conversation Will"
"Temp Work: The Waste Product of the Service Economy?"
"Maybe Companies Like Uber Are Not to Blame for Our Era of Insecure, Unstable Jobs"
"Survey: This is the best state for women’s equality"
"Vanishing jobs? Don't blame it on tech"
The New York Times
"How the ‘Temp’ Economy Became the New Normal"
"The Origin Story Of The Gig Economy" -- First citation.
"Is the Gig Economy a Good Thing or Bad Thing?"
"SF veterinary workers unionize, attempt to drive hard bargain with $9 billion VCA corporation"
"Unleashed - How to Thrive as an Independent Professional: 96. Louis Hyman on the history of temp labor in America"
"How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary"
"Economic historian: Don't blame tech for the gig economy sea change"
WBUR
"The Origin Story Of The Gig Economy" -- Second citation.
"How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman by The Road to Now"
The New York Times
"How to Ask for Help and Actually Get It"
CNBC
"Here's how the gig economy could work"
"Tech did not create the gig economy, which has been growing since the 1970s"
The New York Times
"It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs
"Union Members Battle to Be Big cheese in Wisconsin House Race"
Inc.
"Thomas Edison was Right: "Vision without Execution is Hallucination"
The San Diego Union-Tribune
"If you want a six-figure salary, get a job in this industry"
Enriching Entreprenurial Paths
"How to Transform A Sluggish Organization"

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