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ILR Panel Discusses Collective Bargaining in Women’s Professional Hockey

A discussion focused on the evolution of, and challenges facing, women’s professional hockey was hosted on Monday by ILR International Visiting Fellow Kelly Pike, ’03, Ph.D. ’14.
Kelly Pike, ’03, Ph.D. ’14, Digit Murphy, CALS ’83, Brianne Jenner, A&S ’15, and David Doorey
ILR Panel Discusses Collective Bargaining in Women’s Professional Hockey

Story of Chinese Laborers Told Through Kheel Center Items

Cornell Chronicle
The history of labor organizations and worker issues in China is the focus of Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition, opening this month in an art gallery in Brooklyn.
Sean Chang of Catherwood Library and Claire Deng of the Kheel Center look through some of the China Labor Collection files in the Kheel Center.
Story of Chinese Laborers Told Through Kheel Center Items

IAM Takes Bold Steps in Addressing Climate Crisis and Embracing Green Technologies, Releases Report on Clean Energy Economy for the Future

At the 2024 IAM Grand Lodge Convention, a groundbreaking discussion was held, with insights from a comprehensive study conducted by Cornell ILR's Climate Jobs Institute, in partnership with the IAM, about the urgency of the climate crisis and potential for growth and renewal within the union.
Photo of Climate Jobs Institute Assistant Director Zach Cunningham at Machinist convention
IAM Takes Bold Steps in Addressing Climate Crisis and Embracing Green Technologies, Releases Report on Clean Energy Economy for the Future

Outdoor Photo Exhibit Illustrates Migrant Workers’ Stories

Cornell Chronicle
A new outdoor exhibit of 6-foot-high interactive portraits, “Stories of Belonging,” on display on campus Sept. 16-20, will explore the history of migrant workers’ struggles to attain American citizenship.
Ives Hall Cupola
Outdoor Photo Exhibit Illustrates Migrant Workers’ Stories

Data Snapshots on Care Work, Online Platform Work, and Sexual Harassment in New York State

The Worker Institute recently published three data snapshots of findings to questions asked about the care economy, the experience of sexual harassment in the workplace, and work for online platforms. Read on for a preview of key findings with links to the three data snapshots.
A nurse tends to a wheelchair bound patient in her home
Data Snapshots on Care Work, Online Platform Work, and Sexual Harassment in New York State

Why Are Direct Care Workers So Crucial and What Can Be Done to Improve their Working Conditions?

Guest contributor Kiran Abraham-Aggarwal, ILR '25, discusses direct care workers--the challenges they face, how their working conditions relate to patient outcomes, and possible ways forward.
Photo of a home healthcare worker administering medication to a woman who is seated and eating.
Why Are Direct Care Workers So Crucial and What Can Be Done to Improve their Working Conditions?

25 Metrics to Measure Due Diligence in Global Supply Chain

Cornell ILR’s Global Labor Institute (GLI) launched its Labor Outcomes Metrics on May 29. The new set of 25 quantitative measures allows regulators, firms and unions to score, track and compare impacts over time.
Better Work Programme -  A worker in Bangladesh
25 Metrics to Measure Due Diligence in Global Supply Chain

Learn more about our Last Mile Delivery Study

Our last mile delivery project investigates the changes happening in a dynamic essential industry.
Delivery person using a cell phone to complete a delivery
Learn more about our Last Mile Delivery Study

NYC High Roaders Get Working

The High Road NYC program has hit the ground running as students settle into their new surroundings, gain confidence and begin to advocate for and engage with the community.
Doris Tapia presentation - High Road 2024
NYC High Roaders Get Working

Scheinman Institute Facilitating Pandemic Gear Supply Chain Improvements

The Scheinman Institute is bringing labor to the table for a U.S. project designed to equip front-line workers with effective personal protection equipment that will be widely adopted.
doctor mask
Scheinman Institute Facilitating Pandemic Gear Supply Chain Improvements

The Minimum Wage

In this post, Russell Weaver, Director of Research for the Buffalo Co-Lab, and Ian Greer, Director of the Ithaca Co-Lab, explain what a minimum wage is meant to do, where current policy falls short, and promising practices that can help ensure a living wage for workers.
Picture of a one-dollar bill
The Minimum Wage

REGISTER TODAY!! Climate Jobs Institute Provides a First Look on the Working Conditions of New York State Solar Workers.

The Climate Jobs Institute State of the NY Solar Workforce study provides a first look at the results of our exploratory study on the working conditions of New York State solar workers on Friday, April 26, in person and live stream.
Union construction workers
REGISTER TODAY!! Climate Jobs Institute Provides a First Look on the Working Conditions of New York State Solar Workers.

Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

Cornell ILR's Union Days begins Tuesday, March 5, with "Unions, Labor, and Freedom of Expression," a presentation given by Randi Weingarten ’80.
Randi Weingarten
Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

New York City Enacts Bill Requiring Notice and Posting of "Workers' Bill of Rights"

Beginning July 1, 2024, NYC employers must distribute and post a Worker Bill of Rights notice, emphasizing labor laws and protections for all workers, including immigrants. Employers must comply by July 1, 2024, or face a penalty. The law allows a 30-day window for corrections, emphasizing support for businesses in adapting to new requirements.
law tech
New York City Enacts Bill Requiring Notice and Posting of "Workers' Bill of Rights"

Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

Charlotte Garden, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, presented “The Constitution and the Workplace: Exploring How the First Amendment Impacts Workers.”
Charlotte Garden giving a lecture in Ives Hall
Constitutional Law Expert Discusses Free Speech in the Workplace

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

A new grant awarded by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation will fund an interdisciplinary team featuring MIT and Tougaloo College scholars.
A tired Black nurse looks out a window
ILR Trio Secures Grant to Study Health Care Unions in the South

SAVE THE DATE! Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy Conference

Mark your calendars for the Climate Jobs Institute’s upcoming statewide conference, Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy, in Albany, NY, on March 1-2, 2024.
Union woman worker wearing a hard hat and standing in front of solar panels
SAVE THE DATE! Generating Equity: Pathways to Union Careers in Clean Energy Conference

New Climate Jobs Institute Report Sees Clean Economy on the Horizon via Apprenticeship Readiness

Cornell ILR's Climate Jobs Institute celebrated the launch of its new report, “Building an Equitable, Diverse & Unionized Clean Energy Economy: What We Can Learn from Apprenticeship Readiness” on November 30th.
Panelists at the pre-apprenticeship report launch
New Climate Jobs Institute Report Sees Clean Economy on the Horizon via Apprenticeship Readiness

Bronfenbrenner Partnering with HBCUs to Study Black Worker Organizing

Cornell Chronicle
Kate Bronfenbrenner, Jobs with Justice and the Center for Economic Policy Research have secured a $450,000 grant from WorkRise for a project to improve economic security and mobility for low-wage workers and create a more equitable labor market in the South.
Kate Bronfenbrenner headshot
Bronfenbrenner Partnering with HBCUs to Study Black Worker Organizing

Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

An ILR student helped establish the United Auto Workers Local 2300, which now represents Cornell building maintenance and service workers.
Al Davidoff ’80
Custodian to National Union Leader: an ILRie’s Journey

Remembering the Triangle Fire

The Kheel Center, ILRies and Cornellians carry on the collective action legacy that grew from the Triangle Factory Fire disaster.
Cornell students at the Triangle Fire memorial
Remembering the Triangle Fire

AFT/ Cornell - Scheinman Institute Collective Bargaining Certificate

The AFT/Cornell - Scheinman Institute Collective Bargaining Certificate Program has trained over 400 participants.
Randi Weingarten, President of the AFT
AFT/ Cornell - Scheinman Institute Collective Bargaining Certificate

General Counsel of the NLRB Urges Employees to Come to Her Agency to Protect Their Labor Rights

The NLRB General Counsel and labor experts with ties to Buffalo discussed recent organizing statistics, unfair labor practices and strikes in the U.S., the possibility of the PRO Act, employer responses to increased unionization, nonprofit organizing efforts, and more.
Jennifer Abruzzo NLRB GC speaks into mic
General Counsel of the NLRB Urges Employees to Come to Her Agency to Protect Their Labor Rights

Amazon Labor Organizers Encourage Solidarity

For more than 300 days, Amazon workers talked with their peers to build relationships, trust and, ultimately, a union that many thought would never be possible, Amazon Labor Union leaders said at ILR during Union Days.
Chris Small speaks at 2013 Union Days
Amazon Labor Organizers Encourage Solidarity

A Conversation with Jennifer Abruzzo, President Biden’s General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board

Please join Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab on June 6, 2023, from 10-12:30pm for an in-person discussion with featured speaker, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel, NLRB alongside leaders in the Labor Movement with ties to Buffalo.
CWA Protest in Buffalo
A Conversation with Jennifer Abruzzo, President Biden’s General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board

ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Ellen Stutzman ’04 is at the center of 11,500 striking screenwriters whose union is picketing Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Universal and Paramount.
Writers Guild members strike in front of NBC
ILRie Leading Hollywood Writers

Union Days Features National Leaders

The public is invited to ILR School “Talkin’ Union” events featuring speakers whose experiences reflect contemporary labor movement struggles and successes.
Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Wash.
Union Days Features National Leaders

Union Days 2023

Union Days begin March 15 with "Unions on Campus," a presentation and panel discussion with members from different university worker organizations.
United Student Group
Union Days 2023

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.
Labor action tracker map
Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker

Tretter ’13 and Katz Discuss Union Leadership

Union leadership during a volatile labor-management period will be discussed by NFLPA President JC Tretter '13 and Professor Harry Katz in a Nov. 1 webinar.
Two football teams at the line of scrimmage
Tretter ’13 and Katz Discuss Union Leadership