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ILR Advocates for Workplace Health and Safety

Since joining the National Football League Players Association as its general counsel & head of business, Sean Sansiveri ’05 has been behind the NFL’s most important measures to make the game safer.

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Buffalo Bills players look on after teammate Damar Hamlin #3 collapsed on the field after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter at Paycor Stadium on January 02, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Justice at Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Sakiel Ruff ’25 spent his High Road summer developing a database to help formerly incarcerated people find housing.
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ILRie Helps Formerly Incarcerated

Raising and Indexing State Minimum Wage Would Have a Large Impact on Women, People of Color, and Immigrants in Western New York

Dr. Russell Weaver, Sam Magavern, and Haley Smith issue policy brief on impact of NYS raising the minimum wage.
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Raising and Indexing State Minimum Wage Would Have a Large Impact on Women, People of Color, and Immigrants in Western New York

Scheinman Institute Driving Diversity Initiatives

Barriers that keep people of color and women from entering the arbitration profession are being challenged by Scheinman Institute research, teaching and outreach.
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Scheinman Institute Driving Diversity Initiatives

New York at Work 2022

Annual Report

Designed as a resource for policymakers and the public, the ILR School’s annual New York at Work report examines jobs and other issues impacting communities and individuals across the state.

New York State Impact
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New York State: Economy, Policy, and Practice

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As a New York land-grant college, we have a state mandate to apply our work in service to our local communities, state and regional economies, and partners in governance. We create and share knowledge, build relationships, and inform strategies aimed at improving economic well-being for all New Yorkers.

Coupling our strong physical foundations in Buffalo, Ithaca, and New York City with our rapidly expanding virtual presence in the COVID-19 era, our resources and infrastructure allow us to pursue local innovations that have global implications.

Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

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As part of its on-going public impact mission and “data democratization” initiative, the Buffalo Co-Lab has launched the Cornell ILR Eviction Filings Dashboard for New York, a tool designed to help citizens, policymakers and nonprofits more easily visualize where eviction filings have occurred since 2018.
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Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Climate Jobs Institute Milestone Marked

The institute is a critical partner in New York’s nation-leading effort to address climate change, Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon said.
Alex Colvin speaks at the formal launch of the Climate Jobs Institute.
Climate Jobs Institute Milestone Marked

Climate Jobs Institute to Launch in New York City

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The ILR School Climate Jobs Institute, the first U.S. academic institution focused on conducting research and developing policy for governments across the nation to support clean energy targets, is launching Jan. 25 in New York City.
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Climate Jobs Institute to Launch in New York City

A driving principle behind our research, teaching, training, and practice is that everyone deserves fair and equal access to jobs, housing, healthcare, and other means for achieving economic security. Our work seeks solutions that remove inequitable barriers to economic opportunities, whether those barriers occur within an individual workplace or at the structural levels of our political and economic systems.

You can see a handful of our recent work below.

SSI at Work Website Illuminates Work Path

Created by the Work Incentive Support Center in the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, a new website explains Supplemental Security Income work incentives.
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SSI at Work Website Illuminates Work Path

Skinner presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions

Skinner, Executive Director of the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell ILR, presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions
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Skinner presents at the White House Forum on Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions

Travel Worsens Poor Conditions For Rural Health Aides

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Rural health care workers face challenges tied primarily to travel, which exacerbates poor working conditions already prevalent in the home care industry, according to a new Cornell study.
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Travel Worsens Poor Conditions For Rural Health Aides

Collective Representation and Worker Voice

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We were founded to study and improve the world of work. We have strong research roots in labor relations and negotiations, and our work with varying communities comes from our commitment to understanding collective representation, the perspectives of workers, and improving workers' lives.

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.
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Strikes up 52% in 2022: Labor Action Tracker

Union's role in establishing health and safety mandates in the NFL

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.
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Union's role in establishing health and safety mandates in the NFL

Tretter ’13, Katz Discuss Union Leadership

As president of the National Football League Players Association, JC Tretter ’13 utilizes his ILR training to lift players’ voices.
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Tretter ’13, Katz Discuss Union Leadership

Leadership Development

We work with communities, organizations, departments and companies – all to help develop leaders who will make workplaces and employment itself better. Foundations in management and collective bargaining, and our 75 years in industry put us in a unique position to help develop leaders in business, labor and policy.

CAHRS

Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies

CAHRS is the world's leading partnership between industry and academia, devoted to global human resource management. The CAHRS partnership connects leading companies to Cornell University, the ILR School, and leading faculty, students and intellectual leaders throughout the world.

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Labor Leadership Training

We work with union leaders at national and state levels to develop training programs for aspiring and established leaders within the labor field.

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Senior Leader Programs

We bring together world-class faculty with business and industry leaders to design and deliver training systems that develop HR, business and management leaders. Learn from world-class faculty dedicated to HR research and driving organizational performance.

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Find out more about our senior leadership training

ILR and Einhorn Center Partner to Create Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs

The ILR School is the latest undergraduate college at Cornell to be selected for the Einhorn Center's Engaged College Initiative.
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ILR and Einhorn Center Partner to Create Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs

WNYCOSH, COEM, and CORNELL ILR Host Forum on Opioids and Work

Opioids have been in the headlines for decades regarding the devastation they’ve caused to individual lives, families and communities. Whether through workplace exposures or injuries, work has been a significant contributor to the waves of the opioid epidemic.
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WNYCOSH, COEM, and CORNELL ILR Host Forum on Opioids and Work

Community Engagement Fellowships Awarded

Two people at the ILR School are part of the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement's 2022-2023 cohort.
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Community Engagement Fellowships Awarded

ILR in the News

Our work from the media

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'The private market is failing.' Elected officials, supporters rally for Good Cause

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This piece references the Cornell ILR Evictions Filing Dashboard.
'The private market is failing.' Elected officials, supporters rally for Good Cause

Starbucks' Union Crackdown is Backfiring Spectacularly

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"Corporations, particularly in the U.S., will stop at nothing to keep workers from organizing," says Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research.
Starbucks' Union Crackdown is Backfiring Spectacularly

Want to curb city crime? Evict fewer tenants, study says

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Russell Weaver, senior research associate at ILR, says the data in the Eviction Filings Dashboard is “highly consistent with the growing state of knowledge on eviction’s community-level impacts.”
Want to curb city crime? Evict fewer tenants, study says