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New York at Work 2023

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.

ILR New York State Impact 2022-23
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AI and Data Science in the Workplace

The role of AI and data science on the future of work is a growing emphasis for ILR faculty research and teaching.

New research by Professor Virginia Doellgast is an example of how ILR faculty are studying the effects of new technology on the workplace. In her latest paper, Doellgast explores how workers can be protected from algorithmic management and AI abuses.

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Artificial Intelligence Conscience

Justice at Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

See more justice at work: diversity, equity and inclusion stories

Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

Doctoral student Claire Malcomb supports undergraduate research on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Claire Malcomb
Malcomb Leads ILR WIDE Undergraduate Research Program

Courtyard Commemorates Beloved Leader

As executive director of the Yang-Tan Institute at ILR, Thomas P. Golden changed the disability world.
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Courtyard Commemorates Beloved Leader

ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

The Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability shares tips related to the ADA, approaching its 33rd anniversary.
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ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

New York State: Economy, Policy, and Practice

See more stories about our work in New York State

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.

Buffalo Co-Lab Headlines Regional Town-Gown Conference

The ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's march report, The Status of Child Care in New York State, was the cornerstone of the Cornell Office of Community Relations’ ninth Regional Town-Gown Conference held April 9 at the Hotel Ithaca.
Cathy Creighton with Rusty Weaver at the Regional Town Gown conference
Buffalo Co-Lab Headlines Regional Town-Gown Conference

Tracking Inflation Reduction Act Manufacturing Investments

The Climate Jobs Institute launches a publicly available tool on IRA manufacturing investments in New York State to understand investment impacts on local jobs.
CJI IRA Map
Tracking Inflation Reduction Act Manufacturing Investments

Mapping Construction Apprenticeships in New York State

The Climate Jobs Institute launches tools on joint labor-management apprenticeship training centers in New York, aiming to provide information on training infrastructure throughout the state that can help power the clean energy economy.
CJI JATCS Maps
Mapping Construction Apprenticeships in New York State

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.

Register Today: Qualified But Denied: How Policy Change Can Expand Access to Employment for Justice-Impacted New Yorkers

Join us on Wednesday, April 24, for the Center for Applied Research on Work's webinar "Qualified But Denied: How Policy Change Can Expand Access to Employment for Justice-Impacted New Yorkers."
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Register Today: Qualified But Denied: How Policy Change Can Expand Access to Employment for Justice-Impacted New Yorkers

Registration now Open for Uniting on the High Road Conference

Register now and join Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, Partnership for the Public Good, national and local community and labor representatives for Uniting on the High Road: A Conference on Economic Justice at the Local Level on June 20-22, 2024, in Buffalo, NY.
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Registration now Open for Uniting on the High Road Conference

How Social Security Can Stop Penalizing Workers with Disabilities: Op-Ed

An op-ed in The Hill recommends improvements for how the Social Security Administration manages overpayments to workers with disabilities.
Jen Brooks, seated in her powerchair in the lobby of the Yang-Tan Institute, is smiling at the camera.
How Social Security Can Stop Penalizing Workers with Disabilities: Op-Ed

Collective Representation and Worker Voice

See more stories about collective representation workers' voices

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.

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.
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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

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

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.

Explore labor leadership programs

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

Climate Jobs Institute Launches First-ever Climate Jobs eCornell Online Certificate

Cornell’s Climate Jobs Institute Launches New Climate Jobs 4-course Online Certificate through eCornell
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Climate Jobs Institute Launches First-ever Climate Jobs eCornell Online Certificate

Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

As the 2024 Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence, ILRie Randi Weingarten spent time at ILR teaching, speaking and meeting with students, professors and university staff.
Randi Weingarten '80
Weingarten ’80 Reflects on Week at ILR

Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation to Denmark

Cornell ILR’s Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation of 30 New York State legislative and labor leaders to Denmark to learn from the nation’s world-leading efforts to build a clean energy economy.
Delegation members at House of Green, an interactive showroom and visitors center operated by State of Green, in Copenhagen
Climate Jobs Institute leads educational delegation to Denmark

ILR in the News

Our work from the media

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The UAW could make history in the next 72 hours as VW workers vote on union

Detroit Free Press
The circumstances for UAW have improved greatly since 2019 vote, said Art Wheaton, director of labor studies. He said the governors' letter is unlikely to impact results this time because in an election year, what matters most is that the workers at least get a chance to vote.
The UAW could make history in the next 72 hours as VW workers vote on union

‘Threaten our jobs and values’: Southern politicians ramp up campaign against UAW organizing

Art Wheaton, director of labor studies, said he believes on a national level, at least, political opposition to the UAW's organizing efforts in Tennessee has been more muted than during the previous two rounds.
‘Threaten our jobs and values’: Southern politicians ramp up campaign against UAW organizing

The Union Election At Tennessee's Volkswagen Plant Has Massive Stakes

Huff Post
“This is a big deal, since you need to increase market share of the number of plants that are unionized to give you more leverage,” said Art Wheaton.
The Union Election At Tennessee's Volkswagen Plant Has Massive Stakes