Outreach

David B. Lipsky was a former dean of the ILR School and the founding director of the Scheinman Institute. He died on January 17, 2023.

Paul Maier '13 explains how the Workplace Relations Commission functions to facilitate conflict resolution when it comes to Irish labor and employment disputes.

Arbitrator and Mediator Ralph Berger speaks about the impressive career and legacy of the namesake for the Scheinman Institute's Neutral in Residence position: Professor Jean T. McKelvey.

The Scheinman Institute Labor Arbitrator Development Program helped Sarah Espinosa launch a career as a successful arbitrator.

Through its research, teaching and outreach the Scheinman Institute is spearheading initiatives to diversify the arbitration profession.

In an important and timely discussion, Professor Harry Katz and JC Tretter ’13, President of the National Football League Players Association, tackle critical labor issues facing the NFL and the current union landscape.

The 2022 National HR in Hospitality Conference, organized by Cornell's ILR and Hotel schools, brought together over 300 industry professionals and addressed how the pandemic affected the hotel industry.

Martin Scheinman, Randi Weingarten, and Jessica Martinez analyze workplace health and safety issues.

Institute Director Harry Katz was featured in the media discussing the recent unionization of Starbucks and Amazon. 

Institute Director Harry Katz wrote an article for Fortune.com on how labor and management can achieve win-win outcomes.

The Scheinman Institute provided diversity and inclusion training for CDC employees in a new program.

Members of the ILR/Scheinman faculty will have key roles as moderators and panelists at the upcoming seminar on “Labor Rights And Remedies Under Globalization: Implementing The Untied Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework”.

John August analyzes the developing dispute between the union and management at Kaiser Permanente.

Institute Director Harry Katz was recently featured in the media discussing the ongoing strike of 10,000 John Deere workers across more than a dozen plants that are represented by the United Auto Workers.

The recent Scheinman/Hotel School HR in Hospitality Conference brought professionals in the industry together to discuss a multitude of labor issues.

The upcoming event will cover the paths women have taken to becoming leaders in the world of labor law.

John August shows what we can learn about finding shared purpose from America's oldest park ranger and her story.

Director Katz describes the environment and predicaments the labor movement finds itself in.

John August explores the concept of a shared vision and its affects on labor-management partnerships.

John August explores the relationship between employee engagement, unionization, and performance.

Recently, Dan McCray, Director of Labor Relations Programs for the Scheinman Institute, hosted an important and timely discussion on police reform.

Since the spring semester of 2020, Katrina Nobles, Director of Conflict Programs at the Institute, and Ariel Avgar, ILR Associate Professor Labor Relations, Law and History and Associate Dean for Outreach, have worked to develop a peer mediation program designed for faculty.

Institute Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs John August profiles a hospital whose collaborative approach during the pandemic is a model for other institutions.

The Scheinman Institute hosts an important discussion on police reform.

The Scheinman Institute Employment and Labor ADR Hub will mark its one-year anniversary, with a very special webinar discovering how Scheinman Arbitration and Mediation Services is leading the way via a collaborative team approach along with the motto “Several heads are better than one.”

Scheinman Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs John August examines the collaborative employee structure of a major inner city hospital.

Scheinman Institute Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs John August continues his examination of patient centered collective bargaining.

Harry Katz, the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining at Cornell’s ILR School and Director of the Scheinman Institute, moderated an all star panel on the future of professional sports in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILR Dean Alex Colvin recently moderated an important and timely webinar, “Unionization In Big Tech: Why Now”.

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution Employment’s Labor ADR Hub recently hosted a virtual panel of dynamic women who are neutrals and advocates entitled, “We Make Herstory.”