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Scheinman/ILR Students Experience Labor, Culture, and Perspective in Vietnam

3 ILR tudents reflect upon their experience in the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program
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Scheinman/ILR Students Experience Labor, Culture, and Perspective in Vietnam

Cheryl Massena: Labor Arbitrator Training Helped Launch Her Career

Cheryl Massena reflects on her experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.
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Cheryl Massena: Labor Arbitrator Training Helped Launch Her Career

John Coverdale: Labor Arbitrator Training Shaped His Career

John Coverdale reflects on his experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.
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John Coverdale: Labor Arbitrator Training Shaped His Career

Outreach

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Scheinman Institute Acquires Labor Arbitration Institute

Marty Scheinman ’75, MS ’76 and Professor Harry Katz recently purchased the Labor Arbitration Institute (LAI) and gifted it to the ILR School, an acquisition that will expand both the reach and the reputation of the Scheinman Institute.
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Scheinman Institute Acquires Labor Arbitration Institute

‘Why Fascists Fear Teachers’: Randi Weingarten '80 in Conversation with Steven Greenhouse

In November, Cornell ILR’s NYC office hosted AFT President Randi Weingarten `80 for a discussion about her new book, “Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.”
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‘Why Fascists Fear Teachers’: Randi Weingarten '80 in Conversation with Steven Greenhouse

Mediating One of Broadway’s Most Complex Labor Disputes

Javier Ramirez discusses his successful mediation amidst one of Broadway’s most complex labor disputes.
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Mediating One of Broadway’s Most Complex Labor Disputes

Student Activities

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Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club Update

The Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club (SCRC) continues to host regular informative and educational events this semester.
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Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club Update

Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club Returns for 2025-2026 Academic Year

The Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club (SCRC) has officially begun its activities for the current academic year.
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Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club Returns for 2025-2026 Academic Year

Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT

Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT.
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Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT

Healthcare Insights

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Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare

“Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare” examines the rapid rise of low-paying healthcare jobs, especially in home health and long-term care, and explores what this trend reveals about broader problems in wages, caregiving, and the U.S. healthcare system.
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Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare

Healthcare Insights: 10 Years of Labor Management Success At Bellevue Hospital

In this month’s Healthcare Insights, John August explores how Bellevue Hospital empowered frontline clinicians and leaders to collaborate, solve systemic challenges, and improve patient care.
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Healthcare Insights: 10 Years of Labor Management Success At Bellevue Hospital

Healthcare Insights: Who Will Stand for Patients and How?

In this month's Healthcare Insights, John August explores how empowering healthcare workers through labor-management partnerships provides a path to improving patient care.
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Healthcare Insights: Who Will Stand for Patients and How?

Board Members

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Inspiring Students to Become Global Citizens Through Engaged Learning

Richard “Dick” Fincher ’73, who has been instrumental in creating and teaching the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program and the Hopi & Navajo Engaged Learning Program, has announced his intention to slow down and gradually retire from teaching, but the legacy he has created will continue.
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Inspiring Students to Become Global Citizens Through Engaged Learning

Richard Fincher: A Lifelong Advocate for Peaceful Resolutions

Scheinman Institute Board Member and Instructor Richard Fincher advances workplace harmony, mentors neutrals, and leads global engaged learning programs in conflict resolution.
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Richard Fincher: A Lifelong Advocate for Peaceful Resolutions

Scheinman Institute Welcomes New Board Members

Scheinman Institute Welcomes New Board Members
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Scheinman Institute Welcomes New Board Members

Director Updates

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Director's Update: The Role of Mediation in the Recent New York City Hospital Strikes

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses the role mediation played in helping to settle the strikes that occurred in numerous hospitals in the New York City region.
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Director's Update: The Role of Mediation in the Recent New York City Hospital Strikes

Director's Update: Scheinman Institute Plans LAI Conferences

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses upcoming conferences of the Labor Arbitration Institute.
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Director's Update: Scheinman Institute Plans LAI Conferences

Director’s Update: Scheinman Institute Acquires Labor Arbitration Institute

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses the Scheinman Institute's recent acquisition of the Labor Arbitration Institute to help better prepare the next generation of workplace neutrals.
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Director’s Update: Scheinman Institute Acquires Labor Arbitration Institute