The Worker Institute brings together researchers, educators and students with practitioners in labor, business and policymaking to address issues related to confronting systemic inequality and building a fair economy, robust democracy and just society. We will share opinion, analysis, research, data, insights and training from our faculty and staff.
Equity at Work
Reducing Harassment
In 2012, researchers from ILR and anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! began a partnership to conduct a street harassment research survey in New York City. The study expanded to 42 cities around the world.
Webcast & Resources: Domestic Violence in the Workplace
The Worker Institute's KC Wagner and Scheinman Institute's Sally Klingel invite you to a webcast exploring labor's role in addressing intimate partner violence in the workplace
ILR and Hollaback! Release Largest Analysis of Street Harassment to Date
Last year, Hollaback! and The ILR School partnered to conduct a large-scale research survey on street harassment that spanned the 42 cities around the world.
On average, four to five women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends each day in the United States and women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year. Domestic violence can impact our commitment to providing a respectful workplace.
New York City Public Advocate Leticia "Tish" James spoke at the annual International Women's Day event, Women Uniting...Leading...And Moving Forward!, on Friday to celebrate the continued growth of women's leadership in unions and the workforce.
Researchers and trade union representatives from the U.S. and Canada discussed child care policy at a panel discussion. The meeting was held in the Worker Institute and was sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's New York City office. Approximately 60 child care advocates and trade union leaders participated.
Cornell ILR's Worker Institute and the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity Queen Mary, University of London, UK invite you to celebrate the publication of Gender and Leadership in Unions on March 21st, 2013.
The Gendered Nature of C.A.R.E. Workshop (Caregivers and Responsible Employment)
At "Elder Care, Child Care and Domestic Workers' Organizations" and "Work-Life Balance in Union and Non-Union Setting," participants will discuss how these projects developed and they might be broadened further.
As part of the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, ILR was honored for its work to eliminate violence against women and to engage men as allies with women to promote social change and gender equity.
Women and Union Leadership in the UK and USA: First Findings From a Cross-National Research Project
This is a report prepared for Cornell Conference on Women and Union Leadership held at Cornell University, New York City on May 8th 2010 and for Queen Mary/SERTUC Workshop on Women and Union Leadership held at Congress House, London on 11th September 2010.
Is There A Women’s Way Of Organizing? Genders, Unions, and Effective Organizing
Between spring of 2008 and summer 2009, Cornell ILR Labor Programs faculty, staff, and students conducted a project to investigate and analyze several recent examples of women-focused union organizing campaigns. Our purpose was to contribute to the ongoing debates among labor and community activists about how to organize more effectively.
