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Welcome 2021 High Road and Democracy Summer Fellows!
The High Road Fellowship welcomed 22 incredible Cornell undergraduate students with a jam-packed orientation on Monday June 7th. This summer marks the 13th year of the High Road Fellowships and the 3rd year for the Democracy Summer Fellowships.
High Road Policy Summit: Creating an Equitable Economy and a Democratic Community
Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab’s first annual High Road Policy Summit convenes stakeholders from government, community-based organizations, labor, academia, and the private sector to explore concrete policies and strategies for an equitable vibrant
Democracy at Work: How the PRO Act Can Make a More Equitable Economy
A bill pending in Congress, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, seeks to overhaul federal labor law for the first time in decades. The PRO Act addresses the difficulties workers have in organizing and would help restore workplace democracy.
Tool tracks COVID cases within NY school district boundaries
Cornell Chronicle
New York state officials, parents and others now have a way to check COVID-19 case numbers within the geographic boundaries of school districts and alongside other data, thanks to a new online tool.
New Report Outlines Policies For ‘The Next Generation Of Work’
The economy is at a critical moment and not just because of COVID-19. Staggering income inequality is at its height and gender and racial wealth gaps abound. The solution: Next Generation Enterprises (NGEs)
How Do We Build the University that the World Needs Now?
For economic, political and social reasons peoples voices aren’t making their way into decision making. Being a good citizen is only rewarding if you can do it in healthy political institutions.
A new labor-backed study says unions are effective at boosting wages for all workers in Western New York, but cautions that a changing economy is altering the outlook for the region's jobs and what they pay.
ILR’s beloved matriarch, Lois Spier Gray, devoted 72 years to teaching and mentoring thousands of workers. As social justice and labor leaders, many continue her legacy.