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Many in Tompkins County Do Not Earn a Living Wage: ILR Researchers

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The 2025 living wage for a single adult living alone in Tompkins County is $24.82 per hour, but almost half of the county’s 48,894 wage earners earn less than that, according to ILR School researchers.

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Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

Ian Greer, Ithaca Co-Lab director and other ILR researchers have found that living wage legislation would have a dramatic impact on the earnings of many Black workers in Tompkins County.
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Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

A two-credit course where students can learn about U.S. unemployment issues with ILR Professor Ian Greer.
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“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

The shift to electric vehicles will destroy unionized jobs, and the quality of the jobs being created and the severity of the disruption to the lives of autoworkers remain to be seen. How can there be a ‘just transition’ that protects autoworkers and creates good jobs?
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New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

A new report co-authored by Cornell-ILR researchers Ian Greer, Rusty Weaver, and Michele Belot examines labor market change just as the pandemic was beginning to subside.
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ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

Unemployment benefits matter: Telling worker stories in the COVID era

As part of the project, "Unemployed Workers in Transition," the Ithaca Co-Lab is collecting stories of workers made unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to capture a timely, essential and engaging snapshot of America's unemployment benefits system.
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Unemployment benefits matter: Telling worker stories in the COVID era

18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series 2020

The 18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue (TSD) webinar series took place from April to October 2020 and covered various topics and facilitated conversations about the changes in the worlds of work and policies brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series 2020