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News Archive

March 2024

CNN
Labor Action Tracker
Minnesota unions plan to wage simultaneous strikes
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Risa Lieberwitz
Revamped Overtime Rule Promises Higher Pay and Higher Costs
NBC News
Rosemary Batt
Her son was doing well at a clinic serving kids with autism. Then private equity took over.
ILRie Spends Semester In Jordan
Cornell Chronicle
Higher NYS Minimum Wage Would Boost Spending, Create Jobs
Justin Bloesch Q&A
WKBW ABC 7
Cathy Creighton
'It is so broke': A new report on the status of child care in New York State
The Buffalo News
Cathy Creighton
Lack of affordable, accessible child care continues to imped workforce growth
Business Insider
Rosemary Batt
The plundering of America's hospitals
ILRie Interns With U.S. District Court Judge
Cornell Chronicle
Compensation Fund Could Boost NYS Child Care Industry
Human Resources Executive
Bradford Bell
HR’s ‘Big Stay’: Why fewer HR pros plan to look for a new job this year
Axios
Harry Katz
Unions are flexing new muscles in deals, boardrooms and proxy battles
Billboard
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Mass Layoff of YouTube Music Contractors Who Unionized Opens Up Questions
Quartz
Risa Lieberwitz
Dartmouth basketball players are unionizing, with major implications for the business of college sports
Speech & Debate Qualifies Team for National Tournament
Cornell Chronicle
Citizens Often Act Against Self-Interest in Granting Police Consent
Reuters
Ileen DeVault
Starbucks union seeks national template for US bargaining
Medium
Vanessa Bohns
March 1: World Compliment Day. Bigger Deal Than We May Think.
Fast Company
Risa Lieberwitz
How the Kroger-Albertsons merger could impact union workers, if it happens
Union Days Kicks Off with Keynote by Randi Weingarten ’80

February 2024

Sarosh Kuruvilla
"Nobody knows their entire supply chain"
The New York Times
Alex Colvin
The chips riding on Nvidia
The Guardian
Virginia Doellgast
We must start preparing the US workforce for the effects of AI – now
Fortune
Desiree LeClercq
Trump and Biden may be ignoring America’s 130 million nonunion workers–but these voters will be seeking a champion to elect in November
NPR
Johnnie Kallas
What the data reveal about U.S. labor unrest
CBS News
Kate Bronfenbrenner
UAW president Shawn Fain on labor's comeback: "This is what happens when workers get power"
Fast Company
Cathy Creighton
Why SpaceX, Amazon, and Trader Joe’s are pushing an aggressive lawsuit that would fundamentally undermine labor organizing
NPR
Rosemary Batt
A string of for-profit hospitals in Massachusetts might close — a danger for patients
CNN
Labor Action Tracker
2023 was year of the strike. Here’s what could be ahead in 2024
CNN
Risa Lieberwitz
Home Depot broke labor law by firing an employee with ‘BLM’ on apron, NLRB rules
DE&I Symposium Examines Workplace Culture
Politico
Art Wheaton
Will Biden ease the gas pedal on his EV push?
Agrarian Studio Expands with Future of Work Fellowship
Cornell Chronicle
3 Strategies to Keep Your Best Employees
Boston Globe
Lee Adler
MTA exerts more power amid a wave of teacher strikes, generating praise and scorn
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Different kind of union campaign targets Waffle House
The New York Times
Harry Katz
Cal State Faculty Vote on a Contract This Week
Kang Joins Future of Work Initiative
Akhtar Khan Helping Grow Agrarian Studio
Rwandan Leader Giving Konvitz Lecture
Right to Work with Dignity Examined
AP News
Alex Colvin
Number of American workers hitting the picket lines more than doubled last year as unions flexed
Business Insider
Alex Colvin
Over 500,000 workers went on strike in 2023 — double from last year
The American Prospect
Art Wheaton
Southern Autoworkers Organize, Business Class Tries to Wallop Them
Cornell Chronicle
Students Debate Freedom of Expression’s Impact on Business
Future of Work Provides Grant to Study Immigrant Workplace
Boston Globe
Ileen DeVault
Unions are winning battles but still could lose the war
NPR
Alex Colvin
Newsroom union leader says guild members are standing up for jobs and for journalism
Rosemary Batt
'A house of cards': What's going on with Steward's finances?

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