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News Archive

May 2022

USA Today
The Worker Institute
Nail salon workers fight for safer workplaces, higher pay, full set of changes
Clean Clothes Campaign
Jason Judd
Major university study confirms need for fashion brands to sign a binding global agreement on severance
The Swaddle
Devon Proudfoot
Why Women May Resent Compliments About Being ‘Collaborative’ at Work
Salon
John August
Burned out by COVID and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize
Observer
Kate Bronfenbrenner
As Apple Store Workers Organize, the Company Pushes an Anti-Union Message
“You are Part of a Lifelong Community”
Pryce Wins Big Red Leadership Award
Senior Joins Fulbright Program
Five Faculty Members Honored
International banker
Kate Bronfenbrenner
ARE WE ABOUT TO WITNESS A WAVE OF UNIONISATION ACROSS THE US?
Los Angeles Times
John August
Frayed by ‘crazy’ pandemic work hours, L.A. physician trainees prep for strike vote
AP News
Risa Lieberwitz
Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining
Marketplace
Ileen DeVault
Amazon shareholders to challenge the company on pay and working conditions
The Power and Gratitude Imbalance
NPR
Kate Bronfenbrenner
After forming a union, negotiating a contract can be an uphill battle
Business Insider
ILR School
The year workers said 'no'
News 10 Albany
The Worker Institute
Rally to empower New York’s nail salon workers
syracuse.com
Risa Lieberwitz
Weeks after opening, Amazon warehouse in Clay already may have a union controversy
KCUR
Risa Lieberwitz
For Kansas City Starbucks workers, ‘lifesaving’ benefits are on the bargaining table
John Abowd Receives Edward Lazear Prize
The New York Times
Francine Blau
Some abortion opponents make economic arguments. They’re in for a fight.
Business Insider
Ileen DeVault
Amazon's first warehouse union marked the true turning point towards 'real change' for workers, says a labor-history professor
Daily Mail
The Worker Institute
In New York, nail salon workers fight for their rights
William Sonnenstuhl Q&A
Barron's
ILR School
How Workers Gained an Edge—and Why They Won’t Lose It Soon
Impact of Incentives on Ethics Examined
Cornell Chronicle
Yang Researching Worker Voice
NJ - Star Ledger
Patricia Campos-Medina
When the pendulum of justice moves backward, your generation must resist it | A 2022 commencement essay
Cornell Chronicle
Calco, Falwell Partner with Public History Fellows
Forbes
Vanessa Bohns
Virtual Firings Don’t Need To Lack Compassion
NY Daily News
The Worker Institute
My job and my seven miscarriages: Nail salon workers need more protections now
The Washington Post
Patricia Campos-Medina
Ask Help Desk: If I take a remote job, can I be forced into an office?
WIVB TV
Racial profiling in Buffalo traffic enforcement hard to gauge with imperfect data
The Guardian
Eli Friedman
Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for ‘burning the 3am oil’ – here’s what that really looks like
Zitek, Matteson, O'Connell Win SUNY Awards
The New Yorker
The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Ban
Alex Colvin
Rolling back mandatory arbitration agreements
Global Severance Pay Program Outlined
Wall Street Journal
Cathy Creighton
How union efforts at Amazon and Starbucks are playing out differently
Vox
Patricia Campos-Medina
Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same time
The Nation
Ariel Avgar
Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues
WIVB TV
Russell Weaver
Buffalo Council president says racial disparity in police traffic stops does exist
(Don’t) Take a Break
Cornell Chronicle
ILRie Honored for Local Community Impact
Students Exploring Labor and Technology Intersection
Mother Jones
Rosemary Batt
The Smash-and-Grab Economy
Cathy Creighton
Unionizing efforts continue in states where it was historically difficult
The Worker Institute
Delivery Workers Are the Next Frontier of Labor Organizing
Courtney McCluney
A Return to the Office Is a Chance to Reset DEI Within Companies
LA Progressive
Ileen DeVault
Unionized Labor - A Path Forward

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