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Kheel Exhibit Honors Labor Champion “Ahead of Her Time”

Workers’ rights advocate Frances Perkins led state and federal policy changes throughout her career, which included teaching at the ILR School.
Frances Perkins with JFK
Kheel Exhibit Honors Labor Champion “Ahead of Her Time”

Explainer: Landmark NYC AI Law

ILR Professor John Hausknecht discusses a new law aimed at reducing hiring discrimination.
John Hausknecht
Explainer: Landmark NYC AI Law

Climate Jobs Institute Launch Celebrated

Union leaders, elected officials, non-profit organizations and others across the nation are lauding the growth of the ILR School initiative.
Lara Skinner, center
Climate Jobs Institute Launch Celebrated

New York at Work 2022 Published

Research-based data and policy analysis on a range of issues impacting New York’s workers, unions and employers are the focus of the ILR School’s second annual Labor Day report.
New York State Impact
New York at Work 2022 Published

Report Tracks NYS Policy Issues

Beginning in 2022, report will be published on Labor Day.
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Report Tracks NYS Policy Issues

ILR Employees Recognized

Staff and faculty were recognized at the annual ILR Employee Recognition and Services Awards Friday.
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ILR Employees Recognized

NYC Food Delivery Workers Face a ‘Harrowing World’

Cornell Chronicle
New York City’s app-based delivery workers regularly face nonpayment or underpayment, unsanitary or unsafe working conditions and the risk of violence, according to a new ILR School report.
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NYC Food Delivery Workers Face a ‘Harrowing World’

Disability Studies Applied in NYC

ILR credit internships at OPEN DOORS also help students gain professional experience in the arts, grassroots organizing and justice initiatives.
Group of people in NYC holding a night vigil holding signs that say, "Nursing Home Lives Matter".
Disability Studies Applied in NYC

Professors Combine Methods and Expertise to Increase Understanding Around Inequality

Shannon Gleeson and Kati Griffith are researching how immigrants think about their rights at work and how immigration status impacts their ability to make claims on those rights.

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Professors Combine Methods and Expertise to Increase Understanding Around Inequality

At 20, Alum’s Strategy for Beauty Business Defies Retail Trends

Forbes

"We were the first national neighborhood beauty store where customers could receive personalized, educational and friendly advice," alum Barry Beck tells Forbes.

Marla and Barry Beck
At 20, Alum’s Strategy for Beauty Business Defies Retail Trends

Context for Uber IPO: Roles Workers Play

Maria Figueroa of the Worker Institute explains the tension between investor return and driver compensation.

Maria Figueroa
Context for Uber IPO: Roles Workers Play

Ticket to Success

A 2015 graduate of ILR’s Master of Professional Studies program, Nicole Smart puts Actor’s Equity diversity values into action.

Nicole Smart
Ticket to Success

Kheel Center at Museum of the City of New York

Dozens of Kheel artifacts are part of "City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York."

Kheel Center at Musuem of the City of New York
Kheel Center at Museum of the City of New York

Leading Cornell renamed in honor of Sam Bacharach

Cornell Chronicle

Professor Bacharach's time and innovation has contributed to Cornell's leadership within its workforce.

Sam Bacharach speaking
Leading Cornell renamed in honor of Sam Bacharach

Semester in Ireland Helps Shape Senior’s View of Labor Relations

Learning abroad inspires Louisa Heywood’s research projects and could mean a career based in Dublin, Europe’s tech hub.

Louisa Heywood '19
Semester in Ireland Helps Shape Senior’s View of Labor Relations

McPherson Honors and Awards

Students and faculty learned Thursday about ILRies receiving top awards for the 2018-2019 school year.

Emily Abelow receives the John O'Donnell Prize in Labor Law from Kevin Harris, the Frank B. Miller Director of ILR Student Services.
McPherson Honors and Awards

Supreme Court’s Second Citation for ILR Research

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cites Professor Colvin’s research on the impact of mandatory arbitration for more than 60 million workers.

Supreme Court
Supreme Court’s Second Citation for ILR Research

ILRies Elected to Student Assembly Leadership

Advocating for undergraduates, ILR students serve as a voice for their peers.

Four ILR teams have received funding that connects ILR students, staff and faculty with communities in New York state and West Virginia.
ILRies Elected to Student Assembly Leadership

Making the Case for Policy Preparedness

ILR’s Erica Groshen advocates for proactive solutions in the age of driverless vehicles

illustration of a driverless vehicle
Making the Case for Policy Preparedness

Forced arbitration growing, putting more workers at risk, Colvin says.

Sixty million workers are impacted by a conflict resolution system forced on them by employers, according to ILR’s interim dean.

ILR School Interim Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D.'99 speaks with a panel in New York City.
Forced arbitration growing, putting more workers at risk, Colvin says.

Brilliant Economist Impacted Millions of American Workers

Alan Krueger ’83, whose research, teaching and public service shaped the way people think about a range of topics, was known for extraordinary contributions to modern economics.

Alan Krueger
Brilliant Economist Impacted Millions of American Workers

ILR School Founded 75 Years Ago

In a volatile period of U.S. labor-management relations, an institution to help bring peace to the workplace was established.

black and white photo the first class at ILR
ILR School Founded 75 Years Ago

Rosen will be Honored on April 11

The Alpern Award will be presented to Diane Rosen ’78 in recognition of her ILR support and service.

Diane Rosen, Cornell University, ILR School
Rosen will be Honored on April 11

Richmond ’91 Receiving Groat Award on April 11

An employment attorney who focuses on the restaurant industry, Richmond grew up in a Cornell family.

Carolyn Richmond, 2019 Groat Award Winner
Richmond ’91 Receiving Groat Award on April 11

Department of Defense Funds Smithers Institute Research

Veterans will be tracked as they transition from active duty to the civilian workforce.

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Department of Defense Funds Smithers Institute Research

Future of Work Report Launches at ILR

Cornell Chronicle

International Labour Organizaton and ILR lead discussion with experts from diverse fields.

Linda Barrington, associate dean for outreach and sponsored research in the ILR School, and Richard Samans, World Economic Forum executive director, speak at the ILR School’s event discussing the landmark report issued by the International Labour Organiza
Future of Work Report Launches at ILR

CJEI Employment Empowerment Event

Connecting employers and people with criminal records.

ILR teaches employment rights at correctional facility
CJEI Employment Empowerment Event

Gig Economy Collective Bargaining

Erica Smiley, a graduate of the National Labor Leadership Initiative, co-leads the grassroots organization “Jobs for Justice,” and chooses strategies to further collective bargaining in the rapidly changing economy of work.

Erica Smiley co-lead at Jobs for Justice
Gig Economy Collective Bargaining

Groat and Alpern Awards Announced

Cornell Chronicle

Jois us in April to celebrate Carolyn Richmond and Diane Rosen for their achievements and service to ILR.

Groat and Alpern 2019 logo
Groat and Alpern Awards Announced

Disrupting Status Quo in Business

Cornell Chronicle

Barry Beck ’90, co-founder and COO of Bluemercury, Inc., led the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Summit and said that converging diverse voices leads to greater discovery and business growth.

Barry Beck '90 led the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Summit
Disrupting Status Quo in Business

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