The Worker Institute brings together researchers, educators and students with practitioners in labor, business and policymaking to address issues related to confronting systemic inequality and building a fair economy, robust democracy and just society. We will share opinion, analysis, research, data, insights and training from our faculty and staff.
Events
ILR Bridging Divide
In his State of the University Address on Oct. 28, Interim Cornell President Hunter Rawlings recognized the ILR School’s role in strengthening the ties between Ithaca and New York City, whom has had a presence in NYC since 1948.
Lois S. Gray received the Labor and Employment Relations Association Founders Award at the presidential luncheon during their Annual Meeting this past May 28th, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Worker Institute co-sponsors 14th Transatlantic Social Dialogue
This year the annual Transatlantic Social Dialogue (TSD) took place from May 22-24, 2016 hosted by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in Brussels, Belgium.
The Worker Institute Hosts Annual New York Labor History Conference
The Worker Institute is proud to host and sponsor New York Labor History Association's annual conference Can't Turn Back: Unfinished Tasks of the Civil Rights Movement.
On Tuesday, March 22, The Worker Institute hosted a conversation in New York City with British Columbia Federation of Labour (BCFED) President Irene Lanzinger and Professor Emeritus Lois Gray of The Worker Institute.
Presenting the keynote address at ILR’s Union Days, Vogt provided the student and faculty audience with a broad perspective of organizing and worker justice at the international level, highlighting comparisons across the globe of challenges and successes.
The Worker Institute Sponsors NYU Conference on Precarious & Low-Wage Worker Organizing
The Worker Institute at Cornell is co-sponsoring the NYU Review of Law and Social Change's 2016 symposium, "Dishwashers, Domestic Workers, and Day Laborers: Can Alternative Labor Organizing Revive the Labor Movement?" on March 24 and 25 at NYU School of Law.
Labor Roundtable in Ithaca Connects Students, Scholars & Labor Leaders
Worker Institute undergraduate research fellows work on projects individually, or in small teams, under the direction of Cornell faculty based in New York City, Rochester and Buffalo, as well as in Ithaca.
ILR Organizes Screening of Acclaimed Documentary "The Hand That Feeds"
In celebration of ILR's 70th anniversary, the ILR School presents a documentary chronicling a 2012 labor dispute involving undocumented workers at a NYC deli.
Webcast & Resources: Domestic Violence in the Workplace
The Worker Institute's KC Wagner and Scheinman Institute's Sally Klingel invite you to a webcast exploring labor's role in addressing intimate partner violence in the workplace
Worker Institute Kicks Off Second Year of Research Fellows Program
The Worker Institute at Cornell is currently starting its second year of the Undergraduate Research Fellows program. Through the program, undergraduates have the chance to build research skills and make substantive contributions to ongoing research projects while working closely with Worker Institute faculty.
The Worker Institute's Lowell Turner Talks About LERA Conference
The Worker Institute's Lowell Turner is part of a large Cornell ILR delegation planning to attend the annual Labor and Empolyment Relations Association (LERA) Conference later this month.
On April 17-18, The Worker Institute at Cornell hosted the Advancing Worker Rights conference, turning to some of the most innovative thinkers and leaders in the world of labor to address the pressing question: Where do we go from here?
The Worker Institute Kicks Off Union Days 2015 on April 7
Sponsored by The Worker Institute, Cornell ILR's Union Days is a two day event highlighting the groundbreaking work of notable leaders and organizations in the field of labor.
Forum on Identity Politics: Key to Building New Coalitions
The Worker Institute invites you to a panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Institute and 1199SEIU, on identity politics as offering an essential foundation for coalitions for social and economic justice, rather than presenting an obstacle to forming such coalitions.
ILR's Worker Institute hosted Immigrant Worker Rights and Organizing: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, a Feb. 13 colloquium discussing the past and present relationships between immigration and labor.
Please join us for a panel discussion regarding the National Labor Relations Board December 2014 decision revisiting whether faculty members are appropriately excluded as managerial employees under Yeshiva and the standards for NLRB jurisdiction over religious affiliated universities and colleges under Catholic Bishop.
LRAN 2015: Exploring Labor Research to Build Worker Power
The Worker Institute is pleased to announce that the 2015 Labor Research and Action Network national conference, planned in part by Advisory Board member, Jeff Grabelsky, Co-Director of The Worker Institute, will be held June 15th and 16th at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C.
On average, four to five women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends each day in the United States and women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year. Domestic violence can impact our commitment to providing a respectful workplace.
The Worker Institute's Labor Roundtable Celebrates 12th Year
Sixteen major leaders in the North American labor and social justice movements are meeting today with students for the Twelfth Annual Labor Roundtable. Hosted by the Worker Institute, the event provides opportunities for students to speak with labor leaders and social justice activists from U.S. organizations.
