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Labor Leadership Development
The Workforce Development Institute and The Worker Institute at Cornell have launched a pilot program to develop emerging leaders of labor unions and non-traditional worker center labor organizations in New York State.
Innovative entrepreneurs, corporate titans, labor visionaries, and public policies are part of a new MOOC – massive open online course – being co-taught this semester by an ILR School professor.
Union Communication Services Joins Worker Institute
David Prosten, founder and president of Union Communication Services (UCS), has announced he is gifting the 33-year-old labor education publishing company to Cornell University's ILR School, where it will benefit the school's Worker Institute.
Introducing the National Labor Leadership Initiative
The NLLI was launched in November, 2013, with twenty-six high-level leaders from national unions, AFL-CIO central bodies and affiliated organizations, and allied worker organizations.
The Worker Institute is pleased to announce that Maite Tapia Ph.D. '13, assistant professor at Michigan State University’s School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and fellow at the Worker Institute, is the recipient of the first Labor Research Action Network (LRAN) research grant.
The Worker Institute at Cornell is pleased to announce a new research opportunity for ILR undergraduate students. Students interested in labor issues can now apply to work as a research assistant up to 10 hours per week during the Spring Semester.
We invite you to join a lunch discussion on a monumental struggle being waged by labor and other social movements in El Salvador to halt U.S.-imposed and pro-corporate legislation to privatize public services.
The Worker Institute at Cornell is pleased to announce a new fellowship opportunity for students applying for a Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) at Cornell University’s ILR School.
The strike planned by workers at hundreds of Walmart stores nationwide on America’s busiest shopping day has significance on many levels, according to Ken Margolies and Kate Bronfenbrenner of the ILR School.
The Worker Institute at Cornell launched Wednesday in New York. The work will be done through collaboration with unions, worker centers, non-governmental organizations, agencies, foundations and colleagues at other universities and networks promoting labor research and education, according to the Worker Institute.
