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ILR Hosts Conference on Transition to EVs

Outreach

The ILR School hosted a two-day conference that explored labor and the transition to electric vehicles. Organized in part by Ian Greer, director of the Ithaca Co-Lab, Professor Harry Katz and Art Wheaton, director of labor studies, the conference and its 35 attendees aimed to develop a global understanding of the EV shift and its consequences for workers.

Ian Greer leading a panel discussion at the ILERA conference on the transition to electric vehicles.
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Unemployment benefits matter: Telling worker stories in the COVID era

As part of the project, "Unemployed Workers in Transition," the Ithaca Co-Lab is collecting stories of workers made unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to capture a timely, essential and engaging snapshot of America's unemployment benefits system.
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Unemployment benefits matter: Telling worker stories in the COVID era

18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series 2020

The 18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue (TSD) webinar series took place from April to October 2020 and covered various topics and facilitated conversations about the changes in the worlds of work and policies brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series 2020

Conversation with ILO Director kicks off Transatlantic Dialogue Webinar Series

The 18th Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series kicked off with a conversation with ILO Director General Guy Ryder on October 15, 2020. The discussion addressed rising unemployment, the impact of the crisis on migrant and informal workers, the impact of trade agreements on workers, and gaps in social protection.
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Conversation with ILO Director kicks off Transatlantic Dialogue Webinar Series

New Research Project: Unemployed Workers in Transition

The Ithaca Co-Lab launches a research project on workers made unemployed during the current pandemic aimed to find out how supports such as unemployment insurance, social services, retraining programs, mutual aid, churches and charities shape workers' transitions from work to unemployment and back again.
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New Research Project: Unemployed Workers in Transition

October Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series

The Transatlantic Social Dialogue (TSD) continues this fall with another series of webinars focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on organized labor issues. Registration will open on October 1st.
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October Transatlantic Social Dialogue Webinar Series

The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy

Cornell students are learning all about unemployment with ILR professor Ian Greer in his course titled The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy being offered this fall semester at Cornell University.
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The Fight Against Unemployment: Advocacy and Policy

In the News

Media Mentions

Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Times Union News
In this op-ed, Ian Greer argues that New York needs progressive taxation of employers: taxing all workers’ wages, reducing the role of experience rating, and reducing the Unemployment Insurance tax rate for the businesses whose rates are disproportionately high.
Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

CNN
“In the electric vehicle segment, tariffs are a boon to fiercely anti-union Tesla, which will benefit from the disarray of competitors (including the Big Three) who need time to rethink production strategies and retool factories. Any new automotive jobs will be overwhelmingly nonunion,” says Ian Greer.
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen

Clean Technica
Ian Greer, research professor at ILR, says, “If VW closes three plants, the reason will not only be competitive difficulties but also the decision to pay out dividends rather than to invest in the existing productive tissue.”
The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen