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Labor Research Action Network Conference

The Worker Institute at Cornell is proud to co-sponsor the Labor Research Action Network's third national conference this year in Washington, D.C. This will be an opportunity for labor leaders, academics, activists, scholars, and students to exchange fresh ideas and new ways of thinking about the labor movement.
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Labor Research Action Network Conference

Brown Bag Lunch on Precarious Work and Movement Building, with Oscar Olivera from Bolivia

Please join us for a brown bag lunch discussion with one of Latin America's most well known and innovative labor and social movement organizers, Oscar Olivera, based in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Brown Bag Lunch on Precarious Work and Movement Building, with Oscar Olivera from Bolivia

"Bargaining is rapidly growing”

Twenty two representatives from ILR faculty, Extension faculty, Ph.D. students and recent graduates representing the ILR School and the School's Scheinman Institute, Healthcare Transformation Project and Worker Institute at Cornell will speak on eighteen panels at LERA's 66th Annual Meeting.
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"Bargaining is rapidly growing”

New Solutions Sought

International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder described global challenges related to work and employment when he spoke at the Worker Institute at Cornell on Friday.
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New Solutions Sought

Rights, Solidarity, Justice

“Rights, Solidarity, and Justice: Working People Organizing, Past and Present,” will be held June 6-8 in Manhattan at the Graduate Center for Worker Education. About 500 are slated to participate.
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Rights, Solidarity, Justice

Art Wheaton Leads the Way at 10th Annual WNY Environmental Summit

Art Wheaton participates in 10th Annual Western New York Environmental Summit
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Art Wheaton Leads the Way at 10th Annual WNY Environmental Summit

On the Set

Nine ILR students were part of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" audience chanting "Jon, Jon, Jon" during a taping of an opening segment this week.
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On the Set

Brown and Wheaton to Speak at Environmental Summit

The Worker Institute at Cornell is co-sponsoring Daemen College's annual Environmental Summit. Celebrating its ninth year, the event brings environmentally-focused organizations together to network and learn best practices from various Western New York experts.
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Brown and Wheaton to Speak at Environmental Summit

United in the Fight

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speaking at the Worker Institute's Transatlantic Social Dialogue meeting on June 6 in New York City, discussed the growing partnership between U.S. and German trade unions.
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United in the Fight

Crystal Ball

Saket Soni, director of the National Guestworker Alliance, discussed the emergence of temporary, subcontracted and other kinds of unstable employment on Friday at a Worker Institute-organized event.
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Crystal Ball

Investing in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery

Trade unionists, community leaders and United National agency and national delegation representatives are invited to a special meeting to network and discuss critical disaster preparedness, response and recovery issues. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, this is an opportunity to share experiences, lessons learned and best practice proposals for solutions.
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Investing in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery

Reporting on Labor

The New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse visited the Worker Institute in New York City on April 23 to speak with students about his work covering the 2011 attacks on collective bargaining in Wisconsin and Ohio, the current debates about minimum wage and the one-year anniversary of the Bangladesh factory collapse.
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Reporting on Labor

A Conversation with ILO Director General Guy Ryder

Forum on September 28
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A Conversation with ILO Director General Guy Ryder

Climate and Economy: Two Crises, One Solution

On the weekend of the march, and prior to the UN Climate Summit, the Worker Institute convened a meeting of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, hosting union leaders from 12 countries and climate activists such as Naomi Klein.
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Climate and Economy: Two Crises, One Solution

The Right to Child Care

Researchers and trade union representatives from the U.S. and Canada discussed child care policy at a panel discussion. The meeting was held in the Worker Institute and was sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's New York City office. Approximately 60 child care advocates and trade union leaders participated.
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The Right to Child Care

The Affordable Care Act: What Unions Need to Know

The Worker Institute at Cornell will host two workshops on the Affordable Care Act on September 11and 12 in Albany and Rochester, New York. These workshops "The Affordable Care Act: What Unions Need to Know" will provide union representatives with information on the new health care law.
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The Affordable Care Act: What Unions Need to Know

Union Days

From April 9-11, on Ithaca Campus, the Worker Institute hosted several Union Days events centered around holding corporations accountable.
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Union Days

Are Students Employees?

On Friday, May 2nd, the ILR School’s Labor and Employment Law Program hosted a forum discussing the implications of NLRB Region 13 Regional Director Peter Ohr’s decision that Northwestern’s scholarship football players are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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Are Students Employees?

"State of the Labor Movement"

More than 60 Communications Workers of America (CWA) members in Ithaca this week for leadership training heard Bob Master discuss “The State of the Labor Movement and What We Can Do About It.”
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"State of the Labor Movement"

Women Leading the Way in Struggles for Labor, Immigration and Human Rights

Event on labor, immigration and human rights
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Women Leading the Way in Struggles for Labor, Immigration and Human Rights

ILR Students Alex Klein And Allison Lapehn, Report From The Labor Roundtable

On November 14, 2014, The Worker Institute hosted the twelfth annual ILR Labor Roundtable at Cornell. Around 170 students – the largest recorded turnout in the event's history – came to the Roundtable to talk with 16 speakers representing the labor and social justice movements.
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ILR Students Alex Klein And Allison Lapehn, Report From The Labor Roundtable

Celebrating Working Women

New York City Public Advocate Leticia "Tish" James spoke at the annual International Women's Day event, Women Uniting...Leading...And Moving Forward!, on Friday to celebrate the continued growth of women's leadership in unions and the workforce.
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Celebrating Working Women

An Economic Bill of Rights for the 21st Century

Please join us for a conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Columbia University Seminar on Full Employment, Social Welfare & Equity.
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An Economic Bill of Rights for the 21st Century

A Just Transition - Power Without Pollution

The Worker Institute's Associate Director Lara Skinner participated in the Our Power National Convening in Richmond, California, August 6-9, 2014.
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A Just Transition - Power Without Pollution

A Look at Show Business

Ten Cornell ILR students will attend a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and tour the NBC studios in Manhattan and Silvercup Studios in Queens in January. The tours are part of ILR's Winter Intersession Program (WISP), a program that provides students with work-related experiences during winter break.
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A Look at Show Business

The Gendered Nature of C.A.R.E. Workshop (Caregivers and Responsible Employment)

At "Elder Care, Child Care and Domestic Workers' Organizations" and "Work-Life Balance in Union and Non-Union Setting," participants will discuss how these projects developed and they might be broadened further.
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The Gendered Nature of C.A.R.E. Workshop (Caregivers and Responsible Employment)

Gender and Leadership in Unions

Cornell ILR's Worker Institute and the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity Queen Mary, University of London, UK invite you to celebrate the publication of Gender and Leadership in Unions on March 21st, 2013.
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Gender and Leadership in Unions

Transforming Workplaces, People, Communities

As part of the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, ILR was honored for its work to eliminate violence against women and to engage men as allies with women to promote social change and gender equity.  
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Transforming Workplaces, People, Communities

Impacts of Hurricane Sandy

"Building Partnerships and Strategies Toward Recovery and Rebuilding" at ILR's Manhattan offices brought together leaders from unions, business, community and academia to discuss strategies and policies addressing Superstorm Sandy's impact on New York City and New York state.
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Impacts of Hurricane Sandy

Union Leaders Agree on Need to Rebuild and Reform New York State's Energy System

The Worker Institute at Cornell convened key energy sector union leaders on Monday, April 15 to discuss the future of New York State's energy system. Union leaders highlighted the problems with NYS's energy system that were revealed by Hurricane Sandy.
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Union Leaders Agree on Need to Rebuild and Reform New York State's Energy System