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The Worker Institute publishes its research and analysis in reports, policy briefs and articles highlighted below. Explore our research on themes of Low Wage and Precarious Work, Equity at Work, and the Future of Care Work here. For more on these initiatives, visit the Research page.

The Creative Economy

Union leaders, activists, policymakers, academics, and arts and entertainment workers discussed changes in the industry and the challenges of representing its workers.  
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The Creative Economy

Monthly Labor Review Publishes Findings of 20-year Study of Internal Practices of Unions

Professor Emeritus Lois Gray co-authors article on administrative practices in US Unions in Bureau of Labor Statistics’ scholarly journal
Lois S. Gray, the Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professor Emeritus of Labor Management Relations at ILR,
Monthly Labor Review Publishes Findings of 20-year Study of Internal Practices of Unions

Climate Jobs Program

“A Climate Jobs Program for New York State: Reversing Inequality, Combating Climate Change” recommends job creation and economic development strategies to drastically reduce greenhouse gas pollution and confront the climate crisis.
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Climate Jobs Program

Reducing Harassment

In 2012, researchers from ILR and anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! began a partnership to conduct a street harassment research survey in New York City. The study expanded to 42 cities around the world.
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Reducing Harassment

Lance Compa Initiates Dialogue On Future Of Labor Movement

Lance Compa, Senior Lecturer at the ILR School, has published a thought-provoking piece on the future of labor in the journal New Labor Forum.
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Lance Compa Initiates Dialogue On Future Of Labor Movement

ILR and Hollaback! Release Largest Analysis of Street Harassment to Date

Last year, Hollaback! and The ILR School partnered to conduct a large-scale research survey on street harassment that spanned the 42 cities around the world.
Street Harassment - The Largest International Cross-Cultural Study
ILR and Hollaback! Release Largest Analysis of Street Harassment to Date