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Cathy Creighton Speaks at Georgetown Law Journal Symposium on the Current State of the American Worker

On a panel, "Crisis at the NLRB: Legal Challenges, Political Power, Future Labor Rights," moderated by Mark Gaston Pearce, lawyer and Georgetown professor, Cathy Creighton, Director, Cornell ILR Buffalo, spoke alongside two former General Counsels of the NLRB, Jennifer Abruzzo and Richard Griffin, Jr. and American labor activist, Richard Bensinger.
Georgetown Law Journal panel featuring Cathy Creighton
Cathy Creighton Speaks at Georgetown Law Journal Symposium on the Current State of the American Worker

New Interactive Map Highlights How Federal Funding Impacts NY State

Cornell Chronicle
Russell Weaver, the co-lab’s director of research, introduced the “NYS Federal Impact Interactive Map,” to help New Yorkers track the impact of sweeping economic policy changes enacted since January by the Trump administration.
A screenshot from a new interactive map that highlights how federal funding cuts are impacting NY state.
New Interactive Map Highlights How Federal Funding Impacts NY State

Federal Cuts Cost New Yorkers Jobs and Critical Financial Resources

Dr. Rusty Weaver, Director of Research, Cornell ILR Buffalo office, will provide a live demonstration of the interactive map and several WNY community members will share local impact relative to the federal cuts, at an event on 10/28 at 10am at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY.
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Federal Cuts Cost New Yorkers Jobs and Critical Financial Resources

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Data for Equitable Economic Development and Sustainability, or Good DEEDS, is an initiative of the Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab. When fully operational, Good DEEDS will function as a public data repository coupled with High Road Policy, a quarterly issue memorandum and continuous blog.

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Buffalo Co-Lab NYS Impact

We are pleased announce several reports that draws upon our ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of issues affecting NYS workers, unions, communities and employers. These reports intend to serve as an informative, accessible and relevant resource for New York's policy makers and others. We hope that you find them useful and look forward to engaging with you to advance the important work that you do related to work, employment and labor.

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MAP: See how federal cuts affect every county in New York

News 10 Albany
The Buffalo Co-Lab’s new “NYS Federal Impact Interactive Map” that tracks the economic impact of federal policy changes on New York is the focus of this article.
MAP: See how federal cuts affect every county in New York

UAW says strike authorization at Volkswagen Chattanooga passes

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, provides expertise on strike authorization votes and the recent frequency of strikes in the U.S.
UAW says strike authorization at Volkswagen Chattanooga passes

New Interactive Map Highlights How Federal Funding Impacts NY State

Cornell Chronicle
Russell Weaver, the co-lab’s director of research, introduced the “NYS Federal Impact Interactive Map,” to help New Yorkers track the impact of sweeping economic policy changes enacted since January by the Trump administration.
New Interactive Map Highlights How Federal Funding Impacts NY State

Cornell's new interactive map shows 'sobering' impact of federal cuts on New York state

Spectrum
Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab explains an interactive, web-based tool that illustrates the effects of federal cuts on jobs in New York state.
Cornell's new interactive map shows 'sobering' impact of federal cuts on New York state

Voting begins on strike authorization at Volkswagen Chattanooga

Chattanooga Times Free Press
“It gives them more power at the table to use that if they need to,” said Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, providing context on the current worker vote on whether to give the UAW the authority to call a strike.
Voting begins on strike authorization at Volkswagen Chattanooga

General Motors plans to shutter Georgia IT center, eliminate 300 jobs

Detroit Free Press
Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, analyzes how layoffs affect employee morale and investor confidence.
General Motors plans to shutter Georgia IT center, eliminate 300 jobs