Regenerative Organizing for the Labor Movement: Focus on Care
Considering the immense pressures and challenges the labor movement will face in the coming months and years, regenerating the movement is more important than ever. Join us on February 27 for a public program introducing the Regenerative Organizing model, an initiative addressing the stress and trauma workers face due to the demanding nature of their work and systemic inequities. Recently piloted by The Worker Institute with care workers and their unions and worker organizations, this organizing model equips participants with tools to support members and deepen their leadership. Members of the cohort will share their experiences, and speakers will explore the urgent need for such initiatives, their potential impact and how they can adapt them to use in other workforces.
AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is being adopted across sectors, with profound implications for workers. Join us for a conversation with researchers and organizers from the Cornell School of Industrial Labor Relations and Communications Workers of America (CWA) to hear how AI is changing workplaces, what it means for workers, and what actions unions are starting to take in response.
Learning from Abroad: Lessons for Building an Equitable Clean Energy Economy in NYS
What lessons can we learn from other countries that New York can adopt or adapt to address our climate future? Since 2018, the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell’s ILR School has led several international delegations to learn from other nations’ successes and shortcomings in the fight to create an equitable, unionized clean energy economy. In this webinar, NYS Assemblymember and Labor Committee Chair Harry Bronson, Michael Yee, Director of the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry in NYC, and Rhea Wolfson, Head of Internal and Industrial Relations for GMB Union in the UK will share some key takeaways from these delegations and how they have influenced their work here at home.
Worker Protections at Risk: The Supreme Court Abandons Chevron Deference
The Supreme Court just decided on two blockbuster cases that challenged the regulatory authority of federal government agencies. The court broke from previous jurisprudence set 40 years ago, called the Chevron deference, by the federal courts to agency expertise. This decision will have ripple effects across all aspects of federal law enforcement, including those that protect workers. We will explore possible impacts on labor and employment law at both the federal and state levels. Please join us as we explore the potential impact on worker rights.
Best Practices to Support Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Hiring neurodiverse talent can be very advantageous for employers. Yet, neurodiverse individuals, particularly those with autism, experience higher levels of unemployment and underemployment than both people without disabilities and people with other types of disabilities. This webinar will discuss effective practices and predictors of positive post-school outcomes for transition-aged youth with autism, strategies to improve hiring experiences and outcomes for autistic job applicants, and recommendations to promote disability inclusion within the workplace.
Tracking Worker Militancy with the Labor Action Tracker
High-profile strikes and protests have recently garnered national attention. Yet, are worker actions increasing? If so, what demands are being made, and how can we understand their effectiveness? In 2021, researchers at Cornell's School of Industrial Labor Relations sought to provide the answers to these questions through the Labor Action Tracker. The Labor Action Tracker can be used as a comprehensive database of strike and labor protest activity across the United States to better inform and support labor movement activists, policymakers, and scholars about the state of US labor actions today. Please join the Center for Applied Research on Work in conversation with the Labor Action Tracker project leads and special guest Daniel Perez, State Economic Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, as they discuss the genesis of the tool, how to use it, how it compares to other labor action trackers around the world, and what they see in the data.
Broadband for All? Mapping and Discussing Progress and Remaining Challenges Across NYS
Join Rusty Weaver, Director of Research, ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, and community leaders in broadband accessibility for a virtual presentation of the new Digital Equity Portal and a discussion on what progress has been made since the pandemic and what still needs to happen.
Uncovered: Unemployment Insurance Gaps and Reform Proposals in New York
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the weaknesses that plague modern-day unemployment insurance. From underfunding, lack of access, employer payment failures, and delays to errors in processing benefits, unemployment insurance suffers from an array of maladies. In New York State, several legislative proposals seek to address these problems. Please join the Center for Applied Research on Work in conversation with Unemployment Insurance experts to explore what the current legislative proposals cover. Discussions will include where the proposals need to address the full complement of needs the New York Unemployment Insurance system faces.
Qualified But Denied: How Policy Change Can Expand Access to Employment for Justice-Impacted New Yorkers
In the U.S., tens of thousands of laws restrict access to work for people with convictions. New York State has nearly 500 laws and regulations restricting employment opportunities for people with criminal convictions. Often, these restrictions are one-size-fits-all, without regard to the nature of the conviction and whether it relates–or not–to a specific job’s requirements. In this webinar, the Criminal Justice and Employment Initiative (CJEI) and government and nonprofit partners will discuss the impact of occupational licensing restrictions on justice-impacted individuals. CJEI will present its new brief on this issue: Updating New York State’s Employment Restrictions for People with Criminal Convictions. It will also engage with practitioners who have worked to implement reforms. Learn about their analysis of these policies and their recommendations for change from the points of view of a researcher and an attorney who challenges such laws. You will also hear from a state official from Utah’s Department of Professional Licensing on the promising practices implemented there.
Who is Paid a Living Wage in NYS? Examining Gaps and Modeling Alternatives Using the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas
Join this event to demonstrate the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas live. You will hear from Dr. Russell Weaver, the researcher who designed the tool, about the ILR Living Wage Atlas and the latest findings to come out of it. You will also hear from partners Yannet Lathrop, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst for the National Employment Law Project (NELP), and Dr. Karen King, Executive Director of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, on how they use the tool. Come learn how you can take advantage of this rich data source, too.
