Ithaca Co-Lab

Increasing the Tompkins County minimum wage of $16.61 to a living wage would increase earnings for thousands of workers and reduce racial and gender disparities, according to a new Ithaca Co-Lab report.

"Good Jobs For All?" summit brought together advocates working on behalf of unemployed people in Ithaca area.

Ian Greer, Ithaca Co-Lab director and other ILR researchers have found that living wage legislation would have a dramatic impact on the earnings of many Black workers in Tompkins County.

A two-credit course where students can learn about U.S. unemployment issues with ILR Professor Ian Greer.

The shift to electric vehicles will destroy unionized jobs, and the quality of the jobs being created and the severity of the disruption to the lives of autoworkers remain to be seen. How can there be a ‘just transition’ that protects autoworkers and creates good jobs?

A new report co-authored by Cornell-ILR researchers Ian Greer, Rusty Weaver, and Michele Belot examines labor market change just as the pandemic was beginning to subside.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Worker Power, Racial Justice and Mutual Aid Webinar brought together numerous local organizers in Tompkins County with national organizers to discuss racial justice and mutual aid during the pandemic held Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Students and academics in Ithaca virtually joined strikers in Europe to discuss shared injustices and the global struggle and to record statements of solidarity on Thursday, March 5, 2020, international day of mobilization for academic workers.