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ILR Hosts Conference on Transition to EVs

Outreach

The ILR School hosted a two-day conference that explored labor and the transition to electric vehicles. Organized in part by Ian Greer, director of the Ithaca Co-Lab, Professor Harry Katz and Art Wheaton, director of labor studies, the conference and its 35 attendees aimed to develop a global understanding of the EV shift and its consequences for workers.

Ian Greer leading a panel discussion at the ILERA conference on the transition to electric vehicles.
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Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Cornell Chronicle
As part of its on-going public impact mission and “data democratization” initiative, the Buffalo Co-Lab has launched the Cornell ILR Eviction Filings Dashboard for New York, a tool designed to help citizens, policymakers and nonprofits more easily visualize where eviction filings have occurred since 2018.
An eviction notice hangs on a door.
Dashboard Details Surge in NYS Eviction Filings

Quality Jobs Sought for the Unemployed

"Good Jobs For All?" summit brought together advocates working on behalf of unemployed people in Ithaca area.
Althea Brennan ’23
Quality Jobs Sought for the Unemployed

Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

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 graphic showing how living wage connects to basic needs
Living Wage Study Reveals Racial Disparities

“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

A two-credit course where students can learn about U.S. unemployment issues with ILR Professor Ian Greer.
a long line of people outside waiting to file for unemployment
“The Fight Against Unemployment” Enrolling for Fall 2022

New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

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?
Car engine with mechanic hand image
New research project on autoworkers and electric vehicles

ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

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.
multiethnic workers
ILR researchers argue against a return to business as usual in Ithaca

In the News

Media Mentions

Bigger unemployment benefit checks help CNYers cover essential costs

WAER 88.3
Ian Greer, research professor and director of the Ithaca Co-lab, provides expert analysis on the impact of increased unemployment benefits in New York and on issues with how the unemployment fund is financed.
Bigger unemployment benefit checks help CNYers cover essential costs

Affordability, housing and living wage take center stage at county legislature candidate forum

Tompkins Weekly
The 2025 Tompkins County Living Wage study, conducted by the ILR co-labs in Ithaca and Buffalo, was cited in this article about a Tompkins County legislator candidate forum where a question was asked about implementing a countywide living wage.
Affordability, housing and living wage take center stage at county legislature candidate forum

Union Leads in Vote at Ford Battery Venture

The New York Times
Ian Greer, director of ILR’s Ithaca Co-Lab, provided context on unions and auto manufacturing in southern U.S. in this article about a recent UAW vote by employees at a factory in Kentucky.
Union Leads in Vote at Ford Battery Venture