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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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Worker Power, Racial Justice and Mutual Aid Webinar

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.
Worker Power & Racial Justice: A panel on the intersection of the labor movement, black lives matter, and mutual aid
Worker Power, Racial Justice and Mutual Aid Webinar

International Academic Labor Teach-in

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.
Protester hands
International Academic Labor Teach-in

In the News

Media Mentions

Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Times Union News
In this op-ed, Ian Greer argues that New York needs progressive taxation of employers: taxing all workers’ wages, reducing the role of experience rating, and reducing the Unemployment Insurance tax rate for the businesses whose rates are disproportionately high.
Commentary: New York must get serious about fixing Unemployment Insurance

Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

CNN
“In the electric vehicle segment, tariffs are a boon to fiercely anti-union Tesla, which will benefit from the disarray of competitors (including the Big Three) who need time to rethink production strategies and retool factories. Any new automotive jobs will be overwhelmingly nonunion,” says Ian Greer.
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen

Clean Technica
Ian Greer, research professor at ILR, says, “If VW closes three plants, the reason will not only be competitive difficulties but also the decision to pay out dividends rather than to invest in the existing productive tissue.”
The EV revolution is going in reverse at Volkswagen