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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

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