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Cost of Living is Top Issue for Empire State Poll Respondents

Cornell Chronicle
The 2025 Empire State Poll is a window into New Yorkers’ daily lives, needs and concerns related to labor and employment. The data is collected to help guide policymakers, legislators, unions, employers and advocates in understanding and addressing opportunities and challenges for workers, families and communities statewide.
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Cost of Living is Top Issue for Empire State Poll Respondents

Report: Erie Co. Working Women Earn Less, And They Know It

Cornell Chronicle
Women working in Erie County simultaneously experience lower pay and more significant barriers to success relative to men, according to a new report released by the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab.
Gender wage gap
Report: Erie Co. Working Women Earn Less, And They Know It

Cook-Gray Lecture Will Examine Transformative Labor Movement

Annelise Orleck, professor of history and co-chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15.
Annelise Orleck, Professor of History at Dartmouth College
Cook-Gray Lecture Will Examine Transformative Labor Movement

Do Women in the U.S. Still Earn Less than Men?

Cornellians
Francine Blau ’66, an alumnae who’s an ILR professor emerita weighs in on the gender pay gap—how it has narrowed, and why it persists.
An illustrated image representing the gender pay gap. Credit: Ashley Osburn / Cornell University
Do Women in the U.S. Still Earn Less than Men?

Kricky Ksiazek, MPA ’13 Honored for Community-Engaged Innovation

Cornell Chronicle
Kricky Ksiazek, Civic Researcher and High Road Fellowship Coordinator at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, is one of 13 faculty members from across Cornell being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards.
Kricky Ksiazek
Kricky Ksiazek, MPA ’13 Honored for Community-Engaged Innovation

Solar Solutions: Workers Face Challenges in Renewable Energy Sector

Cornell Chronicle
Researchers at the ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute (CJI) are helping to ensure the solar workforce is treated as fairly and equitably as employees in other industries.
Workers carrying a solar panel
Solar Solutions: Workers Face Challenges in Renewable Energy Sector

Puritan Work Ethic, Capitalism to be Discussed in Konvitz Lecture

Elizabeth Anderson, who specializes in moral, social and political philosophy, feminist theory, social epistemology and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences, will deliver this year’s Konvitz Lecture on March 27 at 4:30 p.m.
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Puritan Work Ethic, Capitalism to be Discussed in Konvitz Lecture

Matteson and Colleagues Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles

Cornell Chronicle
A team of scientists led by Professor David S. Matteson has developed a method to illuminate the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles, which are foundational components in the creation of pharmaceuticals, electronics, and industrial and energy-conversion materials.
An abstract of network particles.
Matteson and Colleagues Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles

Blau: New Policies Needed to Jumpstart Stalled Gender Equity in Labor Market

The United States is at a crossroads in the path toward gender equity in the labor market, according to Fran Blau ‘66, Frances Perkins Professor of ILR and professor of economics, emeritus, at the ILR School.
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Blau: New Policies Needed to Jumpstart Stalled Gender Equity in Labor Market

Upgrading Skills, Downgrading Women’s Work in China

Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang has published a pair of papers exploring the garment supply chain in China – both factory jobs and informal, home-based ones that have sprung up out of need as women try to make money while also serving as “companion mothers” to their school-aged children.
A woman in China working in a garment factory
Upgrading Skills, Downgrading Women’s Work in China

Labor Action Tracker 2024 Report

Cornell Chronicle
Better pay, improved health and safety, and increased staffing were workers’ top demands in 2024, according to findings published in the annual report tracking U.S. work stoppages. The report is a collaboration of the ILR School and the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations.
A screen shot of the Labor Action Tracker findings in 2024
Labor Action Tracker 2024 Report

Lack of Regulations, Oversight in Health Care IT Causes Harm

Cornell Chronicle
Health information technology systems promised increased efficiency and reduced costs, but new research by Professor Rosemary Batt suggests these benefits have been elusive.
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Lack of Regulations, Oversight in Health Care IT Causes Harm

Reframing the Gender Gap Elicits Action by Women, Researchers Say

Flipping the way the gender gap in political leadership is described in news coverage – from women are underrepresented to men are overrepresented – can help narrow the gulf, according to researchers led by Usman Liaquat, an ILR School postdoctoral associate.
Reframing the Gender Gap Elicits Action by Women, Researchers Say

Santiago Anria Q&A

Santiago Anria came to the ILR School's Department of Global Labor and Work following an assistant professorship in the Department of Political Science and Latin American Studies at Dickinson College. His research focuses on social movements and parties in Latin America.
Santiago Anria Q&A

Words Matter: Softened Phrasing Helps Make Deals, Research Reveals

New Cornell research by Alice Lee, assistant professor, shows that speaking "politely" increases the likelihood of people entering into negotiations and that people who hedge perform better in negotiations.
Words Matter: Softened Phrasing Helps Make Deals, Research Reveals

CAROW Examines How Unions Can Help Direct Care Workers

A pair of published papers released by the CAROW Initiative on Home Care Work shows that unionized direct care workers are likely to earn more money and are more likely to have employer-sponsored health care insurance and pension plans than non-unionized direct care workers.
CAROW Examines How Unions Can Help Direct Care Workers

“Labor in NYS in 2025” presented in Albany

ILR Outreach and resident faculty presented ILR expertise on 2025 labor issues to members of the New York State Legislature on Tuesday in Albany.
“Labor in NYS in 2025” presented in Albany

Knowles '87 Helps Lead Ohio State To Football National Title

Cornell Athletics
ILRie Jim Knowles '87 helped guide the Ohio State University to the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday evening as the team's defensive coordinator. The Buckeyes defeated Notre Dame 34-23 in the championship game in Atlanta to lift the eighth-seeded squad to its ninth national title.
Knowles '87 Helps Lead Ohio State To Football National Title

New Research: “Workers Want a Say in Their Work”

“Voice gap,” which measures a worker’s perceived gap between desired and actual influence at work, significantly impacts job-related outcomes, such as job satisfaction, according to new research by ILR Assistant Professor Duanyi Yang.
New Research: “Workers Want a Say in Their Work”

Rare Transcript, Photos of MLK Jr. Union Speech Discovered

Cornell Chronicle
Claire Deng ’22 was doing a survey of archival papers at a Cornell library when she came across something unexpected: the full transcript of a speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 – one of only two known in the country.
Rare Transcript, Photos of MLK Jr. Union Speech Discovered

Mapping a More Equitable Future

Russell Weaver analyzes data and builds tools to help the public and policymakers see patterns and make informed decisions around equality and sustainability issues.
Mapping a More Equitable Future

Unions, Military View Immigrants as Vital and as Potential Threats

Cornell Chronicle
How unions and the military frame the role of immigrants within their institutions and help influence attitudes in U.S. society is the focus of new collaborative research by Shannon Gleeson, the Edmund Ezra Day Professor of, Labor Relations, Law and History in the ILR School.
Unions, Military View Immigrants as Vital and as Potential Threats

Feeling ‘Hoodwinked’ Erodes Trust in Employee Relations

Cornell Chronicle
Even when an agreement meets the legal criteria for consent, individuals may not feel as though they have truly given consent, which can have serious consequences for the employees’ relationship with their organization, according to new research from Vanessa Bohns.
Feeling ‘Hoodwinked’ Erodes Trust in Employee Relations

Briscoe Named Neufeld Professor

The Cornell Board of Trustees has elected Forrest Briscoe as the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Briscoe Named Neufeld Professor

Alumna Blends Professional and Personal Passions

Linda Gadsby ’88 takes on new professional responsibilities with the same vigor she brings to helping young people explore career paths that align with their values.
Alumna Blends Professional and Personal Passions

“Seek First to Understand”

A series of experiences during his ILR years helped Groat Award recipient Scott Buchheit build a deeper appreciation for different perspectives.
“Seek First to Understand”

Companies that Self-Rregulate to Curb Harmful Practices Increase Profits

Cornell Chronicle
Companies in China that self-regulate to lessen harmful social practices – an increasingly prevalent strategy – are more likely to attract reputation-sensitive buyers and increase their exports to the Western world, according to new research by Duanyi Yang, assistant professor.
Companies that Self-Rregulate to Curb Harmful Practices Increase Profits

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