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News Archive

May 2022

News 10 Albany
The Worker Institute
Rally to empower New York’s nail salon workers
syracuse.com
Risa Lieberwitz
Weeks after opening, Amazon warehouse in Clay already may have a union controversy
KCUR
Risa Lieberwitz
For Kansas City Starbucks workers, ‘lifesaving’ benefits are on the bargaining table
John Abowd Receives Edward Lazear Prize
The New York Times
Francine Blau
Some abortion opponents make economic arguments. They’re in for a fight.
Business Insider
Ileen DeVault
Amazon's first warehouse union marked the true turning point towards 'real change' for workers, says a labor-history professor
Daily Mail
The Worker Institute
In New York, nail salon workers fight for their rights
William Sonnenstuhl Q&A
Barron's
ILR School
How Workers Gained an Edge—and Why They Won’t Lose It Soon
Impact of Incentives on Ethics Examined
Cornell Chronicle
Yang Researching Worker Voice
NJ - Star Ledger
Patricia Campos-Medina
When the pendulum of justice moves backward, your generation must resist it | A 2022 commencement essay
Cornell Chronicle
Calco, Falwell Partner with Public History Fellows
Forbes
Vanessa Bohns
Virtual Firings Don’t Need To Lack Compassion
NY Daily News
The Worker Institute
My job and my seven miscarriages: Nail salon workers need more protections now
The Washington Post
Patricia Campos-Medina
Ask Help Desk: If I take a remote job, can I be forced into an office?
WIVB TV
Racial profiling in Buffalo traffic enforcement hard to gauge with imperfect data
The Guardian
Eli Friedman
Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for ‘burning the 3am oil’ – here’s what that really looks like
Zitek, Matteson, O'Connell Win SUNY Awards
The New Yorker
The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Ban
Alex Colvin
Rolling back mandatory arbitration agreements
Global Severance Pay Program Outlined
Wall Street Journal
Cathy Creighton
How union efforts at Amazon and Starbucks are playing out differently
Vox
Patricia Campos-Medina
Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same time
The Nation
Ariel Avgar
Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues
WIVB TV
Russell Weaver
Buffalo Council president says racial disparity in police traffic stops does exist
(Don’t) Take a Break
Cornell Chronicle
ILRie Honored for Local Community Impact
Students Exploring Labor and Technology Intersection
Mother Jones
Rosemary Batt
The Smash-and-Grab Economy
Cathy Creighton
Unionizing efforts continue in states where it was historically difficult
The Worker Institute
Delivery Workers Are the Next Frontier of Labor Organizing
Courtney McCluney
A Return to the Office Is a Chance to Reset DEI Within Companies
LA Progressive
Ileen DeVault
Unionized Labor - A Path Forward
Risa Lieberwitz
Ithaca makes history as all its Starbucks stores form unions. What happens next?
New Data Ethics Online Certificate Spearheaded by Liz Karns
Marketplace
Erica Groshen
What a dip in productivity tells us about the economy
VICE News
Cathy Creighton
The Starbucks Union Push Is So Successful It Could Start a Turf War
Cathy Creighton
A hard-fought labor victory
Yahoo! Finance
Louis Hyman
This 'rater' gets paid $10 an hour to teach Google's algorithm — and he's not alone
Vanessa Bohns
The Power of Saying 'No' (and Why It's So Hard)
Friedman Book Examines China’s Segregated School System
“No” vote for Unionizing Second Amazon Warehouse in NYC Seen as Setback that Won’t Diminish Worker Momentum
Daniel James Wins Clete Daniel Award
Alumni Honored with Groat and Alpern Awards
Yahoo! Finance
Harry Katz
Amazon Labor Union says 'the fight has just begun' after defeat in Staten Island
Observer
Courtney McCluney
As U.S. Workers Head Back to the Office, One Million Women Are Left at Home
Capital & Main
Alex Colvin
Forced Arbitration Is Making It Harder for Low-Wage Workers to Seek Justice
Cornell Chronicle
Senior Wins SUNY Award
David M. Cohen Professorship Endowed

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