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“For the most part, workers are stuck with individual responsibility for their budget,” said Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, commenting on how the government expects furloughed workers to handle missing paychecks during the shutdown.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, contributes research identifying New York state’s second largest concentration of federal workers in the Brookhaven and Upton areas of Suffolk County.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, analyzes Jim Farley’s job performance as Ford CEO.

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, is quoted in this article about her recent resignation as the UAW’s external ethics officer.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, shares research about where civilian federal workers are located on Long Island in this article about the potential impact of a federal shutdown.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, provides analysis on how a federal shutdown would impact federal workers and local economies in New York, including Long Island.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, analyzes the impact of the recent ICE raid on an EV battery factory in Ellabell, Georgia, saying it will have a “cooling effect” on the U.S. auto sector and on future foreign investments in the U.S.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, analyzes the significance of Ford’s moving its world headquarters to a new building in Dearborn.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, explained that expert travel is common and warned the incident could deter future foreign investment and complicate high-tech manufacturing setup in the U.S.

“Neither side will get what they want but hopefully both sides will get something they can live with,” said Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, as he discussed current contract negotiations for workers at Catholic Health.

In this audio interview, Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, shared his expertise in labor law and union negotiations to give listeners context for current union negotiations for employees at Catholic Health.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, compares labor laws and automobile manufacturing costs in the U.S. and Canada and discusses differences between the United Auto Workers in the U.S. and Unifor in Canada.

“They have proven to Americans that negotiations work. … It’s work together and win at the table,” said Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, when discussing the impact of the UAW.

In this podcast episode about Labor Day, Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses the history of organized labor in the U.S. and comments on the current state of organized labor under the Trump administration.

Cathy Creighton, director of ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, offered analysis on shifting political support for unions.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discussed tariff impacts on the global auto industry.

Lee Adler, ILR visiting lecturer, comments on investigations being conducted into a 2024 incident that caused an official in the Erie County Sheriff’s Office to be suspended without pay for 30 days.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, comments on the latest Empire State poll. Weaver contributed to the poll project, which was highlighted in ILR’s 2024-25 New York at Work report.

Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses economic prospects and priorities for Generation Z.

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses possible impacts on the Buffalo area and beyond, due to Buffalo being left out of data gathering by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“We as a nation are not investing as heavily into this data collection as we should to make our best and most informed decisions,” said Russell Weaver, ILR director of research at the Buffalo Co-Lab, about how Buffalo will be represented in Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, joins Inside the Issues to discuss the jobs report and economic data.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses the effort to remove Shawn Fain as UAW president.

“Some of his methods were not particularly recommended, but he absolutely fought as hard as he could to get more for his members,” said Art Wheaton, ILR director of Labor Studies, about Detroit union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 50 years ago.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of Labor Studies, comments on how recent changes in the trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan will impact the U.S. auto industry.

Cathy Creighton, director of ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, comments on federal labor law.

Russell Weaver, director of research at the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, commented on possible negative consequences for political representation and federal funding to Texas and Florida if unauthorized immigrants are not included in the US Census.

“There are a lot of common interests between the union and the company,” said Arthur Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies. “The union can benefit the company by giving management workers’ insights, gained from firsthand experience on how to solve problems.”

"Well if you look at what's been happening in the market, Ford thought they would see a lot more of the F-150 Lightnings (electric pickup trucks) and they had to shut down the plant for a while cause they had too much capacity," Art Wheaton said.