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New York State
Kheel Exhibit Honors Labor Champion “Ahead of Her Time”
Workers’ rights advocate Frances Perkins led state and federal policy changes throughout her career, which included teaching at the ILR School.
NYS Solar Work: Good for Climate, But Are They Good Jobs?
Cornell Chronicle
On April 26, Cornell’s Climate Jobs Institute released “Exploring the Conditions of the New York Solar Workforce,” which surveyed more than 260 solar installation and maintenance workers findings reveal that New York solar construction workers are transient, may not receive benefits, and are subject to racial disparities in pay.
Research-based data and policy analysis on a range of issues impacting New York’s workers, unions and employers are the focus of the ILR School’s second annual Labor Day report.
Recommendations to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities were provided to lawmakers by Yang-Tan Institute Co-Executive director Andrew Karhan.
