Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Literary Hub
George Boyer, ILR professor, analyzes the difficulty of translating a weekly wage of 15 shillings in Dickensian England to today’s U.S. dollars.
Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Cayuga Medical nurses file labor charge

The Ithaca Voice
Lee Adler, ILR visiting lecturer and labor lawyer, comments on the legal implications of alleged anti-union activity at Cayuga Medical Center.
Cayuga Medical nurses file labor charge

Wage and benefit growth only slightly better than inflation

Marketplace
Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, and Linda Barrington, executive director of ILR’s Institute of Compensation Studies, analyze wage and benefit growth trends alongside rising health insurance costs.
Wage and benefit growth only slightly better than inflation

Inside the Genesis Private Equity Bankruptcy Case

Center for Economic and Policy Research
This article by Rosemary Batt, ILR professor of women and work, contextualizes Senator Elizabeth Warren’s revived Corporate Crimes in Health Care Act with the story behind today’s expected bankruptcy court decision on Genesis Healthcare.
Inside the Genesis Private Equity Bankruptcy Case

People are nicer than you think

Vox
Vanessa Bohns, ILR professor of organizational behavior, explains how people’s fear of social risks affects their willingness to connect with others.
People are nicer than you think

RIP, EV: These Electric Vehicles Won’t Make it to 2026

Gizmodo
“It’s a brutal market,” said Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, commenting on market conditions for electric vehicles in the U.S.
RIP, EV: These Electric Vehicles Won’t Make it to 2026

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