Violent attacks test China’s measures to address social grievances

Voice of America
“For hundreds of millions of migrant workers, there is not an adequate social safety net, and things like unemployment insurance are not really in place,” says Professor Eli Friedman.
Violent attacks test China’s measures to address social grievances

Climate Activists Are Hot and Bothered by the Industry’s Lack of Cohesion

Yahoo News
Cornell Global Labor Institute’s executive director, Jason Judd, joined Pakistani denim mill Crescent Bahuman Limited’s advisor of sustainability, Naurin Muzaffar, for a panel titled “Climate Change and Industry Impact” at Sourcing Journal’s Fall 2024 Summit.
Climate Activists Are Hot and Bothered by the Industry’s Lack of Cohesion

Could AI be used to replace striking workers?

Fast Company
Virginia Doellgast, professor of employment relations and dispute resolution, explains that labor unions are just beginning to negotiate over the use of AI.
Could AI be used to replace striking workers?

Opinion  Ivy League schools should tap community colleges

The Washington Post
Ian Schachner, senior associate director of admissions at ILR, says, “We are charged with helping improve people’s lives in the state. If it helps to provide a pipeline for these incredible community college students to get the best education in the state, we do that, too.”
Opinion  Ivy League schools should tap community colleges

NLRB says employers can’t hold mandatory anti-union meetings

The New York Times
Risa Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law, explains why Trump may remove Jennifer Abruzzo. 
NLRB says employers can’t hold mandatory anti-union meetings

Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review
Emily Zitek explains her new research that examined narrative-based and numerical-based performance reviews and whether one format — or a combination of the two — was seen as more fair and motivating by employees.
Research: Performance Reviews That Actually Motivate Employees

ILR in the News

"Harry Reid Once Wanted To End Birthright Citizenship For Children Of Illegal Immigrants, Too"
South China Morning Post
"Cornell decision adds to growing climate of fear on Chinese campuses."
"Cornell cuts ties with China's Renmin University over student crackdown" -- Second citation.
Financial Times
"Cornell halts China university ties over curbs on academic freedom"
"US trade friction hitting academia: experts; Chinese overseas students contributing to American economy"
"NHL partners with MGM to share data for sports betting"
Inside Higher Ed
"Cutting Ties"
Forbes
"NHL's Historic Deal With MGM Resorts Completes Gary Bettman's U-Turn On Sports Betting"
CNBC
"4 gig economy trends that are radically transforming the US job market"
"How sports betting partnership with MGM Resorts could impact NHL and teams like Blackhawks"
The New York Times
"Cornell Cuts Ties With Chinese School After Crackdown on Students"
NPR
"Jeff Sessions Told DOJ Not To Discuss Citizenship Question Alternatives"
The Sacramento Bee
"Health care workers claim victories in 3-day strike; UC leaders say no deal"
"Rosemary Batt discusses her recent piece at American Prospect"
The Nation
"Ad Hoc Nation; The unmaking of the steady job"
"Rahul Manchanda Analyzes the Importance of Business Immigration for US Economy"
Wall Street Journal
"Supreme Court to Weigh Workers’ Right to Sue Their Employers"
"'Hiring Bots' Might Be Responsible For You Getting Your Dream Job—Here’s How to Use Them to Your Advantage"
Cornell Chronicle
"Harnessing machine learning and big data to fight hunger"
"A Poor Man Rejoices"
Wired
"An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption"
The New York Times
"Back When Sears Made Black Customers a Priority"
"How Sears and its catalog helped subvert Jim Crow in the South"
"And one-time retail giant Sears filed for bankruptcy this week. On Twitter, historian Louis Hyman weighed in on what you may not know about the store’s legacy"
The Economist
“The Collapse of an American Retail Giant”
“The entrepreneurial chemist talks about molecular tools, batteries in the walls and a three-slice secret to success”
“A Slowing Chinese Economy Means More Instability”
“What the Sears catalog says about our racial past”
The Miami Herald
“Sears catalog helped African Americans subvert Jim Crow”
“Temp: How America Work - Talks at Google”
Cornell Chronicle
Colvin Named Interim Dean
NPR
“How The Sears Catalog Was Revolutionary In The Jim Crow Era”
The American Prospect
“The American Prospect, It Was Vulture Capitalism that Killed Sears”
“Sears Didn’t ‘Die.’ Vulture Capitalists Killed it”
The Washington Post
“Sears’s ‘radical’ past: How mail-order catalogues subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow”
Houston Public Media
“Weighing The Costs of Pay Parity for Houston’s Firefighters”
“Private Equity Pillage: Grocery Stores and Workers at Risk”
“Are Immigrants Driving Income Inequality? – AAF”
Market watch
“The end of the two-week pay cycle: How every day can be payday”
“Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston”
“Staying Out Of The Overthinking Trap”
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/montgomery-council-weighs-whether-to-guarantee-raises-for-trash-crews/2018/10/08/eb6f8ce6-c7f7-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8e5ee4396923
“Mentor to Unions and Women Who Work, Dies at 94” -- First citation.
“Sexual Assault Costs Victims Up to $3 Million in Lost Education, Earnings”
“Preparing U.S. Workers and Employers for an Autonomous Vehicle Future - Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation”
The Cut
“150 Law Professors Release Powerful Statement Against Sexual Harassment”
Bloomberg
“White House Economist Turns to Alternative Data to Boost Trump”
Wall Street Journal
“Where Hurricane Florence May Show Up in the September Jobs Report”
Business Insider
“Morgan Stanley is fighting to stop a race-discrimination suit from going to trial by using a controversial tactic that keeps employee complaints secret”
Ithaca Journal
“Cornell University names new dean of business college”

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