This Week’s Top Hits

Russell Weaver, director of research at ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses the new “NYS Federal Impact Interactive Map” on this radio interview/transcript.

Praise for facilitation after a breakdown in traditional negotiations is given to Javier Ramirez, executive manager of ILR’s National Conflict Resolution Service and Dan McCray, director of labor relations programs at the Scheinman Institute.

Art Wheaton, ILR director of labor studies, provides expertise on strike authorization votes and the recent frequency of strikes in the U.S.

“If policymakers build systems around data that can vanish overnight, that’s a real vulnerability for economic governance,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, commenting on the Federal Reserve’s need for reliable data when setting the benchmark interest rate.

Zoë West, extension associate at ILR’s Worker Institute, discusses AI in the fashion industry on this BBC audio program.

ILR Professor Shannon Gleeson discusses the vulnerability of immigrant day laborers and street vendors who lack workplace protections.