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Mobilizing Against Inequality
The Worker Institute at Cornell is re-launching “Mobilizing Against Inequality,” a website focused on building a conversation around immigrant worker struggles for rights and representation, and the organizations that advocate for them.
ULI Grad Valeria Treves to Head AFL-CIO Fund for Labor Innovation
Valeria Treves, a graduate of the 2014 class of the New York State AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute, was recently appointed the first full time director of the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund.
Andrew Crook MILR ’16 is a senior communications adviser at the American Federation of Teachers, where he works with ILR alumna Randi Weingarten ’80 to tailor the 1.6 million-member union's public messaging and media relations outreach.
Eli Friedman Op-Ed on Repression of Labor Activism in China
Eli Friedman, assistant professor of international and comparative labor at the ILR School and Worker Institute associate, recently authored an editorial in the Washington Post on the crackdown on labor activists in Guangdong, China.
Student Fellows Examine Caregiving Among Working-Class Men
Worker Institute undergraduate research fellows work on projects individually, or in small teams, under the direction of Cornell faculty based in New York City, Rochester and Buffalo, as well as in Ithaca.
NLLI Nominated for Outstanding Contribution to Labor Education
The National Labor Leadership Initiative (NLLI), an intensive year-long leadership development program for top-level national labor leaders, has been nominated for the United Association for Labor Education (UALE) 2015 Outstanding Contribution to Labor Education.
The Worker Institute’s Donahue to Serve on Executive Board of Pride At Work
Linda Donahue, editor and director of The Worker Institute’s Union Communication Services, was recently appointed to the National Executive Board of Pride At Work, representing the Rochester - Finger Lakes Chapter.
ULI Co-Director Campos-Medina Honored Among Most Influential Latinos in NJ
Patricia Campos Medina, Co-Director of the New York State/AFL-CIO Union Leadership Institute was named to PolitickerNJ’s list of 51 Most Influential Latinos in NJ Politics
IBEW Local 3 Highlights Worker Institute's Climate Jobs Program
Lara Skinner, associate director of The Worker Instiute and coordinator of the Labor, Environment and Sustainable Development Initiative and Worker Institute Fellow Mijin Cha are leading a collaborative effort with IBEW Local 3 and several other unions and worker organizations ito develop a Climate Jobs Program.
ULI Grad Narbada Chhetri Leads Nail Salon Safety Coalition to Victory
Narbada Chhetri, Director of Organizing and Advocacy at Adhikaar, played a leading role in advocating for the legislation along with others in Coalition. Chhetri's participation in the Union Leadership Institute (ULI) in 2012 helped her develop the skills to secure this important win for nail salon workers.
ILR's Esta Bigler Appointed to Advise NYS Task Force on Worker Exploitation
Gov. Cuomo appointed Esta R. Bigler, director of ILR's Labor & Employment Law Program, to the advisory committee of a new Task Force to fight worker exploitation and abuse
ILR's Art Wheaton Awarded by Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
This week, Director of Western New York Labor and Environmental Programs Art Wheaton, was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for his work with The Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning and the Monroe County Department of Health.
Worker Institute joins delegation to El Salvador to honor Bishop Romero
Worker Institute faculty member Patricia Campos-Medina was part of an official delegation to participate in the beatification ceremony of Monsignor Romero, the beloved Salvadoran Bishop who was killed as he gave mass in 1980 for his support of the poor and criticism of violence against civilians
Cornell ILR Emeritus Faculty, Lou Jean Fleron, Awarded BY NYS Senate
Lou Jean Fleron, member of Cornell ILR’s Extension Faculty since 1977, was recently recognized as a “Women of Distinction” by the New York State Senate based on her role as “a positive agent for change” in Western New York.
The Worker Institute Welcomes Newest Fellow, Roberta Reardon
We are very pleased to announce Roberta Reardon as the newest Worker Institute Fellow. After graduating from the NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute in 2006, while she was Vice President of NYC AFTRA, she became President of the NYC local, then President of national AFTRA.
J. Lowell Jackson ’17 will study Bahasa Indonesian for three months this summer through the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship Program, an overseas language and cultural immersion program.
Lois Gray, the Jean McKelvey-Alice Grant Professor Emerita of Labor-Management Relations, is ILR's longest-serving faculty member, and one of the longest-serving faculty at Cornell.
Patricia Campos-Medina has joined The Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Cornell University, as Co-Director of the New York State/AFL-CIO Union Leadership Institute (ULI).
Labor Movement Topics With Workplace Activist, Andy Stern
One of America's best-known workplace activists covered a span of labor movement topics when he met with students and faculty during a Worker Institute-sponsored discussion Oct. 23.
Worker Institute Announces New Partnership with NDLON
The Worker Institute has announced an exciting new partnership with the National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON). NDLON, a national network based in Los Angeles, is an alliance of local organizations that works to expand the rights of day laborers.
Union Communication Services Joins Worker Institute
David Prosten, founder and president of Union Communication Services (UCS), has announced he is gifting the 33-year-old labor education publishing company to Cornell University's ILR School, where it will benefit the school's Worker Institute.
Introducing the National Labor Leadership Initiative
The NLLI was launched in November, 2013, with twenty-six high-level leaders from national unions, AFL-CIO central bodies and affiliated organizations, and allied worker organizations.
