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Pioneer, Leader, Mentor

Lois Gray is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Association for Labor Education (UALE). She received the award on Saturday at the annual UALE conference.
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Pioneer, Leader, Mentor

Spring Term Begins

Cornell students returned to class last week with many ILR students now enrolled in courses related to the labor movement, growing inequality, workers’ rights, and innovative forms of collective representation.
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Spring Term Begins

Labor Leadership Development

The Workforce Development Institute and The Worker Institute at Cornell have launched a pilot program to develop emerging leaders of labor unions and non-traditional worker center labor organizations in New York State.
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Labor Leadership Development

"American Capitalism: A History"

Innovative entrepreneurs, corporate titans, labor visionaries, and public policies are part of a new MOOC – massive open online course – being co-taught this semester by an ILR School professor.
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"American Capitalism: A History"

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.
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Union Communication Services Joins 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.
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Introducing the National Labor Leadership Initiative

Organizing for Change

The 38th Annual Northeast United Association for Labor Education Summer School for Union Women was held on Cornell's campus this summer.
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Organizing for Change

Union Struggles Against Privatization

We invite you to join a lunch discussion on a monumental struggle being waged by labor and other social movements in El Salvador to halt U.S.-imposed and pro-corporate legislation to privatize public services.
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Union Struggles Against Privatization

Fellowship at Worker Institute

The Worker Institute at Cornell is pleased to announce a new fellowship opportunity for students applying for a Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) at Cornell University’s ILR School.
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Fellowship at Worker Institute

Black Friday Walkout

The strike planned by workers at hundreds of Walmart stores nationwide on America’s busiest shopping day has significance on many levels, according to Ken Margolies and Kate Bronfenbrenner of the ILR School.
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Black Friday Walkout

Revitalizing Worker Rights

The Worker Institute at Cornell launched Wednesday in New York. The work will be done through collaboration with unions, worker centers, non-governmental organizations, agencies, foundations and colleagues at other universities and networks promoting labor research and education, according to the Worker Institute.
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Revitalizing Worker Rights