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The Worker Institute publishes its research and analysis in reports, policy briefs and articles highlighted below. Explore our research on themes of Low Wage and Precarious Work, Equity at Work, and the Future of Care Work here. For more on these initiatives, visit the Research page.

Climate Jobs Program

“A Climate Jobs Program for New York State: Reversing Inequality, Combating Climate Change” recommends job creation and economic development strategies to drastically reduce greenhouse gas pollution and confront the climate crisis.
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Climate Jobs Program

Reducing Harassment

In 2012, researchers from ILR and anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! began a partnership to conduct a street harassment research survey in New York City. The study expanded to 42 cities around the world.
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Reducing Harassment

Lance Compa Initiates Dialogue On Future Of Labor Movement

Lance Compa, Senior Lecturer at the ILR School, has published a thought-provoking piece on the future of labor in the journal New Labor Forum.
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Lance Compa Initiates Dialogue On Future Of Labor Movement

ILR and Hollaback! Release Largest Analysis of Street Harassment to Date

Last year, Hollaback! and The ILR School partnered to conduct a large-scale research survey on street harassment that spanned the 42 cities around the world.
Street Harassment - The Largest International Cross-Cultural Study
ILR and Hollaback! Release Largest Analysis of Street Harassment to Date

A Guide to Organizing Women's Committees

Authors of "Women's Committees in Worker Organizations: Still Making a Difference," Worker Institute faculty members Lois Gray and Maria Figueroa, are now releasing an compact guide on exactly how to form a women’s committee in a union or worker-centered organization
The Worker Institute's New Guide to Organizing Women's Commitee
A Guide to Organizing Women's Committees

Engaging in Wage Policy; Elimintaing the Tipped Wage

Worker Institute Senior Associate Linda Donahue presented testimony she co-authored with ILR faculty members Shannon Gleeson and Kati Griffith today in front of the New York State Wage Board in Buffalo supporting the elimination of the tipped wage rate in the state.
Tipped Wage
Engaging in Wage Policy; Elimintaing the Tipped Wage