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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

“The need for assistance [in Puerto Rico] is now so dire it is impossible to ignore – to do so would precipitate a humanitarian disaster even greater than the one already in progress.”

Steven C. Kyle

associate professor, macroeconomics policy expert

Topic	Name	Date
Industrial and Labor Relations	Arthur Wheaton Director of Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs for the Worker Institute	04/10/17
	“Hybrid and electric cars are well known for instant torque – which is more important than horsepower for acceleration. The Tesla even markets its ‘Ludicrous Mode’ for nearly insane acceleration. Those characteristics would be useful for police pursuit vehicles.” Media: Joe Schwartz bjs54@cornell.edu 607-882-3774 Related Tip Sheet: Ho-hum hybrid myth shattered by new gas-electric police car (04/10/17)
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship , Industrial and Labor Relations , Law and Policy	Adam Seth Litwin Associate Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell’s ILR School	04/05/18
	"What makes the gig economy interesting from the standpoint of pay is that the customer and the employer are essentially the same person. Add that to the way the gig economy commoditizes work and we have a recipe for maintaining if not increasing the gender pay gap." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Women lose in gig economy, pay gap persists (04/05/18)
Law and Policy , Economics and Business , Industrial and Labor Relations	Esta Bigler Director of Labor and Employment Law Programs at Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School	03/19/18
	“If industries are allowed to manage apprenticeships without government oversight – either state or federal, companies may use the programs to get cheap labor and fail to provide students with the skills they need to continue in the industry." Media: Media Relations, Media Relations Office mediarelations@cornell.edu (607) 255 - 2059 Related Tip Sheet: Apprenticeships key to U.S. economy, but government oversight needed (03/19/18)
New York City , Industrial and Labor Relations , Arts and Sciences , Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship	Elissa Sampson Visiting Scholar in Cornell's Jewish Studies program	03/19/18
	This local New York story resonates deeply as it travels in multiple directions in a world in which the garment trade is global. Its echoes reverberate in the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh and elsewhere around the globe. Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Triangle fire of 1911 still echoes in NYC and beyond (03/19/18)
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship , Law, Government & Public Policy , Law and Policy , Industrial and Labor Relations	Erica Groshen Visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations	03/06/18
	On Friday, analysts will be watching for signs of that the labor market is weakening, overheating or becoming more inclusive. Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: How to spot a weak, overheated labor market (03/06/18)
Industrial and Labor Relations	Eli Friedman Associate Professor of International and Comparative Labor	11/28/17
	"One thing that is notable, and somewhat new, is that the government is framing this as a public safety concern. Certainly migrant worker housing is in general substandard and rife with health and safety concerns. However, upgrading the quality of housing by no means necessitates the evictions and dispossession that have marked this campaign." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Beijing mass evictions reveal regime’s moral vacuum (11/28/17)
Industrial and Labor Relations , Economics and Business	Maria Lorena Cook Professor of International and Comparative Labor	11/30/17
	“Unless Congress acts, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients stand to lose their deportation relief and work authorization on March 5, 2018, the date that DACA is set to expire." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Dreamers communities stand to lose in DACA bargain (11/30/17)
Industrial and Labor Relations , Economics and Business	Shannon Gleeson Associate Professor of Labor Relations, Law & History at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations	11/30/17
	“With the rescission of DACA, the President and Attorney General have needlessly stripped these immigrants of this critical support, putting the well-being of these immigrants, their families, and their communities in danger. The same is true for the Temporary Protected Status program that Trump is dismantling piece by piece." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Dreamers communities stand to lose in DACA bargain (11/30/17)
Law, Government & Public Policy , Industrial and Labor Relations , Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship , Cornell in DC	Shannon Gleeson Associate Professor of Labor Relations, Law & History at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations	02/13/18
	The racist focus on border militarization and no holds-bar deportation follows no logic of security, and is terrorizing immigrants and their families across the country and threatening the economic stability, educational opportunities, and mental and physical health of the communities in which they live and work. Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 202-434-8049 Related Tip Sheet: Trump border wall investment and deportation policy ‘terrorizing immigrants’ (02/13/18)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , Industrial and Labor Relations	Nellie Brown Director of Workplace Health & Safety Programs	02/06/18
	"Tell employees to stay home. Employers should have non-punitive medical leave policies. Otherwise, people come to work sick and that doesn’t help anybody. Flu can make some people seriously ill and, in addition to human suffering, the employer also pays a price for that. There’s an advantage to the employer in not having people who are contagious come to work." Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: Winning germ warfare in the workplace: Keep your hands to yourself or stay home (02/06/18)

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