Gen Z have "seen opportunities for their generation disappear and are afraid they are going to be worse off than their parents,” says Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research and a senior lecturer at the ILR School, about why Gen Z is unionizing.

This piece features the work of Vanessa Bohns, associate professor in the ILR School, on the idea that people are often far more likely to cooperate with our requests than we assume. 

Valerie Hans, professor of law, explains that the jury is likely using a meticulous, evidence-based approach due to the amount of time that has passed and their request for video evidence.

“I expect Biden to run again, but that's because I expect that from all presidents who’ve run and won,” says David Bateman, associate professor of government. “That said, Biden, like most of the political leadership of this country, is old—he’s older than any other president was when they took office. That alone should give pause to what would otherwise be a slam-dunk prediction that he would run again.” 

Harry Katz, professor in the ILR School, notes that there are limits to workers’ power because companies can “outsource and move production domestically to nonunion sources of supply, or move production abroad, and that has fundamentally enhanced their bargaining power.” 

“For those restaurants where it’s possible to have outdoor dining, it’s been a saving grace,” says Alex Susskind, director of the Cornell Institute of Food and Beverage Management. 

Diego Diel, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, explains that it is still unclear whether white-tailed deer can “actually transmit the virus and sustain that transmission in the field.” 

Lee Humphreys, professor of communications, says it's important for social-media companies to flag graphic content to users. “It's a relatively easier solution than just censoring it all together, which I don't think is necessarily appropriate,” she says.

“It sounds like what some of them are doing is substituting permanent teachers with substitutes,” says Erica Groshen, an economist at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Kaitlin Woolley, professor at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, says store brands aren't always cheaper, and that marketing can influence the decisions that shoppers make.

“If unions can’t figure out how to organize those workers, the numbers are just going to go down further,” says Ileen DeVault, professor in the ILR School. “This is the future. They know how to organize people working in grocery stores; they don’t know how to organize automatic checkout lines.” 

“Generally speaking, wage inflation lags consumer price inflation,” says Erica Groshen, senior labor economics advisor. “Conditions are probably better than we’ve seen in a very long time for that to happen. Employers perceive a labor shortage. I’m not sure I would call it that, but in some ways, the chickens are coming home to roost for the lack of real wage growth for this very long period of time.”