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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

To connect with a Cornell faculty member or expert, please contact the Media Relations Office.

Extreme heat is taking a toll on workers and the economy

June 30, 2026

Nellie Brown is an industrial hygienist and the director of workplace health and safety programs for Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says employers need a heat alert program; preplanning makes a big difference. 


Spirit bailout talks highlight fallout from Iran-driven oil spike

April 23, 2026

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He says government bailouts like this are not as rare as people think.


Cornell expert: Chavez-DeRemer weakened labor rights, wages and safety rules

April 21, 2026

Cathy Creighton, director of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab, says Secretary Chavez-DeRemer spent her time in the labor department dismantling protections around the American workforce. 


Meta employee tracking raises consent, compensation questions

April 23, 2026

New reports suggest Meta is installing tracking software that can capture mouse movements and keystrokes on U.S.-based employees' computers in order to use the data to train artificial intelligence agents.


Different training, different mission: ICE for TSA may lead to ‘poor results’

March 23, 2026

Cathy Creighton, director of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab, says even though TSA and ICE employees both fall under the Department of Homeland Security, they are trained for very different jobs.


TSA staffing gaps widen as shutdown pushes officers past breaking point

March 19, 2026

Cathy Creighton, director of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and former field attorney for the NLRB, says TSA workers have been put through the wringer in 2025-2026.

Law, Government & Public Policy
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Union strike adds to rising beef costs amid tariffs, labor shortages

March 17, 2026

Patricia Campos-Medina, a policy expert on workplace and labor issues at Cornell University,  says the meatpacking industry is marked by high levels of productivity, yet workers have not seen their wages increase or health care benefits improve. 

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

Wave of expiring teacher contracts is setting up labor fights across California

February 24, 2026

Lee Adler is an expert on education and academic union issues at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Law, Government & Public Policy

‘Replace employees with loyalists’: Labor expert warns of Trump civil service overhaul

February 5, 2026

Cathy Creighton, director of Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and former field attorney for the NLRB, says the new changes allow for unprecedented political control over career civil servants.

Law, Government & Public Policy

On-again, off-again fuel-efficiency standards bad for auto industry

December 4, 2025

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He says Trump’s pivot comes with short and long-term implications for carmakers.

Economics and Business
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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