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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Stress, dated equipment lead to 'terrible working conditions' at Newark

May 6, 2025

Art Wheaton, director of Labor Studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says there has been incredible pressure on air traffic controllers going back to the Reagan administration.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Law, Government & Public Policy

Impact of auto tariffs: ‘Chaos, price increases, falling sales’

March 27, 2025

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). He anticipates the immediate impact of the tariffs as, “chaos, price increases and falling sales in the near term.”

Economics and Business
Foreign Policy

Cornell experts on tariff impacts for auto, clothing sectors

April 3, 2025

Denise Green, director of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection, says the bulk of apparel and shoes sold in the U.S. are manufactured in China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Economics and Business
Foreign Policy

Firing of striking prison workers unfortunate, but not unexpected

March 11, 2025

Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says the striking workers should have realized discipline could result from violating the no strike clause.

New York State

Cornell experts on EPA regulations rollback

March 13, 2025

Sheila Olmstead, Talbot Andrews, and Art Wheaton comment on steps to roll back environmental regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Market conditions not shaping up well for GM’s Chinese ventures

December 4, 2024

Art Wheaton is an auto industry expert in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Given that GM is facing many headwinds in China, he says a write down was not surprising.

Economics and Business
International
Industrial and Labor Relations

Boeing’s decision to lay off striking workers not the ‘sign of a well-run company’

October 16, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says Boeing’s recent moves are only compounding its problems.

Economics and Business
Industrial and Labor Relations

Electric vehicles are ‘double-edged sword’ during natural disasters

October 8, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says EV’s are a “double-edged sword” in a disaster

Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Tesla faces ‘major problems ahead’

May 3, 2024

Art Wheaton is an expert on transportation industries and serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). He says he has major questions about the direction the company is headed.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Industrial and Labor Relations

UAW organizing down South is picking up speed

April 4, 2024

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

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