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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Cornell labor expert comments on SEIU rejoining with AFL-CIO

January 9, 2025

Cathy Creighton is director of Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and a former field attorney for the NLRB. She says the renewed partnership comes as the labor movement braces for anticipated attacks from the federal government under president-elect Donald Trump.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

As Covid funding expires, ‘fundamental flaw’ in childcare industry remains

September 5, 2023

States are trying to find ways to keep child-care centers afloat after billions in pandemic-era funding is set to run out this month, prompting worries that facility closures could impact workforce participation and limit children’s access to early education. Justine Modica, an expert on the history of childcare labor in America, and Cathy Creighton, co-author of a 2022 report on New York State’s child care industry, are available for interviews.

Law, Government & Public Policy
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations
Arts and Sciences

Cornell experts available to discuss UAW contract impasse, strike implications

September 11, 2023

Alex Colvin, dean of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), is an expert on issues related to collective bargaining, arbitration and dispute resolution.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations

Biden child care order a step in the right direction, but still not enough

April 18, 2023

Cornell University experts Kimberly Kopko and Cathy Creighton call President Biden's executive order on improving access to child case a nod to needed benefits for families, but say more needs to be done on the federal level as the burden falls on states to address the problem.

Washington D.C.

Cornell Expert: Tesla’s actions at Buffalo plant raise red flags

February 16, 2023

Cathy Creighton is director of Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and a former field attorney for the NLRB and says Tesla's actions raise a number of red flags.  

Economics and Business
Law, Government & Public Policy

Starbucks worker walkout ‘adds pressure, draws public support’

November 17, 2022

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are planning to strike for Red Cup Day, one of the company's busiest days. Cathy Creighton and Angela Cornell weigh in on the workers' walkouts.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations
Law School

Twitter layoffs ‘callous’, possibly in violation of federal, state law

November 4, 2022

A lawsuit was filed against Twitter for allegedly violating California’s WARN Act by failing to give enough notice about ongoing mass layoffs. Cathy Creighton can speak to the law, implications for Twitter and possible impacts for the wider labor-management landscape.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

Experts skeptical Starbucks will bargain in good faith, stalls just the start

October 26, 2022

Contract negotiations between Starbucks and union workers have already stalled. The latest issue, Starbucks refusing to resume bargaining if the union allows workers to join meetings remotely. Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cathy Creighton and Angela Cornell are available for interviews.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations
Law and Policy
Law School

To the bargaining table: Work ahead for newly unionized workers

April 12, 2022

Workers voted to form unions at all three of Ithaca’s Starbucks, making it the first city to have all its locations unionized. 

Industrial and Labor Relations

Starbucks has ‘reason to be worried’ ahead of union vote

November 8, 2021

Starting Wednesday, workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in and around Buffalo, New York will have four weeks to vote on whether to unionize. Kate Bronfenbrenner says Starbucks has reason to be worried with Workers United leading the unionizing efforts. Cathy Creighton is also available for interviews.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

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