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Auto tariffs ‘boon’ to Tesla, threat to unionized workers and ‘Big Three’

March 27, 2025

Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on newly announced 25 percent tariffs on cars and car parts imported into the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law and Policy

VW plant closures spotlights payments to shareholders

October 29, 2024

Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) who studies the German auto industry. Despite the rhetoric from VW management, he says it is not only market forces causing current financial problems.

International
Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

Ford, UAW deal signals ‘in-house’ EV work with consistent terms, conditions

October 26, 2023

Cornell University labor and electric vehicle transition expert, Ian Greer, comments on a tentative deal reached between Ford and the United Auto Workers Union and its implications for workers and EV manufacturing.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

How a ‘just’ EV transition hinges on a looming labor strike

September 14, 2023

Ian Greer, a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on a looming autoworker strike and its significance for the U.S. transition to electric vehicles.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations

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

Cornell experts available on NYS budget

May 3, 2023

Cornell University experts are available to discuss various NYS budget topics, from bail reform to minimum wage.

New York State
Law, Government & Public Policy

Labor expert on EV transition: Workers missing from discussion

August 29, 2022

Labor expert Ian Greer weighs in on the transition to electric vehicles and its impact on workers.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Foreign visitors ‘critical to survival’ of US hospitality industry

September 22, 2021

The U.S. will start easing travel restrictions for international visitors who are vaccinated against Covid-19 in November. Chekitan Dev and Ian Greer weigh in on how the loosened restrictions will impact to the tourism industry in the U.S. as well as what foreign travelers may encounter upon arrival.

School of Hotel Administration
Industrial and Labor Relations

Reduced hours, shared work could reduce trauma of mass layoffs

March 18, 2020

On Wednesday, as effects of the coronavirus pandemic started hitting the U.S. job market, the Senate approved an emergency stimulus package to help businesses avoid mass layoffs. Cornell University economists, Paul Davis and Ian Greer are available to discuss the package, in particular, the measures taken to control unemployment. They also offer some perspective on what businesses and the government could do to further ease the effects of massive layoffs.


Ironic twist in Brexit aftermath? A more socialist country

December 5, 2018

The UK parliament has started a much-anticipated five-day debate on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit proposal. Lawmakers will vote to reject or accept the deal next week, a decision that will have ripple effects in Europe as well as within British domestic politics. Cornell University experts weigh in on what those effects may be.

International Reach
Law and Policy
Economics and Business
Industrial and Labor Relations

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