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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Biden and Trump hold competing, but different events in Detroit

September 26, 2023

President Biden plans to join striking autoworkers today, marking the first time a sitting president has visited a picket line. This is one day before former President Donald Trump also goes to Detroit to hold his own event— showing how political the UAW strike has become. Ileen DeVault, professor of labor history and Kate Bronfenbrenner, expert on union and employer organizing and bargaining strategies, weigh in on the visits.

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

UPS-Teamsters deal a victory for labor, collective bargaining

July 25, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) and says the deal amounts to a big win for labor.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Law and Policy
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Labor Day 2022: RTO mandates, unionization motivation, economic impacts for workers

August 23, 2022

Cornell University labor experts are available to weigh in on return-to-office policies and mandates, the increase of union organizing and strikes, how current economic conditions are impacting workers and more.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations

Cornell labor experts on strikes surging across the US

November 4, 2021

Thousands of U.S. workers across numerous industries have participated in strikes and other labor actions this fall. The Cornell-ILR Labor Action Tracker provides a comprehensive database of strike and labor protest activity across the U.S. and these Cornell experts are available to speak to the increasing labor protest activity.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Industrial and Labor Relations

Experts on unions, the workplace, and labor in 2022

January 13, 2022

With the Omicron wave, how will employers adapt and what’s to come for the future of work? The American workplace is restless, how long will we continue to see strikes and labor protest activity continue? Labor shortages are ongoing, will we see the Great Resignation keep up? These labor experts are available to weigh in on these questions and more as we start 2022.

Labor Day 2021: How COVID-19 transformed work

August 24, 2021

Cornell University labor experts are available to weigh in on the increased focus on workplace safety, gig economy growth, unemployment and employee shortages, climate jobs, social justice at work and more.

In identity-charged election, Hispanic and women voters to drive results

November 5, 2018

Americans will vote this week in the 2018 midterm elections after a campaign season marked by a record number of women candidates, intensified attention to migration at the border and a continued emphasis on identity politics. The following experts from Cornell University are available for interviews.

Law and Policy