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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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First American Pope viewed as an ally for global workers

May 8, 2025

Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute in Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says the election of Pope Leo XIV is a moment of celebration for Catholics around the world, but specifically for the faithful in the Americas.

Economics and Business
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Foreign Policy

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

Trump’s cuts to the VA would have ‘devastating’ impact on veterans

March 6, 2025

Paul Ortiz is a professor of labor history at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, and 7th Special Forces Group.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Law, Government & Public Policy
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Cornell experts on Walgreens going private

March 7, 2025

Walgreens has struck a deal with private-equity firm Sycamore Partners that would take the struggling drugstore chain off the public market for around $10 billion. 

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Bible-based curriculums drawing pushback from teachers’ unions

November 21, 2024

Lee Adler is an expert on employment law and unions at Cornell University. Depending upon the substance of the directives, he says teachers without any protections inside their collective bargaining agreements will need to be on alert.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Labor Relations & Human Resources

In forcing workers back to office, Amazon risks breach of psychological contract

September 18, 2024

Bradford Bell is a professor in strategic human resources and director of Cornell’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies. He says the cooling of the job market has created an opportunity for employers to push back against working from home.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Increasing nursing home staffing levels is a great ‘first step’

April 25, 2024

Ariel Avgar, is a professor in Cornell University’s school of Industrial and Labor Relations, where his research focuses on employment relations in the healthcare industry. He says setting mandatory staffing ratios is a great first step in making sure that residents receive high quality care, however, it should not be a standalone measure.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Labor Relations & Human Resources

Bargaining impasse seems to be holding affordable housing initiative ‘hostage’

April 4, 2024

Jeffrey Grabelsky, co-director of the National Labor Leadership Institute at Cornell University, is an expert on building and construction trades unions. He weighs in on the current hold-up involving affordable housing initiatives in the NYS budget.

New York State
New York City
Industrial and Labor Relations
Labor Relations & Human Resources

As ADA turns 33, more work remains to protect disability access

July 24, 2023

Jennifer Perry is an access specialist at the Yang-Tan institute where she focuses on how the human built environment can best include people with disabilities and how to follow the law when building or remodeling.  

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Law, Government & Public Policy

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

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