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.

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Foreign Policy

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Pope Francis — the first pope from Latin America, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first non-European to lead the Church since the 8th century — died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy. 

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Patricia Campos-Medina is an expert on workplace and labor issues and the executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says contract talks with UPS could have spillover effects with other workers in the logistics sector.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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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.

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Labor Relations & Human Resources

Industrial and Labor Relations

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A writers’ strike in Hollywood could shut down production of most TV shows if a deal is not reached before midnight. Austin Bunn, filmmaker, screenwriter and assistant professor in performing and media arts at Cornell University, is available to discuss how streaming has changed the industry and why writers could look at AI as a creative tool, not a threat. Cornell University labor expert Patricia Campos Medina is also available to talk about the pressures at play between labor and management and what a strike could mean for the industry.

Entertainment

Industrial and Labor Relations

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The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled a proposal that would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. Patricia Campos-Medina says a federal rule is an essential step in improving standard rights for workers.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Law and Policy

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Cornell experts are available to discuss California's historic fast food law.

Economics and Business

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Patricia Campos-Medina says labor actions like the Disney walkouts are effective because they shine a light on the failures of corporate America to lead on critical issues – like the opposition of discrimination against LGBTQ+ community.

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Patricia Campos-Medina says the Staten Island union vote is just the beginning of efforts to reform Amazon, and even with anti-union tactics thrown at them, these workers are committed to fighting to gain a voice for the essential work they perform as part of Amazon’s global supply chain.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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The Biden administration’s mandate that federal contract workers and workers at private-sector businesses be vaccinated against Covid-19 has stirred protests across the country. Patricia Campos-Medina says while labor unions play a role in negotiating what the consequences are for non-compliance with the mandate, unions members who oppose the mandate for political considerations may have to make the hard choice between their job and personal beliefs.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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