Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Autoworker strike entering escalation phase—what’s next?

September 21, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
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

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

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

Will the summer of strikes spread to the Detroit Three?

August 9, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR).

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Economics and Business

UAW bargaining leverage different from UPS-Teamsters negotiations

August 23, 2023

Harry Katz is a professor of collective bargaining in Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He says the UAW’s position is different from other recent contract negotiations such as the UPS-Teamsters deal.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

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

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

Truly independent redistricting vital to avoid 4th decade of special master-drawn maps

April 20, 2023

Russell Weaver, economic geographer with the ILR School Buffalo Co-Lab, and David Shmoys, professor of operations research and information, are available to discuss the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission's vote on the final Assembly map proposal.

New York State
Law, Government & Public Policy

Proposed annual NY minimum wage hike could benefit about 3 million workers

January 13, 2023

Russell Weaver, an economic geographer with Cornell University’s ILR School Buffalo Co-Lab, says the proposed annual minimum wage hikes in New York state could benefit roughly 3 million workers, with women, workers of color and immigrants being more likely to see their wages increase.

New York State
Economics and Business