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UrduHoward Stanger, PhDProfessor, Management & Marketing Canisius University Available for expert comment/insight on the following: Historical perspective on longshoring labor issues and how they relate to the current strike Role of technological change and labor substitution in modern labor disputes Analysis…
Tag: Labor
Worker rights are one of the least protected human rights, new research reveals
Worker rights are among the least protected human rights in the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Labor Action Tracker annual report reveals number of striking US workers rose 141% in 2023
The number of striking workers, particularly in private-sector industries, more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, according to the third Labor Action Tracker Annual Report, which presents key findings from work stoppage data.
UAW keeps strike leverage, despite hurdles and Big Three opposition
On Tuesday, the United Automobile Workers expanded its strike to one of General Motor’s most profitable U.S. factories — an assembly plant in Texas. Harry Katz, professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says…
AI Insight Forum: Urgency needed to protect data laborers
Low-paid data workers who train AI models sent a letter to lawmakers ahead of a Senate meeting with AI leaders today urging Congress to protect their rights. Aditya Vashistha, assistant professor of information science at Cornell University, studies computing systems with…
GW Experts Available: More than 75,000 union health care workers are set to strike Wednesday
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers are poised to walk off the job in five states and the District of Columbia after labor talks failed to advance over the weekend. A coalition of unions representing Kaiser workers had…
Expert: Auto workers’ strike could impact future labor organizing
The persistently tight labor market, growing frustration over wage inequality and record high support for unions set the stage for the United Auto Workers strike, according to Jake Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
Employment law expert available to talk about United Auto Workers strike
Professor Steven Willborn is an expert on employment law, labor law, employment discrimination law, and pension & employee benefits law and can speak to media on unions and strikes. Willborn joined the faculty in 1979. He received his B.A. degree…
How a ‘just’ EV transition hinges on a looming labor strike
The United Auto Workers is threatening to strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, if contract agreements aren’t reached with the automakers by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. Among the union’s demands is that it represents workers at 10 electric vehicle…
Chula College of Population Studies Co-hosts a Workshop on Strengthening Older Persons’ Labor Force Participation and Improving Thai Elderly Skills
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific – ESCAP and the College of Population Studies, through the Collaborating Center for Labor Research at Chulalongkorn University, together with government agencies, civil society and the private sector co-organized a workshop on “Strengthening older persons’ labor force participation and benefitting from the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Asia and the Pacific” on 10 – 11 May 2023 at the Mandarin Conference Room C, Mandarin Hotel.
Will the summer of strikes spread to the Detroit Three?
Following the landmark deal between UPS and the Teamsters, attention on “hot labor summer” now shifts to talks between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Detroit’s biggest car companies. Under new leadership, the UAW says it is determined to win…
UPS-Teamsters deal a victory for labor, collective bargaining
UPS has reached a contract deal with the Teamsters union, averting strike. Union members will now vote to ratify the deal, which includes across-the-board raises for all workers, a new paid holiday, as well as new heat and safety protections.…
New research: maybe crying in baseball is a good thing?
Venturing out of one’s comfort zone to perform a task – and then performing poorly in that task, such as a baseball pitcher trying to hit – can lead to better performance when returning to one’s specialty, according to new research.
The surprising effects of creativity boosting for low-power workers
Power often boosts an employee’s creativity because being powerful liberates the individual from constraints, such as worrying that their ideas will be rejected. However, new research shows that employees who are not in positions of power can become more creative when given time to “warm up” to a task by engaging in the creative task more than once.
Imaging tech produces real-time 3D maps of uterine contractions during labor
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed new imaging technology that can produce 3D maps showing the magnitude and distribution of uterine contractions in real time and across the entire surface of the uterus during labor.
U.S. labor strikes up 52% in 2022 as worker activism rises
Strike numbers rose in 2022, reflecting a trend of more U.S. work stoppages in recent years by workers and activists in the labor movement, according to a report published Feb. 21 by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
GW Expert Available to Discuss the January Jobs Report
517,000 jobs were added in the U.S. in January and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.4 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s a surprisingly strong report despite widespread layoffs in the tech industry recently and…
Demand for remote work remains high, despite companies rolling back virtual work arrangements
More job seekers are applying for remote positions, despite more companies choosing to bring their workers back into the office and roll back virtual work arrangements. According to a report by The Washington Post, fifty percent of job applications submitted on LinkedIn…
Musk’s Twitter a ‘case study on how not to treat employees’
As Twitter faces an employee exodus, professor of human resource studies Rebecca Kehoe is available for interviews on how the recent chaos is an example for other companies on how not to treat workers. Kehoe says: “With predictions of a looming recession,…
Wages trump safety standards for global apparel workers
Factory workers in apparel supply chains are more likely to quit due to wage and benefit violations, relative to violations of other code provisions, such as environment protection and safety standards, according to new Cornell University ILR School research.
Twitter layoffs ‘callous’, possibly in violation of federal, state law
A lawsuit was filed against Twitter for allegedly violating California’s WARN Act by failing to give enough notice about ongoing mass layoffs. Cathy Creighton is the director of the Buffalo Co-Lab at Cornell’s ILR School and a labor law expert. She can speak to the…
NYC pay transparency law could help – and hinder – employees
Starting November 1, New York City employers will be required to disclose minimum and maximum salaries for job openings. Tae-Youn Park, associate professor of human resource studies in the Cornell ILR School, examines how employment policies and practices, such as…
GW Expert Available to Discuss September Jobs Report & Labor Market Trends
263,000 U.S. jobs were added in the month of September and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. One business professor at the George Washington University says today’s report shows that…
September jobs report: Expect growth, early signs of economic stall
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release unemployment figures for the month of September. Russell Weaver, an economic geographer with Cornell University’s ILR School Buffalo Co-Lab, says while Friday’s BLS data is expected to show job growth,…
Testimony to Congress outlines employer anti-union efforts
Most employers continue to engage in coercive and retaliatory practices to limit union activity, a Cornell University labor relations expert told the U.S. House of Representatives Labor Committee in testimony Sept. 14.
Failure to prevent rail strike could be ‘catastrophic’ for US business
The looming possibility of a national railroad strike has businesses nationwide concerned. Arthur Wheaton, expert on transportation industries – including trains, plans and automobiles – and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says a…
Labor and hospitality experts consider implications of historic CA fast food law
A coalition of restaurant owners have filed a referendum request to temporarily block California’s new law that gives more power to fast food workers. Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor…
August job report: ‘Economic tea leaves difficult to read’
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release unemployment figures for the month of August. Erica Groshen, senior economics advisor at Cornell, is a labor statistics expert. She was also the former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of…
Return-to-work deadlines spark faceoffs for flexible work
Apple employees are pushing back on the company’s forthcoming policy requiring workers to be in the office three days a week, launching a petition to demand more flexible working arrangements. Apple is just one of many companies calling for a…
Assessing state of worker power, economic opportunity in the US
A new landscape report conducted by Jake Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Ioana Marinescu examines the decline in worker power over the last several decades and outlines policy recommendations to rebalance the economic playing field.
Apprentices hone their writing, speaking skills through ISU-John Deere partnership
Through a partnership with John Deere, faculty in ISU’s English Department are helping high school apprentices sharpen their writing and speaking skills through a four-week communications training in Davenport, Waterloo and East Moline, Illinois.
Dodger Stadium strike vote a powerful opportunity for union
Concession workers at Dodger Stadium have threatened a strike ahead of next week’s All-Star Game festivities. Ariel Avgar, professor of labor relations, law and history, says timing in labor relations is essential. The Dodger Stadium workers bargaining for a new…
Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., Selected for Fulbright Global Scholar Award
Phillip A. Hough, Ph.D., was selected for a Fulbright Global Scholar Award, based on his important sociological research in rural Colombia. The award will provide him with the opportunity to study the plight of coffee-producing farmers living across the “global coffee belt” regions of Latin America, Africa and East Asia.
Women resent compliments about communality at work
Women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women’s virtues and are seen as important for workplace advancement, according to new Cornell University research.
Exploitation, Corporate Responsibility, or State Regulation? A New Study on Public Perceptions of Global Supply Chains
The pandemic has contributed to an increased awareness of global supply chains, and people are increasingly concerned about labor exploitation and environmental degradation in the making of consumer products.
Pandemic worsened inequality for migrant fishers
The pandemic has exacerbated inequalities in the international fishing industry, according to a new report from Cornell University researchers and the International Labour Organization (ILO), who presented their findings at a virtual webinar April 27.
Unionized Nursing Homes Experienced Lower COVID-19 Resident Mortality and Worker Infection Rates
Residents and workers at unionized nursing homes experienced lower mortality and infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
Migration treaty violations, trade central to U.S.-Mexico-Canada summit
President Joe Biden will meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House this week to discuss the continued flow of migrants over the U.S.-Mexico border, trade, labor and other issues. Gustavo…
Starbucks has ‘reason to be worried’ ahead of union vote
Starting Wednesday, workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in and around Buffalo, New York will have four weeks to vote on whether to unionize. If they vote to organize, they will form the first-ever Starbucks union in the United States.…
Fed tapering could spur investment, increase labor demand
On Nov. 3, the Federal Reserve announced it would begin reducing the pace of its monthly bond purchases, a step toward more normal monetary policy. Erica Groshen is senior economics advisor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations,…
Cornell labor experts on strikes surging across the US
Thousands of U.S. workers across numerous industries have participated in strikes and other labor actions this fall. As the economy is recovering from the pandemic and a nationwide labor shortage, workers have more bargaining power and are using it to…
John Deere management ‘overestimated power’ in union negotiations
Workers at Deere & Company have rejected a contract proposal negotiated by their union for the second time, further extending their strike. Harry Katz, professor of collective bargaining at Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations, says workers have…
Unions have ‘role to play’ in enforcement of Biden’s vaccine mandate
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, executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations…
Staten Island Amazon union filing shows ‘lack of experience’
Amazon workers at four warehouses on Staten Island have filed a petition to form a union. Following the announcement, the company said they were “skeptical” enough legitimate signatures were gathered. Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research and a senior…
Structured management protocols help firms thrive
New Cornell University research from finds that companies with a culture of highly structured management practices were able to attract and keep top workers, and companies with structured operations practices attracted top-flight managers.
Amazon starting pay increase good for workers, comes with ‘big challenges’
Amazon recently announced an increase in the average starting wage for their workers to $18 per hour. The following Cornell University experts weigh in on what this change will mean for workers, managers and the broader industry. Diane Burton, human…
NYC food delivery workers face a ‘harrowing world’
New York City’s app-based delivery workers regularly face nonpayment or underpayment, unsanitary or unsafe working conditions and the risk of violence, according to a new Cornell University ILR School report.
Infrastructure plan needs training, long-term assurance of jobs
As President Biden continues to promote his infrastructure bill, concerns are rising as the U.S. faces a shortage of skilled workers to fill the positions needed in construction, transportation and energy. Art Wheaton, workplace and industry education specialist at Cornell’s School of Industrial…
Uber, UK union deal may have global ramifications for labor rights
Uber is formally recognizing British trade union GMB, which will mean it can represent drivers — a milestone for labor activists pushing for fairer working conditions. Maria Figueroa, director of labor and policy research at Cornell University’s Worker Institute, says…
Summer travel forecast: Mostly sunny
Travel experts predict a strong summer tourism season fueled by pent-up demand and eased COVID-19 restrictions. But increased bookings and revenue for restaurants will depend on continued success with controlling the pandemic and the ability of businesses to find labor.