Cornell ILR School
banner
cornellilr.bsky.social
Cornell ILR School
@cornellilr.bsky.social
The ILR School at Cornell University: Transforming the future of work by preparing leaders, informing policy and improving the lives of workers. 🌟 #CornellILR
Pinned
#CornellILR is now on Bluesky! 👋

Stay up to date on all our platforms:
• Website: www.ilr.cornell.edu
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/ILRSchool
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/cornellilr/
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/corn...
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/Cornell...
Research from #CornellILR's Forrest Briscoe found that employees are more willing to leave their job when their employers engage in stakeholder violations. "To grasp the true extent of damage, one needs to add up the significant costs of subsequent talent losses." news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A study by researchers at #CornellILR's CAROW Initiative on Home Care Work found that home health aides experience significant stress, loneliness and mood challenges due to their work conditions: “Despite their integral role in patient care, home health aides themselves are a vulnerable workforce.”
LI's home care crisis: Too many seniors, not enough aides
A rapidly aging population is colliding with a shrinking home health workforce, raising fears that thousands of seniors may struggle to safely age at home as agencies face staffing shortages.
www.newsday.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Other types of gig workers "do need to be organized and pursue protections, just like the Deliveristas did," said #CornellILR's @drcamposmedina.bsky.social, who named home care aides and house cleaners as workers in need of added protections. "Now we have a precedent."
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Reposted by Cornell ILR School
Read Stefan Ivanovski's @cornellilr.bsky.social review of @behrend.bsky.social new book that conveys a refreshingly pragmatic message to let #AI handle the speed and scale, and let people do what only people can.
doi-org.proxy.library.cornell.edu/10.1177/0019...
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Erica Groshen (@ericagroshen.bsky.social), senior economics advisor at #CornellILR, will take part in the Data Insights Roundtable: "State LMI in a Time of Federal Uncertainty" on January 29 at 2 p.m. EST.

Register for free via @c2er.bsky.social: www.lmiontheweb.org/events/data-...
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Cornell ILR School
⚡Join Power At Work LIVE on LinkedIn TODAY Jan 27 at noon ET/9am PT for Power Half-Hour Ep 18

w/ @msainato.bsky.social @theguardian.com, Kate Bronfenbrenner @cornellilr.bsky.social, and Chris Garlock (Labor Heritage Foundation). Hosted by @mrsethharris.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/company/powe...
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Justin Bloesch (@justinbloesch.bsky.social), assistant professor of economics at #CornellILR, analyzes the projected economic impact of a severe winter storm on the construction and service industries in today's @nytimes.com Dealbook newsletter.
The Message Behind Trump’s Lawsuit Against JPMorgan
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
#CornellILR's Climate Jobs Institute's new report envisions how Oregon can tackle the climate and inequality crises, offering 18 recommendations created alongside the state’s building trades to provide policy pathways for clean infrastructure, reduced emissions + high-quality, accessible union jobs.
A Bold Vision for Climate Jobs in Oregon
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Cornell ILR School
Excellent new resource via @cornellilr.bsky.social:
“Across industries, as [AI] systems become embedded in everyday operations, worker voice becomes essential to ensuring that technological change strengthens rather than erodes rights at work.”
www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/post/h...
How Can Unions Negotiate AI in the Workplace? Lessons from the Port Sector
The Dockers' AI Toolkit by José Luis Gallegos provides guidance on how workers can negotiate over artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Although the toolkit is grounded in the port sector, it...
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#CornellILR alum Jeff Aubry ’99, executive director of the Next Gen Players Union, recently joined The CUSP Show for an inside look at labor, leadership and player advocacy in the NBA G League. 🏀🎙️
476: Jeff Aubry Gives an Inside Look at the G-League’s Next Gen Players Union
Jeff Aubry Joins the CUSP Show
thecuspshow.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Cathy Creighton, director of the #CornellILR Buffalo Co-Lab, discusses the unprecedented nature of the federal government's actions against unionized workers.
TSA union withstands government attempt to end contract but "instability" is new norm for airport security workers
A federal judge sided with the union last week.
www.newsday.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Cornell ILR School
🎉 Please join us in congratulating Katie Brendli Brown on being named a Fellow by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)! This prestigious distinction is a high honor recognizing her outstanding contributions to the field of intellectual disabilities. 🎉👏
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
As academic director of #CornellILR's Yang-Tan Institute on Employment & Disability @cornellyti.bsky.social, Susanne Bruyère has shared her expertise for decades nationally and internationally.

Read about Bruyère's contributions to disability advocacy and workplace inclusion in our latest feature!
Relentless Advocate Bridges Research, Policy and Practice
Scientific inquiry, practical solutions and pioneering strategies led by Susanne Bruyère have changed work cultures around the world to include more people with disabilities.
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#CornellILR's @ianithacagreer.bsky.social says there are few instances of just-cause worker protections in the US: NYC has a law that protects exclusively fast-food workers, Philadelphia has a law pertaining to parking employees & Montana is the only state with a broad just-cause employment system.
Ithaca to revive talks on just-cause labor protections
City officials plan to revive Ithaca just-cause labor protections talks, weighing worker rights, small business impacts, and public feedback.
tompkinsweekly.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Cornell ILR School
Guess I'm a day late, but @cornellilr.bsky.social has put together an awesome research guide on MLK and the labor movement
LibGuides: Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources: Kheel Center Resources
This guide is divided into 10 different categories. Each is designed to give the researcher ideas on how to track down material relating to King's legacy. In the first category a rare video clip from ...
guides.library.cornell.edu
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Incorporating a rainbow flag into a company’s website logo during #PrideMonth seems less meaningful to LGBTQ+ employees and customers than gestures of solidarity at other times of the year, finds research co-authored by James T. Carter, associate professor of organizational behavior at #CornellILR.
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
New Year's resolutions for New Jersey’s clean energy economy:
✅Climate-safe
✅Energy-secure
✅Union-built

The latest report from #CornellILR's Climate Jobs Institute explores NJ’s future, developed in partnership with NJ labor unions during the ongoing energy & affordability crisis. Read the report:
Climate Jobs New Jersey: Moving Towards A Resilient Future
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Nicola Dell, Director of Technological Innovation at #CornellILR CAROW's Initiative on Home Care Work and associate professor at @cornelltech.bsky.social, founded the Clinic to End Tech Abuse and is a leader in research on technology-facilitated abuse of trafficking and domestic violence survivors.
Computer science can help abuse and trafficking survivors regain safety
Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End Technology Abuse.
www.sciencenews.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM
From the classroom to the field, Katie Rosen ’08, MPA ’09 exemplifies the impact of #CornellILR’s hands-on approach to conflict resolution.💡 Rosen gained valuable experience and mentorship through ILR coursework and the Scheinman Institute’s Labor Arbitrator Development Program.
Katie Rosen: Labor Arbitrator Training Was Pivotal To Her Career
Katie Rosen '08 MPA '09 reflects on her experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
⏰ Don't forget: the deadline for #CornellILR's Master of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) applications is tomorrow, January 15!

Join an incredible cohort and connect with top HR executives and Cornell alumni at special events. 🤝

Apply today: www.ilr.cornell.edu/programs/gra...
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Harry Katz, the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining at #CornellILR and director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, comments on the legitimacy of including international political issues in labor contract negotiations (via @nytimes.com).
N.Y.C. Bakery Workers Demand Owners Stop Supporting ‘Israeli Occupation’
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Sarosh Kuruvilla, the Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations at #CornellILR and academic director of the Global Labor Institute, provides an analysis of the Dindigul labor agreement and sourcing challenges in the Indian garment industry (via @theguardian.com).
Justice for Jeyasre: how a brutal murder led to a better deal for garment workers in India
After a 21-year-old employee was raped and killed by her supervisor in 2021, campaigners ensured conditions at the factory were overhauled. But its order book never recovered
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happening soon! Make sure to register and tune in at 12pm Eastern Time today: ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/ove...
Join #CornellILR and eCornell for a keynote on "Legalized Inequalities: Immigration and Race in the Low-Wage Workplace," where Kate Griffith, Shannon Gleeson, @drcamposmedina.bsky.social and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Darlène Dubuisson will discuss topics from their new book of the same name.
Keynote: Legalized Inequalities | eCornell
Be Informed. Be Inspired. Experience the Best of Cornell, Live and On Demand.
ecornell.cornell.edu
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Former BLS commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social, senior labor market advisor at #CornellILR,  warned that President Trump’s premature release of embargoed U.S. jobs data risks undermining market trust and carries potential legal consequences.
Trump posted some U.S. jobs data before its official release on Friday
The White House said it will review its protocols for releasing economic data after President Trump's "inadvertent public disclosure."
www.cbsnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
In this Q&A, get to know Adam Schoenbachler, a new Future of Work fellow at #CornellILR and postdoc in the Department of Global Labor and Work! He reflects on an ethnography he completed of Nashville’s honky-tonk entertainment district, and looks forward to new projects at the ILR School. ♫
Q&A with Adam Schoenbachler
Future of Work fellow Adam Schoenbachler looks back to his roots and forward to new projects at the ILR School.
www.ilr.cornell.edu
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM