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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ILR School's first day of classes, back on November 5, 1945!

Included here are a few photos from our "ILR By the Decade" timeline, which you can view here: https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilr-80-years-decade

Happy 80 years, #CornellILR! ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Agreed. U.S. states too.
Federal government plans to follow Ontario’s lead, prohibit non-competition clauses in employment contracts.

The rest of country should similarly ban non-competes. As I explain in this article, most non-compete clauses are illegal anyways and they are bad policy:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Non-Competition Clauses in Canadian Employment Law and the Doctrine of Inequality of Bargaining Power
In 2021, the Ontario government legislatively prohibited most non-competition clauses, the first Canadian government to take this step. The move was unexpected
papers.ssrn.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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#CornellILR is proud to share that the National Conflict Resolution Service (NCRS) has played an important role in helping keep Broadway’s lights on, through a new collective bargaining agreement between @actorsequity.bsky.social and The Broadway League.

Read more: actorsequity.org/news/PR/2025...
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Amazon reportedly plans to automate 75% of its operations. #CornellILR's Alex Kowalski says the threat of automation was always lurking, but any really big impacts had been concerns for the more distant future. "This release shows that widespread job loss could happen sooner than anticipated."
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a timely discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers #CornellILR's annual Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lectureship in American Ideals.
Free speech on campus the focus of Konvitz Lecture | Cornell Chronicle
Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers the Konvitz M...
news.cornell.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🚨The deadline for abstract submissions to the Harry Katz conference & special issue is coming up on October 1.

📚Guest Editors: @ilralex.bsky.social, Ariel Avgar and Danielle van Jaarsveld

📅Conference: @cornellilr.bsky.social April 11–12, 2026

🗒️For more 👉: shorturl.at/ER2XK
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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🚨 New Paper! 🚨 Why do employers violate employment law? Turns out the answer is radically different for small businesses, especially IBIPOC businesses whose marginallization diminishes HR capacity. We find this complicates govt enforcement efforts. Out now in IREL doi.org/10.1111/irel...
Threats to Legitimacy in Local Employment Law Enforcement Regimes Among Immigrant and Racially Marginalized Small Business Owners
U.S. municipal labor enforcement agencies find they are often inundated with complaints from small, immigrant- or minority-owned firms. This undermines these agencies' efforts to engage in strategic ....
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September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Political Economy of Work Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at Columbia University December 5-6, 2025. 
#EconSky #PoliSky #EconConf

Proposal deadline 9/15
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🚨 I’m excited to announce that, “The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labour Conditions in the Gig Economy” is now available online !

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The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labour Conditions in the Gig Economy
This study investigates the mechanisms by which gig platforms degrade labour conditions over time, building on the concept of platform decay, or ‘enshittification’, initially developed in the context...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A new #CornellILR co-authored study shows that home care cooperatives – agencies co-owned and managed by home care workers – have key factors that appear to significantly improve the quality of care for patients. @madelinesterling.bsky.social www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/researc...
New Research Shows Home Care Cooperative Can Improve Patient Care
Home care cooperatives – agencies co-owned and managed by home care workers – have key factors that appear to significantly improve the quality of care for patients, according to a new study co-author...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Do you want to report a #strike or a #protest near you to the Labor Action Tracker?

You can do so by clicking on the "Report a Strike" option on our website.

Help us map a #picket line close to you.
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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📢 CFP: Columbia–Cornell Jr Scholars Workshop on the Political Economy of Work 🗽 Dec 5–6, 2025 in NYC!

Open to early-career scholars in law, soc, econ, poli sci, history.

Submit 1p abstract by Sept 15
✅ Feedback + mentoring
✅ Travel/lodging support (if needed)

🔗 forms.gle/vDkCHyenE5yQ...
May 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Does third party interventions improve the health of bargaining relationships? Bradley Weinberg #queensuniversity shows that earlier procedures such as #conciliation and #mediation are related to a lower likelihood of relationship dissolution than subsequent ones.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Gali Racabi (@gracabi.bsky.social) is one of four Cornell faculty members to win a Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award, which recognizes the sustained and distinguished contributions of tenure-track faculty and senior lecturers to advising undergraduates. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Four faculty receive 2025 Carpenter Advising Awards | Cornell Chronicle
Nominations are solicited annually from all members of the academic community, the awards bestowed in recognition of the importance of undergraduate advising.
news.cornell.edu
May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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How does local place & its socio-political & histories of racism shape gig economy algorithms? Our take out now in @bjireditor.bsky.social "‘Be Your Own Boss?’ Explaining Variation in Worker Response to the Gig Economy's Ideology in the Global North and South" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
‘Be Your Own Boss?’ Explaining Variation in Worker Response to the Gig Economy's Ideology in the Global North and South
The proponents of app-based, algorithmically mediated employment seek to create an easily transferable uniform labour process around the world. These apps classify their workers as independent contra...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Fascinating new research on strategic HR and competitive dynamics in the gig economy from Mike Maffie and Tash Lakhani! Nice research design too, taking advantage of a change in Uber policies. Shows the value of having data collection projects active out in the field at a critical moment.
April 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Cornell ILR is recruiting a Postdoc in Global Labor and Work - focusing on AI and labor. Deadline May 15, 2025. Please circulate widely! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/program/...
Cornell University, Global Labor and Work
Job #AJO29869, WDR-00051984 Postdoctoral Associate – Global Labor and Work, ILR Future of Work Program, Global Labor and Work, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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March 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Reminder: this year's Konvitz Lecture will take place on March 27 (tomorrow!) at 4:30 p.m. in 423 King-Shaw Hall (in-person) or via Zoom. More details via the link below.
Elizabeth Anderson, who specializes in moral, social and political philosophy, feminist theory, social epistemology and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences, will deliver this year’s #CornellILR Konvitz Lecture on March 27.

Details/registration: www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/public-...
Puritan Work Ethic, Capitalism to be Discussed in Konvitz Lecture
Elizabeth Anderson, who specializes in moral, social and political philosophy, feminist theory, social epistemology and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences, will deliver this year’s Ko...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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📢Call for papers for a conference and special issue honoring Harry C. Katz is now open!
#⃣ Issue: Labor Relations at a Crossroads: Charting the Course Forward
🗓️Deadline: 1 Oct 2025
📝Editors: Ariel Avgar, @ilralex.bsky.social & Danielle van Jaarsveld
🔍More: shorturl.at/RtkOj
March 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Does mandatory #employment #arbitration impact employee rights and remedies? Mark Gough @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
shows that employee win rates in arbitration are lower than those found in state and federal #court.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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In this faculty Q&A, learn more about @anriasantiago.bsky.social, assistant professor in the Department of Global Labor and Work at #CornellILR! Anria studies the relationships between social movements, labor unions and political parties in Latin America. www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/faculty...
Santiago Anria Q&A
Santiago Anria came to the ILR School's Department of Global Labor and Work following an assistant professorship in the Department of Political Science and Latin American Studies at Dickinson College....
www.ilr.cornell.edu
February 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Latest strike numbers from the Labor Action Tracker: down from last year’s recent high, but still seeing widespread strike activity - check out the report for all the details!
📣 The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report is officially here, courtesy of @laboraction.bsky.social, @cornellilr.bsky.social, and LER at Illinois!

Check out the link below for the full report or take a look at the overview in the following thread!

www.ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-...
Labor Action Tracker 2024
www.ilr.cornell.edu
February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🚨The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report drops tomorrow at 7am EST!🚨

Tomorrow morning we will be releasing our annual report compiling all of our 2024 work stoppage data - stay tuned to learn more about worker action in the U.S. over the past year!
February 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM