Star-Gazette, April 9, 2013, Tuesday

Star-Gazette

April 9, 2013, Tuesday

Star-Gazette (full article)

Elmira Equal Pay Day calls attention to gender-based pay inequity

It’s no secret that women in the workforce are usually paid less than men who are working the same job.

But what’s harder to determine is if the gender pay gap is a result of discrimination or because women voluntarily choose jobs that pay less, says Pamela Tolbert, a professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

The New York Times, April 6, 2013, Saturday

The New York Times

April 6, 2013, Saturday

The New York Times (full article)

In History Departments, It's Up With Capitalism

“I like to call it ‘history from below, all the way to the top,’ ” said Louis Hyman, an assistant professor of labor relations, law and history at Cornell and the author of “Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.”

The Tennessean, April 6, 2013, Saturday

The Tennessean

April 6, 2013, Saturday

The Tennessean (full article)

UAW chums it up with VW

“My experience is that the councils work well in the German context because the members are elected by the whole workforce,” said Lowell Turner, a professor of international and comparative labor at Cornell University. “They offer a worker voice, and they work in collaboration with the unions inside the workplace to talk about day-to-day problems and issues.”

Salon, April 4, 2013, Thursday

Salon

April 4, 2013, Thursday

Salon (full article)

Fast food workers plan surprise strike

“The franchise structure makes it easier for McDonald’s or the other food chains to just cut a franchise loose and say they’re not responsible,” said Kate Bronfenbrenner, who directs labor education and research at Cornell. That’s because it’s the thousands of individual store franchisee-owners who legally employ workers, but it’s the corporate headquarters that actually calls the shots.

The New York Times, April 2, 2013, Tuesday

The New York Times

April 2, 2013, Tuesday

The New York Times (full article)

Lean In, Dad: How Shared Diaper Duty Could Stimulate the Economy

Such policies contribute to these countries’ swollen welfare states and higher tax burdens, but they do keep women at work. Back in 1990, in a ranking of 22 developed countries, the United States had the 6th-highest share of its prime-working-age women active in the work force. By 2010, it had tumbled to 17th place. A new study from Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn, both economists at Cornell, estimates that if the United States had the average of other developed countries’ work-life policies, 82 percent of America’s prime-working-age women would be in the labor force, instead of the current 75 percent.

KPCC-FM, April 1, 2013, Monday

KPCC-FM

April 1, 2013, Monday

KPCC-FM (full story/interview)

Will paid sick days for all NYC workers move across the country?

New York City is set to pass legislation requiring thousands of companies to provide paid sick leave to their employees. City Council members struck a deal on March 28 to pass a measure that will kick in starting in April 2014, when businesses with 20 or more employees will be required to provide 5 paid sick days, while businesses under that size will be required to provide unpaid sick leave.

Ken Margolies, Senior Associate of the Worker Institute at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

WorldatWork's workspan magazine, April 2013

WorldatWork's workspan magazine

April 2013

An monthly column in workspan® applying scholarly research to the "real world" by ICS Director Kevin Hallock.

Pay in Nonprofits

Pay design and level when performance is not about profit

KALW 91.7 FM, March 25, 2013, Monday

KALW 91.7 FM

March 25, 2013, Monday

KALW 91.7 FM (full interview)

Why are Americans in so much debt?

On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the strike debt campaign, which came from a coalition of Occupy groups looking to build popular resistance to all forms of debt. One in seven Americans is being pursued by a debt collector. Medical bills cause 62 percent of all personal bankruptcies.

Louis Hyman, assistant professor in Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, author of Borrow: The American Way of Debt.

The Huffington Post, March 23, 2013, Saturday

The Huffington Post

March 23, 2013, Saturday

The Huffington Post (full article)

Tough Laws, Reduced Ranks Have Effect On Unions

Union membership declined to 11.3 percent of the workforce last year from 11.8 percent in 2011, according to federal statistics. Especially notable was a loss in the private sector, even as the economy created 1.8 million jobs.

"I chuckle every time I hear the words Big Labor_ 6.6 percent is not big," says Jefferson Cowie, a Cornell University labor historian, referring to the share of private-sector workers in unions.

The New York Times, March 23, 2013, Saturday

The New York Times

March 23, 2013, Saturday

The New York Times (full article)

Tackling Concerns of Independent Workers

SOON after landing a job at a Manhattan law firm nearly 20 years ago, Sara Horowitz was shocked to discover that it planned to treat her not as an employee, but as an independent contractor...

Hillman was an influential adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt and spent much of his life translating his mutualist vision into reality. He built low-cost housing and a health clinic for garment workers as well as a union-owned bank and insurance company.

“How did Sidney Hillman know to do housing and insurance?” asks Ms. Horowitz, who has a degree in labor relations from Cornell. “He just listened to people and helped solve their problems.”