New York Times, December 9, 2013

New York Times

December 9, 2013

New York Times (full article)

For Natural Adversary of the Bargaining Table, Labor Holds a Banquet

“The steelworkers’ union has been more willing to experiment with this kind of thing than other unions because their industry has been under more stress,” said Alex Colvin, a professor at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “They haven’t had the option from the 1980s onward of being complacent.”

Slate, December 6, 2013, Friday

Slate

December 6, 2013, Friday

Slate (full article)

Inside the Box: People don't actually like creativity

All of this negativity isn’t easy to digest, and social rejection can be painful in some of the same ways physical pain hurts. But there is a glimmer of hope in all of this rejection. A Cornell study (by ILR's Jack Goncalo) makes the case that social rejection is not actually bad for the creative process—and can even facilitate it. The study shows that if you have the sneaking suspicion you might not belong, the act of being rejected confirms your interpretation. The effect can liberate creative people from the need to fit in and allow them to pursue their interests.

CNNMoney, December 5, 2013, Thursday

CNNMoney

December 5, 2013, Thursday

CNNMoney (full article)

Fast-food workers: Labor movement's new lease on life

For the SEIU, a champion of the labor movement, participating in the protests is "the right thing to do," says Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of labor education research at Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School.

WBEN 930am, December 4, 2013, Wednesday

WBEN 930am

December 4, 2013, Wednesday

WBEN 930am (full interview)

Minimum Wage Battle

Art Wheaton, a labor expert at Cornell University, discusses the minimum wage battle with WBEN.

New York Times, December 3, 2013, Tuesday

New York Times

December 3, 2013, Tuesday

New York Times (full article)

Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe

Lowell Turner, who heads the Worker Institute at Cornell University, argues that there has always been a tension between the European Union’s economic project — centered on creating a vast single market — and the Continent’s deep-rooted commitment to social equity. The crisis put a thumb on the scales. “For a year or two governments protected their workers,” he said. But “the balance has tipped away from social Europe.”

The Huffington Post, December 3, 2013, Tuesday

The Huffington Post

December 3, 2013, Tuesday

The Huffington Post (full interview)

When Big Data Meets Human Resources

Big data is making its way to HR departments, as more employers use "people analytics" to predict an employee's potential to flourish. With firms like Microsoft dropping old ways like stack ranking, will the shift to analytics be a force for good?

Guests:  John Hausknecht @ILRCornell (Ithaca, NY) Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies at Cornell University.

MSNBC, December 2, 2013, Monday

MSNBC

December 2, 2013, Monday

MSNBC (full article)

Wal-Mart's hot Black Friday seller was a 29-cent towel

"The idea of people fighting over towels is pretty outrageous," said Louis Hyman, an assistant professor in the Labor Relations, Law, and History department at Cornell University.

"It's something that you imagine most people have. It's not the equivalent of a Cabbage Patch Doll. They're not fighting over a PS4 (game console). They're fighting over towels."

The Chief, December 2, 2013, Monday

The Chief

December 2, 2013, Monday

The Chief (full article)

ATU Leader Gearing Up To Resist Privatization

While the TWU’s strategy may seem different than that of the ATU, Ken Margolies, senior associate at the Worker Institute at Cornell University, said they are actually somewhat complementary.

“The basic strategy is how to use the union’s strength as effectively as possible,” he said in a phone interview. The TWU’s locals also tend to be much bigger, giving them more leverage.

WorldatWork's workspan magazine, December 2013

WorldatWork's workspan magazine

December 2013

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

The Wage Gap vs. the Total Compensation Gap

Definitions matters in measuring pay gap

Pocono Record, November 18, 2013, Monday

Pocono Record

November 18, 2013, Monday

Pocono Record (full article)

Food stamp fraud not much of a problem in Pennsylvania

The notion that people would quit working to collect unemployment and food stamp benefits makes no sense, said John Bishop, a labor economist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

"The idea that a person is not working because they can get food stamps is crazy," he said. "It is such a modest amount of support. But for people on the margin with not a lot of money, it really is a boost for them."

MSN Money, November 18, 2013, Monday

MSN Money

November 18, 2013, Monday

MSN Money (full article)

Women who try to have it all will likely pay a mommy penalty

But Francine Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University, said the problem comes when women who aren't making those trade-offs are treated as if they will be less productive because they have children.

"If employers believe on average that women with children would be less good workers, then they might discriminate against all women with children," she said.

AOL Jobs, November 9, 2013, Saturday

AOL Jobs

November 9, 2013, Saturday

AOL Jobs (full article)

First Hooters Girl Lynne Austin Looks Back After 30 Years

Not everyone agrees. "If a Hooters girl finds the work fun, then she's having fun at her own expense, and at the expense of every other woman who won't be taken seriously in the workforce," Ileen A. DeVault, a professor of labor relations at Cornell University's Industrial Labor Relations School, told AOL Jobs in an interview. The whole model "asks for harassment" of women, DeVault said, who summed up the experience of being a Hooters girl as "degrading."

The Grio, November 9, 2013, Saturday

The Grio

November 9, 2013, Saturday

The Grio (full article)

Job seekers feel brunt of slow jobs recovery

“Older workers are fighting not just a business cycle, but a structural change in our economy coming from a new industrial technical revolution,” says Linda Barrington, executive director at the Institute for Compensation Studies at Cornell University.