The Worker Institute

Join us on Oct. 25 in Syracuse to learn how to build low-wage worker power! From 10am to 4:30pm, we'll have sessions for workers, organizers and staff to exchange insights and develop effective strategies for building collective power. Register: forms.gle/whN2JBpUc9C7Vt…

We continue to share our research with the public and invite you to join us for the expansion of the “TPS Workers exhibit: Stories of Belonging,” which will travel to its second opening in Ithaca, NY, on Sept 16-20, 2024, and NJCU on October 8-14, 2024. tinyurl.com/3t23999r

Today;s feature: Meet Giovanni, a TPS worker from El Salvador. tinyurl.com/mu3mmc77 Visit @Photoville this week to learn more about the WI project entitled "Stories of Belonging: Central American TPS Workers & the Defiant Struggle to Stay Home.

Todays; feature: Meet Delmy, a TPS worker from El Salvador. tinyurl.com/muek2s8r Visit @Photoville this week to learn more about the WI project entitled "Stories of Belonging: Central American TPS Workers & the Defiant Struggle to Stay Home.

Meet Cecilia, a TPS worker from El Salvador. Visit @Photoville this week to learn more about the WI project entitled "Stories of Belonging: Central American TPS Workers. tinyurl.com/yck2hv88

Any time we call, he comes through.” Ka’jeem Hill represents 700 sanitation workers at Laborers’ Local 108. Hill is a student in the AFL-CIO/Cornell-ILR Union Leadership Institute, which trains New York’s next generation of union organizers.tinyurl.com/ULI-Hill

This week labor leaders representing 18 different countries met in Washington D.C. as part of our Global Labor Leadership Initiative GLLI, led by the us and The Solidarity Center. GLLI is a multi-year initiative for labor leaders that promotes workers’ rights and democracy.

11/2 @ 10am: Nike supply-chain worker leaders from AFWA partner unions in Indonesia & Sri Lanka will join worker leaders from the CWA & SEIU to share their experiences organizing in some of the world’s most unequal companies. @DrCamposMedina Register: shorturl.at/jqxMN

In this month’s #PowerHour, @MrSethHarris is joined by @CUNY’s Dr. Milkman and @Cornell’s @DrCamposMedina. Listen as they discuss Milkman's union density study of New York and the nation, a new Worker Institute report on prevailing wage laws, and more: poweratwork.us/power-hour-1-m…

@RustBeltGeo @buffalocolab @AlvinBraggNYC @ManhattanDA @aisire @CaraballosoDave @DrCamposMedina The report has opened conversation after the event! We at The Worker Institute thank everyone for their engagement today. We look forward to continuing our exploration of labor issues and bringing together researchers, educators, and thought leaders.

@RustBeltGeo @buffalocolab @AlvinBraggNYC @ManhattanDA @aisire @CaraballosoDave “When we think about why this work matters, it’s because it impacts people's lives!” After a dynamic Q+A between the panel and the audience, Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute closes out the event. @DrCamposMedina

“Prevailing wage laws protect and empower our cities…It’s about shaping a better tomorrow!” Kicking off our Assessing Prevailing Wage Event is Angelo Angelone, president of the Cement & Concrete Workers District Council. Stay tuned! ilr.cornell.edu/worker-institu…

Join us on Tuesday 9/12 for a discussion on the launch of a report exploring the cost of prevailing wage to New York City workers and contractors. Learn More and Register Today for the Livestream: tinyurl.com/aj87t746

On 9/5, Cornell ILR hosted a delegation of 5 Australian labor leaders from the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association at our NYC conference center. WI Executive Director @DrCamposMedina hosted the visit. Read more: shorturl.at/mpuzP

Read our Labor Day message to learn about our continued work to support union & worker justice leaders with research, training, and education. shorturl.at/esINP @DrCamposMedina

@ilo @ilr

Starting day 2 of @ilo Regulating Decent Work conference at session on Labour Rights: Assessing Effectiveness and Performance, inc inspiring paper by Anne-Marie Brady and @zoexwest on worker organisations’ use of participatory training for nannies, cleaners and nail salon workers