“Without collective bargaining, all of these gains…afforded by economic conditions are going to evaporate even more quickly than they materialized.” marketplace.org/2022/04/04/ama… LERA Cornell ILR School #ILR2050

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize on Friday, the first successful union drive at the second-largest private employer in the U.S. And as Adam Seth Litwin said, this showcases the power of grassroots labor organizing. mktplc.org/3NOYaz2

One of the most valuable applications of #AI I've read about in a while... Artificial intelligence preserving our ability to converse with Holocaust survivors even after they die cbsnews.com/news/holocaust… via @60minutes #ILR4066

"There’s a narrow window of opportunity...Can unions, policy-makers, [and] workers capitalize on that to create sustainable long-term change?" —Ariel Avgar thenation.com/article/societ… Cornell ILR School Cornell Media Relations

Help Gail with Cancer Treatment Expenses gofund.me/99fe9c36

Saturday's live stream from Warsaw, Poland. Watch now: youtu.be/o4IK-KX2f6I

Sorry to hear from managers that we can no longer “throw people at [the] problem” and instead must do something “more elegant.” wsj.com/articles/robot… #ILR4066

Ironically, one of automation's toughest nuts to crack has been soft fruit... but it looks like they may crushed it—the nut, not the fruit. theguardian.com/business/2022/… #ILR4066

Technological Change in Health Care Delivery. Adam Seth Litwin offers useful background on the healthcare sector & explains the context for tech investment as well as the impacts different tech might have on work & workers in the field. @SAGEJournals doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.

Professor Robert Hutchens, who taught labor economics at ILR for 46 years, recounts his teaching and research here: bit.ly/3RdNRGF #labor #economics #highereducation #cornell #ilrschool

Understanding the Impact of Novel Technologies at Work through an Industry Studies Lens. Adam Seth Litwin & Hammerling introduce our collection of essays from our forum on emerging technologies & highlight some of their key findings. Sage Journals doi.org/10.1177/001979…

Missing military pieces in the CHIPS Act - Asia Times asiatimes.com/2022/08/missin…

A critical first step in galvanizing those in power to address racial #inequity in their organizations is getting them to recognize their #privilege: research by @sean_fath w/ Anyi Ma & Ashleigh Shelby Rosette. bit.ly/3QV0BAO #DEI #research #Cornell #ILR

To those bitching about the college debt relief not being enough, be grateful. Many of us worked two jobs before, during and after college to pay off our loans. Your whining is unbecoming. Further. To show your gratitude, get out and vote this fall.

"The Public Relations Practitioner's Playbook for (all) Strategic Communicators" is available on Amazon and directly from Authorhouse Publishing. A must read.

The American Labor Studies Center is awarding its highest honor to Kate Bronfenbrenner ilr.cornell.edu/news/post/bron… #Labor

I don't doubt that Samsara tech could be used to make truck driving a more attractive occupation, but I'm dubious that more monitoring and #AI-generated verbal warnings will bring that about. wsj.com/articles/werne… via The Wall Street Journal

Good luck Jordan McCourt for participating in Individual states for Bowling today👍🏼

I'm advocating with Hadassah to #EndTheSilence. Speak out against rape as a weapon of war. Join me! >> p2a.co/cvydvQT