May 7, 2021
Thomas Perez, U.S secretary of labor during the Obama administration from 2013-17 and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2017-21, is the guest in the ILR School’s upcoming eCornell series “The Future of Work: Labor in America.”
He will discuss the rapidly changing labor landscape with Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean and the Martin F. Scheinman ’75, MS ’76, Professor of Conflict Resolution.
Cathy Creighton ’87, director of ILR’s Buffalo Co-Lab, will moderate the event, which begins at 2:30 p.m. May 10. The event is free and open to the public. Register here to view “The PRO Act: Upending the Labor Landscape,” either live or after the event.
April 29, 2021
Known for contributions that shaped the ILR School in its first decades, a gentle manner and long-running friendships with peers, Professor Emeritus Robert “Bob” Aronson died April 19 at age 104 at Bridges Cornell Heights, Ithaca.
He was the last surviving faculty member from the school’s first years and a labor economist who saved money to enter Ohio State University by pausing his education after high school to work in a Harley-Davidson dealership, a foundry and department stores.
The son of Eastern European immigrants, he interrupted his graduate studies at Ohio State University to enlist in the U.S. Army and serve as a B-24 navigator in World War II. After the war, he earned a doctorate at Princeton University.
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April 23, 2021 | 12:01 am
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April 12, 2021
The ILR Review will publish a special issue focusing on new theories in employment relations. ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. 99, Associate Professor Virginia Doellgast and the Wharton School’s Matthew Bidwell are guest editors for the issue, as well as co-authors of a comprehensive introductory piece. The issue features eight empirical articles, a commentary section of essays by invited scholars and one book review symposium, which has invited essays focused on the same recently released book.
In the journal’s introduction, the guest editors “summarize the history of employment relations theory and reflect on the implications of recent disruptive changes in the economy and society for new theory development.” The trio identifies three changes: