Labor Relations, Law and History (ILRLR)Industrial and Labor Relations

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

ILRLR 1100

Introductory survey covering the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in industrial relations from the late 19th century to the present. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15338 ILRLR 1100   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 217
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 15480 ILRLR 1100   DIS 211

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 15481 ILRLR 1100   DIS 212

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 15482 ILRLR 1100   DIS 213

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15365 ILRLR 1100   LEC 002

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15629 ILRLR 1100   LEC 003

  • 17711 ILRLR 1100   DIS 231

  • 17712 ILRLR 1100   DIS 232

  • 17713 ILRLR 1100   DIS 233

ILRLR 1200

This course provides an introduction to the field of Disability Studies, in both an academic and applied context, and will examine the issues that affect the inclusion and integration of people ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15596 ILRLR 1200   LEC 001

    • W Ives Hall 105
    • Cook, L

      Heinemann, A

  • Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum

ILRLR 1845

This course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1540HIST 1540

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17557 ILRLR 1845   LEC 001

  • A University Course.

  • 17558 ILRLR 1845   DIS 201

  • 17559 ILRLR 1845   DIS 202

  • 17560 ILRLR 1845   DIS 203

  • 17561 ILRLR 1845   DIS 204

  • 17562 ILRLR 1845   DIS 205

  • 17563 ILRLR 1845   DIS 206

  • 17564 ILRLR 1845   DIS 207

  • 17565 ILRLR 1845   DIS 208

ILRLR 2010

Survey and analysis of the law governing labor relations and employee rights in the workplace. Half of the course examines the legal framework in which collective bargaining takes place, including union ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15339 ILRLR 2010   LEC 001

  • Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15471 ILRLR 2010   LEC 002

  • Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15688 ILRLR 2010   LEC 003

  • Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.

ILRLR 2050

Comprehensive introduction to industrial and labor relations and collective bargaining in the United States; the negotiation, scope, and day-to-day administration of contracts; the major substantive issues ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 15357 ILRLR 2050   LEC 001

  • Not Open to first year students. Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 15686 ILRLR 2050   LEC 002

  • Not Open to first year students. Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.

ILRLR 2060

Topics change depending on semester and instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cultural,Political,& Legal Perspect, on Disability

  • 15597 ILRLR 2060   SEM 101

  • This sophomore writing seminar engages in a critical, in-depth study of the way in which people with disabilities and the disability experience are represented in an array of interdisciplinary texts, with particular emphasis on the legal tradition and interpretations. Drawing from a variety of historical as well as contemporary texts and documents, we will explore the implications of disability in culture and policy, particularly as they impact ideas of citizenship and rights, primarily in the United States, but also globally.  We will examine the history of disability law, looking closely at a number of Supreme Court cases and decisions. We will additionally allow for an intensive focus on the development of critical thought and reasoning in both oral and written communication. This course fulfills the ILR Advanced Writing requirement. Enrollment is restricted to ILR Sophomores and others with permission of the instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Law and Society

  • 17555 ILRLR 2060   SEM 102

  • This course examines the experiences of workers attempting to navigate the labor standards enforcement bureaucracy. We begin by reviewing the conditions of post-industrial labor in an era of declining unionization and weak federal and state protections. Next we review theories of legal consciousness and legal mobilization, which help explain the conditions under which low-wage workers learn about their rights and come forward to demand justice. We walk through claimsmaking in an array of federal and state administrative bureaucracies, including wage and hour, health and safety, and discrimination. We also look at how the immigration enforcement regime intersects with the tenets of at-will employment to grant employers wide latitude in retaliating against undocumented workers and stifling attempts at legal mobilization. We next assess how these formal protections are filtered through various institutional gatekeepers (including legal advocates and medical experts) and how organizational compliance structures (such as human resources and mediation programs) have limited worker¿s ability to make claims on their rights. We consider how intersecting bases of inequality (such as gender, race, and national origin) are processed by administrative bureaucracies, and how lay versus legal conceptions of workplace justice often diverge. We end by considering the fallout of workplace abuse on individuals and their families. This course fulfills the ILR Advanced Writing requirement. Enrollment is restricted to ILR Sophomores and others with permission of the instructor.

ILRLR 2300

Students learn the principles of argumentation and debate. Topics emphasize Internet database research, synthesis of collected data, policy analysis of evidentiary quality, refutation of counter claims, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15541 ILRLR 2300   LEC 001

ILRLR 3035

Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Public Policy Issues in Labor and Employment

  • 15669 ILRLR 3035   LEC 001

  • Examines several of the most significant labor and employment issues currently challenging U.S. policymakers. The course begins by introducing students to the various means by which elements of the U.S. government --- particularly the agencies with primary responsibility for labor and employment policy --- change or influence policy in a political environment. Armed with an analytic framework for considering public policy issues, students will explore some of the most important and pressing issues affecting workers, employers, and the U.S. economy in the 21st Century. Topics may include the effect of technology and globalization on the composition and number of jobs available to American workers, stagnant wages and wage inequality, the decline in employer-provided social insurance, historically low union density and worker organization, worker migration, and the inclusion of historically excluded workers in the workplace. Students will write an original research paper about a current labor or employment policy issue that presents a definition and detailed analysis of the policy problem and a strategy for affecting meaningful policy change. Prior courses in law and economics will benefit students, but are not required.

ILRLR 3040

Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Women, Gender and Capitalism

  • 16702 ILRLR 3040   LEC 001

  • This course offers a historical perspective on women and gender as part of the changing contours of United States capitalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. We will examine, among other issues, the relationship between family and market economies; the role of the public and private sectors in enhancing and limiting choices for women as paid and unpaid laborers; the ways that women¿individually and collectively¿influenced and were influenced by the nature of capitalism. Course goals include learning to approach contemporary debates about gender and work with a historical lens; thinking about gender, work, family, and capitalism as fluid concepts that are shaped by changing social, economic, political, and cultural forces; and recognizing the fluidity between the public and private spheres by studying women¿s experiences.childbirth, childrearing, and unpaid domestic chores. Readings will focus on the experiences of individual women workers, the ways that sex-segregated labor has been socially and economically undervalued, and the norms affecting occupational boundaries.

ILRLR 3055

This course investigates several different modes of rhetorical criticism for speech acts dealing with labor movements throughout history. The course moves from the early rhetoric of the Boston coopers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16826 ILRLR 3055   LEC 001

  • This course investigates several different modes of rhetorical criticism for speech acts dealing with labor movements throughout history. The course moves from the early rhetoric of the Boston coopers and shoemakers form guilds through the formation of modern labor unions and the rhetorical responses to these movements from various stakeholders to present day speech acts involving current issues involving labor. Students learn the historical context of the speech acts surrounding significant labor events and how to apply rhetorical analysis tools to them. A midterm, final exam, and assigned papers make up the grading.

ILRLR 3057

The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to the field of environmental and natural resource conflicts.  The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 6057

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16828 ILRLR 3057   LEC 001

    • M Ives Hall 112
    • Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
    • Bickerman, J

  • The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to the field of environmental and natural resource conflicts. The course will begin with a review of fundamental concepts of interest-based negotiation, mediation and other general dispute resolution techniques applicable to complex, multi-party environmental conflicts. Students will then be introduced to the architecture of several environmental statutes and the manner in which these obligations are enforced by the federal and state governments and private parties. An investigation of several natural resource conflicts will conclude the seven-week class.

ILRLR 3830

This course, a distance learning endeavor with the International Labor Organization in Geneva, examines U.S. domestic labor law and policy using internationally accepted human rights principles as standards ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15603 ILRLR 3830   LEC 001

ILRLR 4000

Examines the theory, practice, and strategy of organizing in a global economy. Addresses current challenges facing unions organizing in both the public and private sector, in certification elections, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17607 ILRLR 4000   LEC 001

ILRLR 4012

Deals with managing and resolving workplace conflicts and examines dispute resolution and conflict management in both union and nonunion settings. The course covers two related topics: (1) third-party ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6012

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15691 ILRLR 4012   LEC 001

ILRLR 4017

Examines labor relations law, policy and practice in the railroad and airline industries under the Railway Labor Act and the National Mediation Board (NMB). Covers key historical developments and current ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRLR 6017

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16822 ILRLR 4017   LEC 001

    • W Ives Hall 217
    • Oct 12 - Dec 4, 2015
    • Compa, L

ILRLR 4030

Surveys economic and industrial issues in the sports industry. Topics include salary determination, including free agency, salary caps, salary arbitration; competitive balance and financial health of sports ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3460

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15659 ILRLR 4030   LEC 001

ILRLR 4075

Examination of the often hidden values and assumptions that underlie the contemporary U.S. systems of employment law, work and business, and industrial relations. Classroom discussions and student research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6070

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15700 ILRLR 4075   LEC 001

ILRLR 4865

Many Democratic and Republican party political leaders claim to be education reformers. Billionaire philanthropists say the same. They and public education's other critics agree that they do not like the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6865

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15631 ILRLR 4865   LEC 001

  • Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum

ILRLR 4880

Examines major theories of justice and applies them to contemporary issues of the student's choice, such as affirmative action and reverse discrimination, income inequality, and gun control. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16831 ILRLR 4880   LEC 001

ILRLR 6010

Examines the theory, practice, and strategy of organizing in a global economy. Addresses current challenges facing unions organizing in both the public and private sector, in certification elections, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4000

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18543 ILRLR 6010   LEC 001

ILRLR 6011

Deals with negotiation and bargaining, focusing on process, practice, and procedures. Concentrates on the use of negotiation and bargaining to resolve conflicts and disputes between organizations and groups. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15351 ILRLR 6011   LEC 001

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15709 ILRLR 6011   LEC 002

ILRLR 6012

Deals with managing and resolving workplace conflicts and examines dispute resolution and conflict management in both union and nonunion settings. The course covers two related topics: (1) third-party ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4012

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15692 ILRLR 6012   LEC 001

ILRLR 6017

Examines labor relations law, policy and practice in the railroad and airline industries under the Railway Labor Act and the National Mediation Board (NMB). Covers key historical developments and current ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRLR 4017

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16823 ILRLR 6017   LEC 001

    • W Ives Hall 217
    • Oct 12 - Dec 4, 2015
    • Compa, L

ILRLR 6020

This course is designed to be an advanced seminar for graduate and undergraduate students who have a serious interest in the practice and profession of labor arbitration. Classroom discussions, group exercise ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 15703 ILRLR 6020   LEC 001

    • MTWSu Ives Hall 111
    • Oct 18 - Oct 21, 2015
    • Lipsky, D

ILRLR 6023

This course is offered to students interested in acquiring thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of mediation as well as the techniques employed by effective mediators. In the first segment of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6080

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15702 ILRLR 6023   SEM 101

ILRLR 6057

The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to the field of environmental and natural resource conflicts.  The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 3057

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16832 ILRLR 6057   LEC 001

    • M Ives Hall 112
    • Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
    • Bickerman, J

  • The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to the field of environmental and natural resource conflicts. The course will begin with a review of fundamental concepts of interest-based negotiation, mediation and other general dispute resolution techniques applicable to complex, multi-party environmental conflicts. Students will then be introduced to the architecture of several environmental statutes and the manner in which these obligations are enforced by the federal and state governments and private parties. An investigation of several natural resource conflicts will conclude the seven-week class.

ILRLR 6070

Examination of the often hidden values and assumptions that underlie the contemporary U.S. systems of employment law, work and business, and industrial relations. Classroom discussions and student research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4075

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15630 ILRLR 6070   LEC 001

ILRLR 6865

Many Democratic and Republican party political leaders claim to be education reformers. Billionaire philanthropists say the same. They and public education's other critics agree that they do not like the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4865

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 15632 ILRLR 6865   LEC 001

  • Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum

ILRLR 9800

Provides a forum for the presentation of current research being undertaken by faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Labor Relations, History, and Law, and by invited guests. All M.S. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 15602 ILRLR 9800   SEM 101