Labor Relations, Law and History (ILRLR)Industrial and Labor Relations
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Classes
ILRLR 1100
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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- TR Ives Hall 217
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Martinez-Matsuda, V
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- F Ives Hall 107
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Martinez-Matsuda, V
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- F Ives Hall 107
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Martinez-Matsuda, V
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- F Ives Hall 107
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Martinez-Matsuda, V
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 219
Instructors
Elias, A
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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- TR Ives Hall 217
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Devault, I
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- F Ives Hall 103
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Devault, I
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- F Ives Hall 103
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Devault, I
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- F Ives Hall 103
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Devault, I
ILRLR 1200
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Meeting Pattern
- W Ives Hall 105
Instructors
Cook, L
Heinemann, A
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Additional Information
Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum
ILRLR 1845
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1540, HIST 1540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
Instructors
Baptist, E
Cowie, J
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Additional Information
A University Course.
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 158
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Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 215
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 160
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 160
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Staff
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- R White Hall 110
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Staff
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- F Stimson Hall 119
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Staff
ILRLR 2010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 217
Instructors
Griffith, K
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Additional Information
Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Ives Hall 219
Instructors
Gold, M
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Additional Information
Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 217
Instructors
Griffith, K
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Additional Information
Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.
ILRLR 2050
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 217
Instructors
Riddell, C
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Additional Information
Not Open to first year students. Beginning with the Fall 2015 semester ILRLR 2010 is no longer a pre or corequisite to ILRLR 2050.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Ives Hall 217
Instructors
Hurd, R
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
Topics change depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Section Topic
Topic: Cultural,Political,& Legal Perspect, on Disability
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- TR Ives Hall 103
Instructors
Heinemann, A
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Additional Information
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.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Section Topic
Topic: Law and Society
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TR Ives Hall 103
Instructors
Gleeson, S
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Ives Hall 305
Instructors
Nelson, S
ILRLR 3035
Course Description
Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Section Topic
Topic: Public Policy Issues in Labor and Employment
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Ives Hall 109
Instructors
Harris, S
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: Women, Gender and Capitalism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 219
Instructors
Elias, A
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Student Option(OPI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Ives Hall 108
Instructors
Nelson, S
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Seven Week - First. Combined with: ILRLR 6057
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Ives Hall 112
- Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
Instructors
Bickerman, J
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 109
Instructors
Gross, J
ILRLR 4000
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 6010
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 108
Instructors
Bronfenbrenner, K
ILRLR 4012
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 6012
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 111
Instructors
Seeber, R
ILRLR 4017
Course Description
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
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: ILRLR 6017
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Ives Hall 217
- Oct 12 - Dec 4, 2015
Instructors
Compa, L
ILRLR 4030
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3460
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Ives Hall 115
Instructors
Kahn, L
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
ILRLR 4075
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 6070
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 109
Instructors
Gross, J
ILRLR 4865
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 6865
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Ives Hall 112
Instructors
Adler, L
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Additional Information
Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum
ILRLR 4880
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Ives Hall 112
Instructors
Gold, M
ILRLR 6010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 4000
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 108
Instructors
Bronfenbrenner, K
ILRLR 6011
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 111
Instructors
Lipsky, D
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 116
Instructors
Seeber, R
ILRLR 6012
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 4012
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 111
Instructors
Seeber, R
ILRLR 6017
Course Description
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
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: ILRLR 4017
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Ives Hall 217
- Oct 12 - Dec 4, 2015
Instructors
Compa, L
ILRLR 6020
Course Description
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
Seven Week - Second.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTWSu Ives Hall 111
- Oct 18 - Oct 21, 2015
Instructors
Lipsky, D
ILRLR 6023
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 6080
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M ILR Conference Center 225
Instructors
Scanza, R
ILRLR 6057
Course Description
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
Seven Week - First. Combined with: ILRLR 3057
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Ives Hall 112
- Aug 25 - Oct 11, 2015
Instructors
Bickerman, J
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 4075
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 109
Instructors
Gross, J
ILRLR 6865
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 4865
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Ives Hall 112
Instructors
Adler, L
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Additional Information
Please see updated course description information on the ILR School website: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/academics/courses-and-curriculum
ILRLR 9800
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits S/U NoAud(Sat - Unsat Exclusively(SUI))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Ives Hall 381
Instructors
Cowie, J