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

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

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

  • 14247 ILRLR 1100   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 217
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 14361 ILRLR 1100   DIS 211

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 14362 ILRLR 1100   DIS 212

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • 14363 ILRLR 1100   DIS 213

    • F Ives Hall 107
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14272 ILRLR 1100   LEC 002

  • 14577 ILRLR 1100   DIS 221

  • 14578 ILRLR 1100   DIS 222

  • 14579 ILRLR 1100   DIS 223

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14479 ILRLR 1100   LEC 003

  • 14518 ILRLR 1100   DIS 231

  • 14519 ILRLR 1100   DIS 232

  • 14520 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

  • 14461 ILRLR 1200   LEC 001

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

  • 14248 ILRLR 2010   LEC 001

  • Enrollment restricted to ILR Sophomores or permission of the instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16524 ILRLR 2010   LEC 002

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14580 ILRLR 2010   LEC 003

  • Enrollment restricted to ILR Sophomores or permission of the instructor.

ILRLR 2050

A comprehensive introduction to the labor relations systems of the United States and other countries. Covers the determinants of bargaining power, the process of labor agreement negotiation and administration, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14264 ILRLR 2050   LEC 001

  • Not open to first year students.

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: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Disability

  • 14462 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

  • 16526 ILRLR 2060   SEM 102

ILRLR 2070

Topics change depending on semester and instructor. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Work and Nature in American History

  • 17682 ILRLR 2070   SEM 101

  • Fulfills the ILR Advanced Writing Requirement. Enrollment is restricted to sophomores or others with permission who have not satisfied their ILR Advanced Writing Requirement. Human labor has the capacity to drastically alter nature in all its various forms. Labor's power in this regard is perhaps best demonstrated in the process of human induced climate change. Nature, however, was never a neutral foundation on which the systems and structures of American capitalism were built. Nature reacts to labor and forces it to change. An important part of American history is the story of the changing ways that workers probed nature to find out how value could be squeezed from it and how nature reacted to this exploitation. The readings and discussions in this class will focus on how people and systems have attempted to make nature valuable and the obstacles they encountered in the process. We will begin this class by reading several works of theory that can be used as a lens through which to read the rest of the semester's material. The course will then move slowly through the history of work and nature in America from the pre-Columbian time to the present. Throughout this course, students will be expected to think critically and creatively about the meaning of work and nature in an historical context.

ILRLR 2580

This course is modeled after "Great Books" literature courses in the humanities, but with two important differences: we read non-fiction books in the social sciences rather than the humanities, written ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HD 2580PSYCH 2580SOC 2580

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14553 ILRLR 2580   LEC 001

  • 14555 ILRLR 2580   DIS 201

  • 14556 ILRLR 2580   DIS 202

  • 14557 ILRLR 2580   DIS 203

  • 14558 ILRLR 2580   DIS 204

  • 14559 ILRLR 2580   DIS 205

  • 14599 ILRLR 2580   DIS 206

ILRLR 2810

This introductory course introduces students to issues and debates related to international migration and will provide an interdisciplinary foundation to understanding the factors that shape migration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 2810PAM 2810SOC 2810

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16609 ILRLR 2810   LEC 001

  • This introductory course introduces students to issues and debates related to international migration and will provide an interdisciplinary foundation to understanding the factors that shape migration flows and migrant experiences. We will start by reviewing theories of the state and historical examples of immigrant racialization and exclusion in the United States and beyond. We will critically examine the notions of borders, citizenship/non-citizenship, and the creation of diasporas. Students will also hear a range of perspectives by exposing them to Cornell guest faculty who do research and teach on migration across different disciplines and methodologies and in different world areas. Examples include demographic researchers concerned with immigrant inequality and family formation, geographic perspectives on the changing landscapes of immigrant metropolises, legal scholarship on the rights of immigrant workers, and the study of immigrant culture from a feminist studies lens. Offered each fall semester.

ILRLR 3055

This course equips students to use different modes of rhetorical analysis to examine historical and contemporary artifacts in critical ways.  Grading is based on class participation, tests and a final ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 14513 ILRLR 3055   LEC 001

ILRLR 3057

This course is designed to explore environmental conflict resolution.  The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to ... view course details

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

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14820 ILRLR 3057   LEC 001

    • M Ives Hall 215
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Bickerman, J

ILRLR 3071

Surveys the history of U.S. economic development from the perspective of the governance structures created to organize and control economic activity, emphasizing the changing regulatory roles of public ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16580 ILRLR 3071   LEC 001

ILRLR 3300

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 14534 ILRLR 3300   LEC 001

  • 14535 ILRLR 3300   DIS 201

  • 14536 ILRLR 3300   DIS 202

  • 14537 ILRLR 3300   DIS 203

  • 14538 ILRLR 3300   DIS 204

  • 14539 ILRLR 3300   DIS 205

  • 14540 ILRLR 3300   DIS 206

  • 14541 ILRLR 3300   DIS 207

  • 14542 ILRLR 3300   DIS 208

  • 14543 ILRLR 3300   DIS 209

  • 14544 ILRLR 3300   DIS 210

ILRLR 3825

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Choose one seminar and one field studies.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18034 ILRLR 3825   SEM 101

    • TR Ives Hall 112
    • Aug 29 - Oct 22, 2019
    • Adler, L

  • This Engaged Cornell class will first occur for 5+ days in the West Virginia coalfields, meeting with health care, mountain culture, environmental, school teacher, and community activists. We will study everything from why coal miners and teachers are “disposable”, to why and how women have struggled for equal professional dignity. Our 7 week class back at ILR will take what we learned from the coalfields and apply it to an in depth study of why West Virginia’s coalfields’ unions, environmental and political reality, and its religious practices have so shaped the region.

  • 18044 ILRLR 3825   FLD 801

    • TBA
    • Aug 19 - Aug 25, 2019
    • Staff

  • This Engaged Cornell class will first occur for 5+ days in the West Virginia coalfields, meeting with health care, mountain culture, environmental, school teacher, and community activists. We will study everything from why coal miners and teachers are “disposable”, to why and how women have struggled for equal professional dignity. Our 7 week class back at ILR will take what we learned from the coalfields and apply it to an in depth study of why West Virginia’s coalfields’ unions, environmental and political reality, and its religious practices have so shaped the region.”

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

  • 14590 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

  • 16583 ILRLR 4000   LEC 001

ILRLR 4027

This course is offered to students interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate interpersonal disputes. In the first segment of the course, students will be introduced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6027LAW 6027

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14581 ILRLR 4027   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 215
    • Nobles, K

      Scanza, R

ILRLR 4029

This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 6029

  • 2 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16587 ILRLR 4029   SEM 101

    • TR Ives Hall 219
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Nobles, K

      Scanza, R

  • This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate complex campus disputes. The course considers the needs and roles of key stakeholders (victims, offenders, communities, justice systems) and explores in depth the principles and values of restorative justice. It also identifies challenges to restorative justice - the dangers, the pitfalls – as well as possible strategies to help prevent restorative justice from failing to live up to its promise. Much of the course is organized around the issue of harm and crime within our legal system. However, students will also be exposed to restorative justice in multiple contexts, including issues in higher education.

ILRLR 4050

This redesigned course will examine the surprising developments in gay and transgender workers' rights at work, what protections there are for gig economy workers, struggle to understand who is an employee ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6015

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14545 ILRLR 4050   LEC 001

ILRLR 4052

This course examines the emergence of community-based organizations as agents of economic development, emphasizing their actions to introduce an alternative approach to development that stresses the equitable ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14869 ILRLR 4052   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 381
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Applegate, R

ILRLR 4060

Focuses on the critical labor relations issues facing the hospitality industry. All students participate in simulated organizing campaigns and contract negotiations. Representatives of management and unions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HADM 4810

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 14586 ILRLR 4060   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: HADM 3870 or ILRCB 2010. HADM section open to SHA students, others by permission.

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

  • 14591 ILRLR 4075   LEC 001

ILRLR 4580

This is a capstone seminar for seniors who are interested in graduate or professional study in scientific disciplines that focus on human behavior and social interaction. The intent is to provide seniors ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4580SOC 4580

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14560 ILRLR 4580   SEM 101

ILRLR 4880

The moral and intellectual origins of the American constitution. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16594 ILRLR 4880   LEC 001

ILRLR 4890

In-depth analysis of the Supreme Court decisions that interpret the United States Constitution as it applies in the workplace. Focuses on the Bill of Rights (especially the First, Fourth, Fifth Amendments) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6890

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16596 ILRLR 4890   LEC 001

ILRLR 5000

A comprehensive introduction to the labor relations systems of the United States and other countries. Covers the determinants of bargaining power, the process of labor agreement negotiation and administration, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14639 ILRLR 5000   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

  • 16584 ILRLR 6010   LEC 001

ILRLR 6015

This redesigned course will examine the surprising developments in gay and transgender workers' rights at work, what protections there are for gig economy workers, struggle to understand who is an employee ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4050

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14546 ILRLR 6015   LEC 001

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 - First. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • 14923 ILRLR 6020   LEC 001

    • MTWSu Ives Hall 111
    • Oct 20 - Oct 23, 2019
    • Staff

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 Opt NoAud

  • 14507 ILRLR 6023   SEM 101

ILRLR 6027

This course is offered to students interested in acquiring the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate interpersonal disputes. In the first segment of the course, students will be introduced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4027LAW 6027

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14582 ILRLR 6027   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 215
    • Nobles, K

      Scanza, R

ILRLR 6029

This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 4029

  • 2 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16590 ILRLR 6029   SEM 101

    • TR Ives Hall 219
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Nobles, K

      Scanza, R

  • This course is offered to students interested in furthering their knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice. Students will also acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques necessary to mediate complex campus disputes. The course considers the needs and roles of key stakeholders (victims, offenders, communities, justice systems) and explores in depth the principles and values of restorative justice. It also identifies challenges to restorative justice - the dangers, the pitfalls – as well as possible strategies to help prevent restorative justice from failing to live up to its promise. Much of the course is organized around the issue of harm and crime within our legal system. However, students will also be exposed to restorative justice in multiple contexts, including issues in higher education.

ILRLR 6057

This course is designed to explore environmental conflict resolution.  The course will build on existing student knowledge of theories of dispute resolution and explore application of these concepts to ... view course details

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

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14881 ILRLR 6057   LEC 001

    • M Ives Hall 215
    • Aug 29 - Oct 18, 2019
    • Bickerman, J

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

  • 14592 ILRLR 6070   LEC 001

ILRLR 6082

Students prepare for and participate in a simulated negotiation between a hypothetical corporation and a hypothetical union in a typical big company within a midsize single site bargaining unit context. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17609 ILRLR 6082   LEC 001

    • W Ives Hall 116
    • Kramer, H

      Mittler, S

ILRLR 6189

This advanced level mini-course examines several key issues in today's collective bargaining between US private sector employers and unions. Through extensive pre-class readings and podcasts, and during ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7189

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 18826 ILRLR 6189   LEC 001

ILRLR 6890

In-depth analysis of the Supreme Court decisions that interpret the United States Constitution as it applies in the workplace. Focuses on the Bill of Rights (especially the First, Fourth, Fifth Amendments) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4890

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16597 ILRLR 6890   LEC 001

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.  Combined with: ILRIC 9800

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 14466 ILRLR 9800   SEM 101