ILRLR 6080

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ILRLR 6080
Special Topics in Labor Relations

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 3045

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Thwarting the Dream of Brown v. Board of Ed

  • 14401 ILRLR 6080   LEC 002

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    • TR Ives Hall 112
    • Jan 22 - Mar 9, 2019

    • Adler, L

  • While the Brown decision seemed to end de jure segregation in America, a series of court cases and continuing housing, lending and other nationwide policies interfered with our Nation’s ability to end de facto segregation. This course will critically examine US and state Supreme Court decisions and civil rights commentary to try and understand what happened after the historic 1954 Brown decision in order to understand why many observers believe we are still more than less a segregated society.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 3035

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Organizing & the Next City: Land, Labor Capital

  • 14212 ILRLR 6080   LEC 003

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    • M Ives Hall 108
    • Jan 22 - Mar 9, 2019

    • Bartley, A

  • For the last two decades the U.S. economy has experienced a dramatic growth in precarious employment, including low wage jobs and contingent (or episodic) employment. Examples of precarious employment include the work of day laborers, domestic workers, guest workers and low-wage immigrant workers. Long-term and structural changes in the economy and society have driven this trend. Such changes have included the shift from a manufacturing based- to a service based-economy, implementation of labor-saving business strategies and technologies, the reduction of unionization rates and globalization-triggered immigration. The growth of precarious employment raises broad reaching research and policy questions about the future of work globally. This course will address these questions as well as proposed solutions. Along with studying scholarship on these issues, students will engage in semester-long research projects related to precarious workers in conjunction with the Worker Institute at Cornell.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRLR 3035

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: The Gig Economy and the 21st C

  • 18585 ILRLR 6080   LEC 004

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    • M Ives Hall 108
    • Mar 11 - May 7, 2019

    • Pearce, M

  • The Gig Economy and the 21st Century: Labor Rights for the Changing U.S. Workforce (and how the “Empire strikes back”) How should the National Labor Relations Act, an 84-year-old statute, be applied to the 21st century workforce? Former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Mark Gaston Pearce, will explore this question in this course, which will examine key cases and challenges faced by the Obama era NLRB. Under Chairman Pearce’s leadership, the NLRB issued many decisions expanding labor rights to fit the realities of the modern day workforce in cases involving joint employer status, independent contractors, the contingent workforce, immigrant workers, university faculty, grad students and student athletes. The course will explore these issues, as well as the reemergence of protected concerted activity in this era of technological advancement, electronic communication and social media. The course will also examine the “Trump effect” on the Obama era NLRB decisions.