At its heart, the Worker Institute views its work as a contribution to reversing the growing inequality, now at historic levels, which undermines the economic and social sustainability of a vibrant democratic society.  The Institute provides the nation’s most comprehensive education, training, research, and organizational support for union leaders and worker advocates.  Worker Institute research fellows, sometimes in small teams, will have the opportunity to work directly with Ithaca-based faculty and ILR labor extension faculty based in NYC.

The fellowship program’s goal is to provide ILR students with a unique opportunity to contribute to important projects concerning workers and unions, expand their research skills, learn about potential career paths and interact with faculty, labor leaders and other fellows.

The main selection criteria include a strong academic record and a demonstrated interest in one of the Worker Institute’s research areas. 

Evaluating Evaluating Tripartite Sectoral Standards Setting for Gig and Informal Immigrant Workers in U.S. Cities

This study explores four recent attempts at establishing sectoral employment standards for fissured and informal workers regardless of employment status in New York City and Seattle: app driver minimum pay in NYC, app delivery workers minimum standards in NYC, street vendor license reform in NYC, and app driver arbitration in Seattle. The RA would aid with the coding qualitative interviews and hearing data. In addition the RA would be expected to attend project team meetings – with Professor Andrew Wolf