ILRLR 6080

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ILRLR 6080
Special Topics in Labor Relations

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

When Offered Fall or spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 3035

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Seminar on Precarious Workers

  • 14199 ILRLR 6080   LEC 003

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  • 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 - First.  Combined with: ILRLR 3045

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

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

  • 14347 ILRLR 6080   LEC 002

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    • TR Ives Hall 112
    • Jan 24 - Mar 16, 2018

    • 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.