Courses of Study 2012-2013 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Courses of Study 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

ILRIC—International & Comparative Labor

  
  • ILRIC 6333 - [Comparative Labor and Employment Law]


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    A. Colvin.

    Examines the laws governing employment and labor relations in comparative perspective. It covers examples of employment and labor law systems of countries from a number of different regions of the world including Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. It also examines insights from comparative perspectives on major contemporary employment and labor law issues. The course assumes some existing knowledge of American employment and labor law, but will also consider American employment and labor law in comparative perspective.

  
  • ILRIC 6344 - International Labor Law


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites:  ILRLR 5010 . Co-meets with ILRIC 4344 .

    L. Compa.

    Examines labor rights and labor standards in a world economy regulated by bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, in a context of sharp competition among countries and firms. Readings and discussions focus on the intersections of labor, human rights, and international trade law and policy in this new global economic context. A prior course in a related topic may be helpful but is not required—the first classes are meant to establish a foundation in each area. While the role of law is a unifying theme, the course is more policy-oriented than legalistic. After the introductory classes on labor rights, human rights, and trade, the focus turns to a series of topics that reflect the links between labor rights and trade. , followed by thematic treatment of migrant workers, women workers, and child labor.

  
  • ILRIC 6350 - Labor Markets and Income Distribution in Developing Economies


    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 2400  or ILRLE 5400  or ECON 3130 .

    G. Fields.

    The first half of the course is on distribution and development: theory and evidence. The second half is on labor markets in the developing world.

  
  • ILRIC 6360 - Comparative History of Women and Work

    (crosslisted)
    (also FGSS 6360 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with FGSS 4360  /ILRIC 4362  .

    I. DeVault.

    Explores the similarities and differences between different cultures’ assumptions about the work of women as well as women’s experiences in varying work circumstances throughout history. Beginning with theoretical pieces and overviews of the history of women and work, most of the course consists of in-depth examinations of specific work situations or occupations across time and geography. Comparative examples are taken from the United States, Europe, and the Third World.

  
  • ILRIC 6370 - [Labor Relations in Asia]


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    S. Kuruvilla.

    Serves as an introduction to industrial relations in Asia. The emphasis is on highlighting the variation in industrial relations systems in Asia and will focus more on the systems of Japan, China, India, South Korea, and Singapore.

  
  • ILRIC 6375 - Comparative Employment Relations in China and India


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Co-meets with ILRIC 4375  .

    E. Friedman, S. Kuruvilla.

    A comparative introduction to two of the worlds largest economies and societies, with a focus on changing economic development strategies, transformations in employment relations policies and practices, and developments in labor union structure and strategy. This is a team taught course (two professors) that involves a mixture of lectures, discussion, and student presentations to
    enhance learning. Students will learn how economic development strategies and political institutions including state-society relations influence employment relations policies, practices and trajectories in both countries. In addition, the course will also focus on specific issues unique to or noteworthy in each country’s labor markets (such as labor migration, and union-worker relations in
    China, and the service and informal sectors in India.

  
  • ILRIC 7360 - [Labor in Global Cities]

    (crosslisted)
    (also  )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    L. Turner.

    Examines social coalition building and innovative union strategies aimed at organizing, bargaining, economic development, and political influence in the United States and Europe. Student projects may focus on major cities anywhere in the world.

  
  • ILRIC 7900 - ILR M.P.S. Program


    Fall, spring. 1-9 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    Supervised research only for those enrolled in the ILR M.P.S. program.

  
  • ILRIC 7990 - Directed Studies


    Fall, spring. 1-9 credits, variable.

    Staff.

     For individual research conducted under the direction of a member of the faculty.


ILRID—ILR Interdepartmental

  
  • ILRID 1500 - Freshman Colloquium


    Fall. 1 credit. S–U grades only.

    Prerequisite: ILR freshmen.

    Staff.

    Acquaints first-year students with issues and disciplines in the field of industrial and labor relations and establishes acquaintanceship among members of the ILR faculty and small, randomly assigned groups of students. Includes a plant visit and several meetings early in the semester designed to introduce issues encountered in studying the employment relationship.

  
  • ILRID 5660 - Public Policy


    Spring. 4 credits.

    Offered only in New York City for M.P.S. Program.

    Staff.

    The government’s influence on the workplace and the role of public policy in the use and preparation of the nation’s human resources for employment is assessed. Areas of study include the government’s historical role in the labor market and the effect of efficiency, price stability and economic growth, equity, and immigration policy and its market implications.

  
  • ILRID 5990 - Cross-Cultural Work Experience


    Fall, spring. 1 credit. S–U grades only.

    W. Sonnenstuhl.

    Open to MILR students who will be working in the summer in a country other than that of their citizenship or past work experience. This option is only available for students who have been enrolled for one academic year by the time the internship begins. Enrollment occurs in regular pre-enrollment period, with a grade posted in the fall after the requirements are satisfied. Prior to registering for the course, students must obtain a summer internship offer and international students MUST report to the ISSO (B50 Caldwell Hall) for their work authorization forms.


ILRLE—ILR Labor Economics

  
  • ILRLE 2400 - Economics of Wages and Employment


    Fall, spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1110 ECON 1120  or permission of instructor; ILR students may substitute ILRLE 4400  if they have calculus.

    Staff.

    Applies the theory and elementary tools of economics to the characteristics and problems of the labor market. Considers both the demand (employer) and supply (employee) sides of the market to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of various government programs and private decisions targeted at the labor market. Topics include employment demand, basic compensation determination, education and training, benefits and the structure of compensation, labor-force participation and its relation to household production, occupational choice, migration, labor-market discrimination, and the effects of unions.

  
  • ILRLE 3440 - Development of Economic Thought and Institutions

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 3440 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ECON 1110  /ECON 1120  or equivalent.

    G. Boyer.

    Examines the causes and consequences of sustained economic growth, and the development of economics as a discipline, from pre-industrial mercantilist thought through the economics of John Maynard Keynes. Stresses the relationship between the consequences of 19th-century economic growth and the evolution of economic thought.

  
  • ILRLE 3480 - Economic Analysis of the University

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 3420 )
    Fall. 4 credits.

    R. Ehrenberg.

    Seeks to illustrate the complexity of decision making in a nonprofit organization and to show how microeconomic analysis in general, and labor-market analysis in particular, can usefully be applied to analyze resource allocation decisions at universities. Topics include financial aid, tuition, admissions policies, endowment policies, faculty salary determination, the tenure system, mandatory retirement policies, merit pay, affirmative action, comparable worth, collective bargaining, resource allocation across and within departments, undergraduate versus graduate education, research costs, libraries, athletics, and “socially responsible” policies. Lectures and discussions of the extensive readings are supplemented by presentations by Cornell administrators and outside speakers who have been engaged in university resource-allocation decisions or have done research on the subject.

  
  • ILRLE 4430 - Compensation, Incentives, and Productivity

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 4430 )
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 2400  or equivalent.

    Staff.

    Examines topics in labor economics of particular relevance to individual managers and firms. Representative topics include recruitment, screening, and hiring strategies; compensation (including retirement pensions and other benefits); training, turnover, and the theory of human capital; incentive schemes and promotions; layoffs, downsizing, and buyouts; teamwork; and internal labor markets. Focuses on labor-related business problems using the analytic tools of economic theory and should appeal to students with strong quantitative skills who are contemplating careers in general business, consulting, and human resource management as well as in economics.

  
  • ILRLE 4440 - The Evolution of Social Policy in Britain and America

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 4440 )
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 2400  or equivalent.

    G. Boyer.

    Surveys the history of social policy in Great Britain and the United States from 1800 to the adoption of the British welfare state after World War II. Topics include the role of poor relief in the early 19th century; the changing relationship between public relief and private charity; the adoption of social insurance programs and protective labor legislation for children and women; government intervention in the Great Depression; and the beginnings of the welfare state.

  
  • ILRLE 4450 - [Women in the Economy]

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 4570 , FGSS 4460 )
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 2400  or equivalent. Next offered 2013-2014.

    F. Blau.

    Examines the changing economic roles of women and men in the labor market and in the family. Topics include a historical overview of changing gender roles, the determinants of the gender division of labor in the family, trends in female and male labor-force participation, gender differences in occupations and earnings, the consequences of women’s employment for the family, and a consideration of women’s status in other countries.

  
  • ILRLE 4470 - Social and Economic Data

    (crosslisted)
    (also INFO 4470 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: one semester of calculus, IS statistics requirement, at least one upper-level social science course, or permission of instructor.

    J. Abowd.

    Social and economic data drive decisions in public and private organizations, and quality decisions require quality data. This course focuses on data quality—conceptual fit, sampling and nonsampling error, timeliness, geographic detail, and dissemination—as well as legal and ethical issues in the data manufacturing process. Major emphasis is placed on public use microdata files of the U.S. Census Bureau and their role in the allocation of federal funds. These files include the Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, American Housing Survey, Consumer Expenditure Survey, and American Community Survey. The course is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate, professional master’s, and doctoral students who will be users of data products, from the public and private sectors; and/or producers of data products for their organizations, working with existing data products from public and proprietary sources, as well as administrative or survey data collected by their organization.

  
  • ILRLE 4480 - Topics in Twentieth Century Economic History

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 4580 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 2400  or ECON 3140 .

    G. Boyer.

    Examines the anatomy of the Great Depression through the experiences of the two most important economies of the time: the United States and Great Britain. Also examines the development of macroeconomic policy in the United States and Britain in the 1920s and 1930s and its evolution in the postwar world, culminating with the decline of Keynesian-style demand management policy under Reagan and Thatcher.

  
  • ILRLE 4950 - Honors Program


    Fall, spring. (yearlong) 4 credits. (Each semester.)

    Staff.

    Students are eligible for ILR senior honors program if they (1) earn a minimum 3.700 cumulative gpa at end of junior year; (2) propose an honors project, entailing research leading to completion of a thesis, to an ILR faculty member who agrees to act as thesis supervisor; and (3) submit project, endorsed by proposed faculty sponsor, to Committee on Academic Standards and Scholarships.  Accepted students embark on a two-semester sequence. The first semester consists of determining a research design, familiarization with germane scholarly literature, and preliminary data collection. The second semester involves completion of the data collection and preparation of the honors thesis. At the end of the second semester, the candidate is examined orally on the completed thesis by a committee consisting of the thesis supervisor, a second faculty member designated by the appropriate department chair, and a representative of the Academic Standards and Scholarship Committee

  
  • ILRLE 4970 - Field Research


    Fall, spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

     

     All requests for permission to register for an internship must be approved by the faculty member who will supervise the project and the chairman of the faculty member’s academic department before submission for approval by the director of off-campus credit programs. Upon approval of the internship, the Office of Student Services will register each student for 4970, for 4 credits graded A+ to F for individual research, and for

      , for 8 credits graded S–U, for completion of a professionally appropriate learning experience, which is graded by the faculty sponsor.

  
  • ILRLE 4980 - Internship


    Fall, spring. 8 credits.

    Staff.

    All requests for permission to register for an internship must be approved by the faculty member who will supervise the project and the chairman of the faculty member’s academic department before submission for approval by the director of off-campus credit programs. Upon approval of the internship, the Office of Student Services will register each student for   for 4 credits graded A+ to F for individual research, and for 4980, for 8 credits graded S–U, for completion of a professionally appropriate learning experience, which is graded by the faculty sponsor.

  
  • ILRLE 4990 - Directed Studies


    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

     

    For individual or group research projects conducted under the direction of a member of the ILR faculty, in a special area of labor relations not covered by regular course offerings. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a preceding semester of 3.0 semester average are eligible to submit projects for approval by the Academic Standards Committee. Students should consult with a counselor in the Office of Student Services at the time of CoursEnroll to arrange for formal submission of their directed study.

  
  • ILRLE 5400 - Labor Economics


    Fall. 3 credits.

    Forbidden Overlap: Not open to students who have taken NBA 5440.
    Prerequisites: ECON 1110 ,   or equivalent, as certified by a transcript presented to the instructor.  Students who lack the prerequisite must attend supplemental classes being held in the early weeks of the semester. Requirement for M.I.L.R. candidates.

    G. Fields.

    A course in labor-market economics for prospective managers in the corporate, union, and governmental sectors. It begins with demand and supply in labor markets, presenting market-level analysis and the decision tools for workers and firms. It then goes on to consider various topics for managers including education and training investments, the interdependence of capital market and labor market decisions, pay and productivity, attracting and retaining talent, workplace metrics, and pensions and retirement. The final section of the course covers public-policy issues including policy evaluation methods, unemployment, poverty and inequality, and discrimination.

  
  • ILRLE 5440 - Labor Market and Personnel Economics


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Offered only in New York City for M.P.S. Program.

    Staff.

    Four-module course in which the first module covers the basic elements of supply and demand in the labor market, the second and third modules cover the “new personnel economics” (emphasizing economic issues in a firm that relate to selecting, training, assigning, motivating, and compensating workers), and the final module covers key institutions and economic security issues (including unemployment, pensions, disability, discrimination, and unions). The goals of this course are for students to learn to analyze both business and public policy problems, taking into account basic principles of economic theory and the relevant institutional environments.

  
  • ILRLE 6420 - Economic Analysis of the Welfare State


    Spring. 4 credits.

    Co-meets with ECON 4600 .

    R. Hutchens.

    Uses the tools of public economics to analyze modern welfare states. Although examples are drawn from several countries, the course focuses on the United States, Canada, and Sweden. What are the rationales for the level of government intervention in these states, and how do these rationales square with notions of market failure? What are the economic costs and benefits of taxes, transfers, and regulations in these states? Can voting models explain the growth and operation of welfare states? The possible answers to these questions are discussed.

  
  • ILRLE 6480 - Economic Analysis of the University


    Fall. 4 credits.

    R. Ehrenberg.

    Seeks to illustrate the complexity of decision making in a nonprofit organization and to show how microeconomic analysis in general, and labor-market analysis in particular, can usefully be applied to analyze resource allocation decisions at universities. Topics include financial aid, tuition, admissions policies, endowment policies, faculty salary determination, the tenure system, mandatory retirement policies, merit pay, affirmative action, comparable worth, collective bargaining, resource allocation across and within departments, undergraduate versus graduate education, research costs, libraries, athletics, and “socially responsible” policies. Lectures and discussions of the extensive readings are supplemented by presentations by Cornell administrators and outside speakers who have been engaged in university resource-allocation decisions or have done research on the subject.

  
  • ILRLE 7400 - Social and Economic Data

    (crosslisted)
    (also INFO 7470 , ECON 7400 ) (GR RDC)
    Spring. 4 credits.

    J. Abowd.

    Teaches the basics required to acquire and transform raw information into social and economic data. Graduate materials emphasize methods for creating and certifying laboratories in which data privacy and confidentiality concerns can be controlled and audited. Legal, statistical, computing, and social science aspects of the data “manufacturing” process are treated. The formal U.S., Eurostat, OECD, and UN statistical infrastructure are covered as are major private data sources. Topics include basic statistical principles of populations and sampling frames; acquiring data via samples, censuses, administrative records, and transaction logging; the law, economics, and statistics of data privacy and confidentiality protection; data linking and integration techniques (probabilistic record linking; multivariate statistical matching); analytic methods in the social sciences. Graduate students are assumed to be interested in applying these techniques to original research in an area of specialization, and are required to do individual projects. This class may be taught to students at Cornell and other universities whose emphasis is placed on U.S. Census Bureau procedures.

  
  • ILRLE 7410 - Applied Econometrics I

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7480 )
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: graduate Ph.D.-level sequence in econometrics or permission of instructor.

    G. Jakubson.

    Considers methods for the analysis of longitudinal data, that is, data in which a set of individual units are followed over time. Focuses on both estimation and specification testing of these models. Students consider how these statistical models are linked to underlying theories in the social sciences. Course coverage includes panel data methods (e.g., fixed, random, mixed effects models), factor analysis, measurement error models, and general moment structure methods.  The two courses ILRLE 7410/7420 are designed to be a one‐year sequence. The expectation is that students will
    continue from the first course into the second course. Students should not expect to be able to take the second course
    without having done the first course.

  
  • ILRLE 7420 - Applied Econometrics II

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7492 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: ILRLE 7410  or permission of instructor.

    G. Jakubson.

    Continues from ILRLE 7410  and covers statistical methods for models in which the dependent variable is not continuous. Covers models for dichotomous response (including probit and logit); polychotomous response (including ordered response and multinomial logit); various types of censoring and truncation (e.g., the response variable is only observed when it is greater than a threshold); and sample selection issues. Includes an introduction to duration analysis. Covers not only the statistical issues but also the links between behavioral theories in the social sciences and the specification of the statistical model. The two courses ILRLE 7410/7420 are designed to be a one‐year sequence. The expectation is that students will
    continue from the first course into the second course. Students should not expect to be able to take the second course
    without having done the first course.

  
  • ILRLE 7450 - Seminar in Labor Economics I

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7420 )
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Note: ILRLE 7450 and ILRLE 7460  constitute Ph.D.-level sequence in labor economics.

    Staff.

    Includes reading and discussion of selected topics in labor economics. Stresses applications of economic theory and econometrics to the labor market and human resource areas.

  
  • ILRLE 7460 - Seminar in Labor Economics II

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7430 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Note: ILRLE 7450  and ILRLE 7460 constitute Ph.D.-level sequence in labor economics.

    Staff.

    Includes reading and discussion of selected topics in labor economics. Stresses applications of economic theory and econometrics to the labor market and human resource areas.

  
  • ILRLE 7490 - Economics of Development

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7720 )
    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: first-year graduate economic theory and econometrics.

    G. Fields.

    Analytical approaches to the economic problems of developing nations. Topics include old and new directions in development economics thinking, the welfare economics of poverty and inequality, empirical evidence on who benefits from economic development, labor market models, and public policy evaluation.

  
  • ILRLE 7900 - ILR M.P.S. Program


    Fall, spring. 1-9 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    Supervised research only for those enrolled in the ILR M.P.S. program.

  
  • ILRLE 7990 - Directed Studies


    Fall, Spring. 1-9 credits, variable.

    Staff.

     For individual research conducted under the direction of a member of the faculty.

  
  • ILRLE 9400 - Workshop in Labor Economics

    (crosslisted)
    (also ECON 7845 )
    Fall, spring. 3 credits.

    Intended for Ph.D. students who have started to write their dissertations.

    Staff.

    Presentations of completed papers and work in progress by faculty members, advanced graduate students, and speakers from other universities. Focuses on the formulation, design, and execution of dissertations.


ILRLR—ILR Labor Relations, Law and History

  
  • ILRLR 1100 - Introduction to U.S. Labor History


    Fall, spring. 3 credits.

    R. Applegate, J. Cowie, I. DeVault, L. Hyman, V. Martinez-Matsuda and N. Salvatore.

    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.

  
  • ILRLR 1200 - Introduction to Disability Studies


    Fall. 3 credits.

    E. Sember-Chase and A. Weiner.

    People with disabilities are one in five of us, yet their history, interests, and experiences are seldom reflected constructively in
    American culture, policy, and environment. This course provides an introduction to the field of Disability Studies and will examine
    the issues that affect the disability experience, including: the history of medical and social attitudes towards disability in America;
    the Disability Rights Movement; disability laws and their effects on workplace, technological and physical environments;
    representations of disability in mass media; access to education, employment, and health care; and contemporary global efforts to
    acknowledge and enhance the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities.

  
  • ILRLR 2010 - Labor and Employment Law


    Fall, spring. 3 credits.

    Must be taken prior to or concurrent with enrollment in ILRLR 2050  .

    M. Gold, K. Griffith, and R. Lieberwitz.

    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 organizational campaigns, negotiations for and enforcement of collective bargaining agreements, and the use of economic pressure. The other half surveys the laws against discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. Also serves as an introduction to judicial and administrative systems.

  
  • ILRLR 2050 - Collective Bargaining


    Fall, spring. 3 credits.

    Must be taken either after or concurrent with enrollment in ILRLR 2010 .

    A. Colvin, R. Hurd, H. Katz, D. Lipsky, and C. Riddell.

    Comprehensive introduction to industrial relations and collective bargaining in the United States; the negotiation, scope, and dayto- day administration of contracts; the major substantive issues in bargaining, including their implication for public policy; industrial conflict; the major challenges facing unions and employers today; and U.S. Industrial relations in international and comparative perspective.

  
  • ILRLR 2060 - Writing Seminar in Law


    Fall or spring. 3 credits.

    Fulfills sophomore writing requirement. Limited to 15 students.

    L. Adler, K. Griffith, J. Gross, R. Lieberwitz, and A. Weiner.

    Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 2070 - Writing Seminar in History


    Fall or spring. 3 credits.

    Fulfills sophomore writing requirement. Limited to 15 students.

    R. Applegate, J. Cowie, I. DeVault, L. Hyman, V. Martinez-Matsuda, and N. Salvatore.

    Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 2080 - Writing Seminar in Labor Relations


    Fall or spring. 3 credits.

    Sophomore Writing.

    S. Alvarez, K. Bronfenbrenner, A. Colvin, R. Hurd, H. Katz, and D. Lipsky.

    Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 2300 - Argumentation and Debate


    Fall. 3 credits.

    S. Nelson

    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, identification of logical fallacies, risk evaluation, framing of issues, and coherent storytelling. Prepares students to work with a great range of opinion and evidence. Emphasizes different viewpoints, including those of different cultures. Assumptions are interrogated.

  
  • ILRLR 3010 - [Labor Union Administration]


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Next Offered 2013-2014.

    R. Hurd.

    Study and analysis of the structure and operations of American unions, including the complicated internal life of the organizations; the varied environments in which unions develop and grow or decline; the relationship of national unions, local unions, and members in the context of internal union government; the ways in which unions are set up to handle organizing, collective bargaining, contract administration, and political activity; and the widespread movement toward merger and consolidation of unions. Examines the role of union leaders and the strategic choices they make. Attention is given to current developments in the labor movement and to the eternal problems of attaining union democracy.

  
  • ILRLR 3020 - Strangers and Citizens: Immigration and Labor in U.S. History


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    I. DeVault.

    Explores immigrant workers’ experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries from different perspectives. Students examine what it meant to the immigrants themselves to arrive as strangers in the United States and the ways in which preexisting American groups defined these immigrants as “strangers.” Similarly, students look at U.S. citizens in their roles as greeters of immigrants, detractors of immigrants, and as models for the aspirations of immigrants. The main examples are taken from the industrial and union realms.

  
  • ILRLR 3030 - Working America and Popular Culture


    Spring. 4 credits.

    S. Alvarez.

    Examines a variety of representations of working people found in commercial popular culture and mass media since the early 20th century as a means to explore the ways in which history, memory, and politics are shaped through popular discourse. Uses popular music, Hollywood movies, the mainstream press, and television sitcoms to understand the ideological and political influences on our preconceptions of workers and work, and how those forces influence our notions of authenticity, authority, cultural and economic power, the historical experience, and the politics of social class.

  
  • ILRLR 3035 - Special Topics in Labor Relations


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    E. Bigler, S. Nelson, and R.Leiberwitz.

    Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 3040 - Special Topics in Labor History


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    R. Applegate, J. Cowie, I. DeVault, L. Hyman, and V. Martinez-Matsuda.

    Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 3042 - Varieties of American Dissent, 1880 - 1990

    (crosslisted)
    (also AMST 3240 , HIST 3240 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    N. Salvatore.

    For description see, AMST 3240 .

  
  • ILRLR 3045 - Special Topics in Labor Law


    Fall, Spring. 1-4 credits.

    Staff.

    Undergraduate seminar whose topic changes depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 3060 - [Recent History of American Workers: From the 60s through the 90s]

    (crosslisted)
    (also AMST 3060 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    J. Cowie.

    Focuses on the social history of American workers and the role of organized labor in American life since the 1960s. Course themes often center on the complexities of social class in the United States. Topics include the transformations of liberalism, the civil rights and black power movements, the Vietnam War, the rise and fall of the New Left, industrial restructuring, the rise of neoconservatism, changes in civic identity, and sources of cultural conflict. Course ends with an examination of globalization, changes in the major political parties, the future of work, and prospects for social change.

  
  • ILRLR 3062 - [Migrant Workers in the Americas]

    (crosslisted)
    (also HIST 2062 , LATA 2062 , LSP 2062 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    R. Craib.

    For description, see LSP 2062 .

  
  • ILRLR 3065 - Immigrant America: Race and Citizenship in Modern Working-Class History

    (crosslisted)
    (also LATA 3065 , LSP 3065 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    V. Martinez-Matsuda.

    Immigration discourse and policy has played a central role in shaping the modern American nation-state, including its composition, values, and institutions. This course begins in the late nineteenth century, defining it as a pivotal moment in U.S. immigration and labor history when efforts to regulate immigrant entry and naturalization became increasingly bureaucratized. As part of the course we will examine the causes and consequences of working-class migration to the United States from a comparative historical, ethno-racial, class-based, and gendered perspective. We will also address questions regarding the perceived benefit and cost of immigration at both the national and local (i.e., community) levels. In this sense, we will explore the economic, social, cultural, and political impact immigrants have had on the United States over time. Finally, we will consider how immigrants have negotiated the pressures of their new surroundings, and challenged dominant conceptions of American national identity and citizenship in the process.

  
  • ILRLR 3070 - The Changing American Corporation


    Spring. 4 credits.

    R. Applegate.

    Surveys the changing organization of business firms in the United States since the Civil War, with a central focus on the historically dominant form of American business organization: the large industrial corporation. Course work covers the distinctive features and historical significance of the corporations known as “big business” by investigating the circumstances of their creation, successive phases of their organizational restructuring, the expanding reach of their managerial controls from firms to industries and markets, and the enduring contest over their governance.

  
  • ILRLR 3071 - Governing Economic Development: The U.S. Experience


    Fall. 4 credits.

    R. Applegate.

    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 and private institutions. Course work covers successive periods of economic development: a comparison of the “old liberal” governance regimes of the 19th century with the “new liberal” regimes created in the 20th century is followed by an investigation of the post-1970s contest between “neoliberal” and “neoprogressive” forms of economic regulation.

  
  • ILRLR 3072 - Union Advocacy for Equality and Social Justice


    Fall or spring. 2 credits.

    R. Hurd.

    An exploration of the U.S. Labor movement’s relatively recent embrace of immigrant rights and support for the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers. Also a review of labor’s longer-term involvement in the women’s rights and the civil rights movements. Attention to the role of labor constituency groups including Coalition of Labor Union Women, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, A. Phillip Randolph Institute, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and Pride at Work. Also covers individual union political advocacy and targeted bargaining innovations related to equality and social justice.

  
  • ILRLR 3820 - Gendered Workplace

    (crosslisted)
    (also FGSS 3820 )
    Spring. 2 credits. S-U grades only.

    I. Devault.

    This course will examine the range of issues surrounding the experience of gender in the modern workplace.  Topics may include the historical role of women in the workplace; sex segregation in the workplace; norms of masculinity; the intersectionality of issues including race, lgbtq, and disability; gendered legal issues; work-family issues; pay equity; gender discrimination; harassment and bullying; union representation; and many others.  Students will be exposed to both research and practical applications of various topics.  This class will have a different guest speaker each week.  Each speaker will assign readings for their topic, to be read before their class meeting.

  
  • ILRLR 3830 - Workers’ Rights as Human Rights


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    J. Gross.

    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 for judgment. Considers the idea of human rights, its philosophical and moral origins, and introduces the legal and social obligations of both governments and nonstate actors to respect the human rights of workers. Topics include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ILO International Labor Standards, the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, workers’ freedom of association and the right to organize and collectively bargain, occupational health and safety, discrimination, forced labor, child labor, migrant labor, labor rights defined in international trade agreements, the value judgments underlying labor policy choices, and the struggle for enforcement of human rights standards nationally and international. The course examines these topics in an internationally comparative context and includes presentations and discussions from international experts on various human rights issues.

  
  • ILRLR 3860 - [African American Social History, from 1910 to the Present: Race, Work, and the City]

    (crosslisted)
    (also HIST 3760 LAW 7060 )
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Next offered 2013-2014.

    N. Salvatore.

    Examines the experience of black Americans from the start of the Great Migration just before World War I. Topics include the effects of migration on work experiences and unionization patterns, the impact of depression and two world wars on black social structure and economic status, the growth of the Civil Rights movement, and the impact of migration and urbanization on a variety of social and cultural institutions.

  
  • ILRLR 3870 - The History of Consumption: From Wedgewood to Wal-Mart

    (crosslisted)
    (also AMST 3870 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    L. Hyman.

    Whether buying at a general store, hopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought and sold, consumption is also about the institutions,social practices, cultural meanings, and economic functions that have surrounded the merchandise. This course will look at the changing meanings consumption has had for life, politics, and economy in the US over the past 300 years.

  
  • ILRLR 3880 - Unfree Labor: Servants, Slaves, and Wives


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    I. DeVault.

    Examines various forms of unfree labor, mostly in the antebellum (pre–Civil War) era in the United States. Will look at the situation of indentured servants and apprentices, African slaves, and wives of all social classes. Reading includes both autobiographical and historical studies. Will also discuss the contrasts and interrelationships among these different groups of early American workers.

  
  • ILRLR 4000 - [Union Organizing]


    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010 /ILRLR 5010 , ILRLR 2050 /ILRLR 5000 . Next Offered 2013-2014.

    K. Bronfenbrenner.

    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 card check campaigns. Topics include review of organizing theory, the social and political context of current organizing, the debate on organizing policy and labor law reform, worker attitudes toward organizing, changing employer strategies and tactics, staffing and financing organizing campaigns, strategic targeting, organizing styles and tactics, changing demographics of newly organized workers, organizing outside the labor board process, and the limits and possibilities of organizing on a global scale.

  
  • ILRLR 4012 - Managing and Resolving Conflict


    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with ILRLR 6012 .

    A. Colvin, D. Lipsky.

    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 dispute resolution, including alternative dispute resolution (ADR), with a primary focus on the use of mediation and arbitration but also dealing with other dispute resolution techniques, such as fact-finding, facilitation, peer review, and the ombuds function; (2) conflict management in organizations, including the recent development of conflict management systems. The course reviews the factors that have caused the growth of ADR and conflict management systems, and it provides instruction on the design, implementation, and evaluation of such systems.

  
  • ILRLR 4017 - Planes, Trains, and Labor Relations: Law and Policy Under the Railway Labor Act


    Fall. 2 credits.

    ILRLR 2010  for junior and senior students.

    L. Compa.

    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 challenges facing labor and management, with particular attention to union organizing, collective bargaining, labor implications of corporate mergers, and related public policy issues.

  
  • ILRLR 4021 - The Theory and Practice of Global Bargaining in the Neo-Liberal Era


    Spring. 4 Credits.

    K. Bronfenbrenner.

     

    In the last three decades the global bargaining environment for workers, unions and employers has gone through rapid upheaval. While firms and bargaining units have gotten smaller, the majority of private sector companies are now transnational corporations. Nearly half of all organizing in the US private sector has taken place in companies with sites and operations outside the country, notwithstanding the high percentage of organizing campaigns that has taken place in the service sector and non-profits. The workers, union representatives, or even local management may not be able to name the entity or persons who have ultimate controlling interest in these transnational firms, but they are bargaining with a global company. The question is whether they are doing global bargaining. This course examines the evolution of bargaining with transnational firms for unions in the US, Europe, and the Global South under three decades of neo-liberal policies of free trade, de-regulation and privatization. The course is designed to provide an in-depth examination of the contemporary collective bargaining process the world’s largest transnational firms from a strategic and theoretical perspective.  This will be achieved both through a review of recent literature on bargaining theory and practice; and through the analysis and evaluation of a series of collective bargaining campaigns from a variety of industries, unions, strategic models, and outcomes in North and South America, Europe Asia, and Africa over the last three decades. Run as a seminar, the course will involve a great deal of class participation and discussion, as students engage with the reading material, primary documents, films, guest speakers, the instructor, and each other.

  
  • ILRLR 4022 - Arbitration


    Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010  and ILRLR 2050  .

    A. Colvin, J. Gross, and R. Lieberwitz.

    Study of arbitration in the field of labor-management relations, including an analysis of principles and practices, the law of arbitration, the handling of materials in briefs and oral presentations, the conduct of mock arbitration hearing, and the preparation of arbitration opinions and post-hearing briefs.

  
  • ILRLR 4023 - Disability and Employment Policy


    Spring. 2 credits.

    R. Cebula, T. Golden, and E. Lopez-Soto.

    Provides an overview of a range of public policies regarding the employment of people with disabilities. Students are introduced to the historical development of disability public policy and to contemporary practices in implementing these policies at the state and organizational levels. Students explore the multiple areas of public policy relevant to persons with disabilities, including veterans legislation, worker’s compensation, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, social insurance, and civil rights legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Throughout the class, students will consider the relationship between disability employment policy and larger social and political developments. Students also will analyze how public policies have developed in practice, bridging the divides between policy as written, policy as implemented, and policy as practiced.

  
  • ILRLR 4024 - Global Bargaining in a New Liberal Era


    Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with ILRLR 6024 .

    K. Bronfenbrenner.

    In the last three decades the global bargaining environment for workers, unions and employers has gone through rapid upheaval.
    While firms and bargaining units have gotten smaller, the majority of private sector companies are now transnational corporations.
    Nearly half of all organizing in the US private sector has taken place in companies with sites and operations outside the country, notwithstanding the high percentage of organizing campaigns has in the service sector and non-profits. The workers, union
    representatives, or even local management may not be able to name the entity or persons who have ultimate controlling interest in these transnational firms, but they are bargaining with a global company. The question is whether they are doing global bargaining.
    This course examines the evolution of bargaining with transnational firms for unions in the US, Europe, and the Global South under three decades of neo-liberal policies of free trade, de-regulation and privatization. The course is designed to provide an indepth
    examination of the contemporary collective bargaining process for the world’s largest transnational firms from a strategic and theoretical perspective. This will be achieved both through a review of recent literature on bargaining theory and practice; and through the analysis and evaluation of a series of collective bargaining campaigns from a variety of industries, unions, strategic models, and outcomes in North and South America, Europe Asia, and Africa over the last three decades. Run as a seminar, the
    course will involve a great deal of class participation and discussion, as students engage with the reading material, primary documents, films, guest speakers, the instructor, and each other.
     

  
  • ILRLR 4025 - Forensics Practicum


    Fall, spring. 2 credits.

    S. Nelson

    This is an advanced skills and theory based course in speech and debate. Students meet in groups twice a week to hold intensive discussions and practices involving argument construction, speech performance theory, and critical evaluation skills for rhetorical practices. Attendance is required at speech and debate activities on and off campus. These activities include public debates and speeches, intercollegiate tournaments, workshops, and other events agreed on by the student and the instructor. Learning goals include: thoughtful reflection on pedagogical methods, increased competency in public speaking and debate, and an increased ability to critically evaluate argument construction for oneself and others. Students will be required to meet one or more times a week individually with the instructor for meetings and practices. A critical book review and a final comprehensive paper assessing the student’s progress in speech and debate are also required.

  
  • ILRLR 4030 - [The Economics of Collective Bargaining in Sports]


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Next Offered 2013-2014.

    L. Kahn.

    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 leagues; antitrust issues in sports; labor disputes, union history, and contract administration issues in sports leagues; discrimination in sports; and performance incentives.

  
  • ILRLR 4033 - Disability Law


    Spring. 4 credits.

    T. Golden and E. Lopez-Soto.

    This course reviews United States law as it relates to people with disabilities.  The self-advocacy and empowerment movement in America contribute substantially to the broad and significant development in disability rights law.  Students in this course will learn about the nuances of disability law, including gaining an understanding of the types of barriers to access and the nondiscrimination laws that impact the lives of persons with disabilities across the lifespan.  Topics will include K-12 and higher education, transition to work, employment discrimination, public accommodations and programmatic access.  This course will explore current case law and legislation including application of legal principles to disability law.

  
  • ILRLR 4040 - [Contract Administration]


    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010  , ILRLR 2050 . Next Offered 2013-2014.

    K. Bronfenbrenner.

    Focuses on the practice, nature, and challenges of union representation under collective bargaining agreements. Working with union contracts, constitutions, and by-laws from a diversity of national and local public- and private-sector agreements, the course examines how U.S. unions represent their members in different industries and different collective bargaining environments. Issues addressed include union representative/steward rights and responsibilities, contract enforcement structures and practice, access to information, new work systems, hours of work and scheduling, contingent staffing arrangements, workplace discrimination, health and safety, promotional opportunities, downsizing, leadership development, membership involvement and commitment, internal organizing, community coalition building, and decertification campaigns. Students practice hands-on work in interpreting contract language and preparing and presenting grievances and unfair labor practices.

  
  • ILRLR 4050 - [Employment Law I]


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010 , ILRLR 5010 , or permission of instructor. Next Offered 2013-2014. Attendance and participation mandatory. May be taken either before or after ILRLR 4051 .

    L. Adler.

    Takes a similar approach to ILRLR 4051 , but the subject matter differs. Topics include employment at will and its exceptions; the role of the Constitution in the U.S. Workplace; the law of electronic and traditional privacy at work; and the slowly evolving rights of contingent workers in the old and new economies. Reviews primarily federal and state court decisions and focuses upon the way that employees’ rights are advanced or constricted by law.

  
  • ILRLR 4051 - [Employment Law II]


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010 , ILRLR 5010 , or permission of instructor. Next Offered 2013-2014. Attendance and class participation mandatory. May be taken either before or after ILRLR 4050 .

    L. Adler.

    Takes a similar approach to ILRLR 4050 , but the subject matter differs. Topics include the meaning and validity of preemployment arbitration agreements; the critical distinctions in the status and thus the rights of employees, independent contractors, and contingent workers; what rights the working poor, the homeless, and workfare individuals have on the “job”; and the origin and application of the workers’ compensation laws that apply when people are injured or contract disease from their work. Reviews primarily federal and state court decisions and focuses on the way that employees’ rights are advanced or constricted by the law. There are considerable reading responsibilities.

  
  • ILRLR 4060 - Labor Relations in the Hospitality Industry

    (crosslisted)
    (also HADM 4810 )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    R. Hurd and D. Sherwyn.

    For description, see HADM 4810 .

  
  • ILRLR 4070 - Contemporary Union Movement


    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: undergraduates, ILRLR 1100 .

    R. Hurd.

    Examination of contemporary trade union issues, including union power, political action, collective bargaining approaches, and organizing efforts. Covers structural, functional, and strategic aspects of contemporary unions. Speakers from the union movement address the class.

  
  • ILRLR 4079 - Low Wage Workers and the Law


    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ILRLR 2010  or permission of the instructor.

    K. Griffith.

    Examines labor and employment law as it affects low-wage (including documented and undocumented immigrant) workers. Covers traditional labor and employment law statutes as well as new developments in labor and employment law that affect low-wage workers. Much of the course is dedicated to federal legislation and case law related to the above. Also covers the overlap between labor and employment law and low-wage and immigrant worker organizing efforts.

  
  • ILRLR 4820 - Ethics at Work


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.

    M. Gold.

    Examines major theories of ethics, then applies them to issues in the employment relationship such as genetic screening of job applicants, random drug testing of employees, affirmative action, discipline for off-duty conduct, whistle-blowing, worker safety and cost/benefit analysis, comparable worth, strikes by employees providing crucial services, and crossing a picket line.

  
  • ILRLR 4840 - The Science of Social Behavior

    (crosslisted)
    (also COMM 4840 HD 4840 , SOC 4840 )
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequsite: At least one statistics course. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment is limited to: majors in either Human Development, Psychology, Sociology, or Economics. A University Course - This class highlights cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate.

    S. Ceci, M. Macy

    For description, see HD 4840 .

  
  • ILRLR 4842 - Employment Discrimination and the Law


    Fall or spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ILRLR 2010 . Co-meets with ILRLR 6840 .

    M. Gold, K. Griffith, R. Lieberwitz.

    Examines the laws against employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability.

  
  • ILRLR 4860 - Public Sector Labor Law


    Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisites: ILRLR 2010  and ILRLR 2050 . Co-meets with ILRLR 6860 .

    L. Adler.

    Examines the history of public employees’ collective bargaining and other workplace rights. Emphasis is placed on the current trade-offs between municipal and state governments and their unionized employees in New York City and state, although trends in other states and the federal sector are also examined. Topics include representation rights, public sector workers ability to leverage their power, unfair labor practices, impasse procedures, the scope of collective bargaining, and a limited treatment of the U.S. Constitution in the public workplace. Also examines the development, practice, and extent of collective bargaining between federal, state, and local governments and their employees. Throughout, the course illustrates how the exercise of public employee rights impacts municipal, state, and federal public-policy labor-market considerations. There are several prominent guest speakers.

  
  • ILRLR 4865 - Public Education and Collective Bargaining


    Fall. 4 credits.

    L. Adler.

    Using collective bargaining to push their way into the center of the middle class, school teachers and their unions have converted their economics gains into considerable political strength. As America’s economic disparity widened over the last 40 years, public education successes have stalled. Many in the Middle and on the Right in America, educational reformers of all stripes, blame
    teachers, their unions, and collective bargaining for these “failures”. Their “solutions”, which we will carefully examine, include charter schools, testing of students, unilaterally created evaluations of teachers, and severe restrictions on collective bargaining.


    This course will address, through policy, legal, and political readings, what forms this struggle is taking in US public education and its workplaces. It will focus, in large part, on the sharpening conflict between the goals, agendas, and hopes of public school workers who now face challenges from politicians and liberal and conservative critics who see much to gain by arguing that public
    education success requires significant limitations of the bargaining and economic rights and power of teacher unions and their members. Graduate and undergraduate students from all colleges are encouraged to enroll.


    Considerable reading assignments, class room discussion, and guest lectures will characterize our work.

  
  • ILRLR 4870 - Introduction to Labor Research


    Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: 20 students. Co-meets with ILRLR 6870 .

    K. Bronfenbrenner

    Provides students interested in the labor field with the skills necessary to understand and use social science research as it relates to the labor movement. The course’s four major goals are to (1) develop the skills to critically evaluate a wide variety of research relating to unions and the workplace; (2) introduce a number of quantitative and qualitative research techniques used by unions and those who study the labor movement; (3) familiarize students with the broad range of library and computer resources that can be used for labor and corporate research; and (4) provide students with an opportunity to design and conduct a research project for a national or local union.

  
  • ILRLR 4880 - Liberty and Justice for All


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.

    M. Gold.

    Examines major theories of ethics, then applies them to contemporary issues such as affirmative action and reverse discrimination, the right to life (from abortion to capital punishment), comparable worth, and constitutional rights such as freedom of speech.

  
  • ILRLR 4890 - Constitutional Aspects of Labor Law


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    R. Lieberwitz.

    In-depth analysis of the Supreme Court decisions that interpret the United States Constitution as it applies in the workplace. Focuses on the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Commerce Clause, with issues including freedom of speech and association, equal protection, due process, and other issues in the area of political and civil rights. The
    course entails a high level of student participation in class discussion, and assignments include a research paper.

  
  • ILRLR 4950 - Honors Program


    Fall, spring. (yearlong) 4 credits.

    Staff.

    Students are eligible for ILR senior honors program if they (1) earn a minimum 3.700 cumulative gpa at end of junior year; (2) propose an honors project, entailing research leading to completion of a thesis, to an ILR faculty member who agrees to act as thesis supervisor; and (3) submit project, endorsed by proposed faculty sponsor, to Committee on Academic Standards and Scholarships.  Accepted students embark on a two-semester sequence. The first semester consists of determining a research design, familiarization with germane scholarly literature, and preliminary data collection. The second semester involves completion of the data collection and preparation of the honors thesis. At the end of the second semester, the candidate is examined orally on the completed thesis by a committee consisting of the thesis supervisor, a second faculty member designated by the appropriate department chair, and a representative of the Academic Standards and Scholarship Committee.

     

  
  • ILRLR 4970 - Field Research, Internship


    Fall, spring. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    All requests for permission to register for an internship must be approved by the faculty member who will supervise the project and the chairman of the faculty member’s academic department before submission for approval by the director of off-campus credit programs. Upon approval of the internship, the Office of Student Services will register each student for 4970, for 4 credits graded A+ to F for individual research, and for ILRLR 4980 , for 8 credits graded S–U, for completion of a professionally appropriate learning experience, which is graded by the faculty sponsor.

  
  • ILRLR 4980 - Internship


    Fall, spring. 8 credits.

    Staff.

    All requests for permission to register for an internship must be approved by the faculty member who will supervise the project and the chairman of the faculty member’s academic department before submission for approval by the director of off-campus credit programs. Upon approval of the internship, the Office of Student Services will register each student for   , for 4 credits graded A+ to F for individual research, and for 4980, for 8 credits graded S–U, for completion of a professionally appropriate learning experience, which is graded by the faculty sponsor.

  
  • ILRLR 4990 - Directed Studies


    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    For individual or group research projects conducted under the direction of a member of the ILR faculty, in a special area of labor relations not covered by regular course offerings. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a preceding semester of 3.0 semester average are eligible to submit projects for approval by the Academic Standards Committee. Students should consult with a counselor in the Office of Student Services at the time of CoursEnroll to arrange for formal submission of their directed study.

  
  • ILRLR 5000 - Collective Bargaining


    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: graduate standing. Recommended: previous or concurrent enrollment in ILRLR 5010 .

    A. Colvin, H. Katz, S. Kuruvilla, and D. Lipsky.

    Comprehensive introduction to the industrial relations system of the United States. Covers the negotiation, scope, and day-to-day administration of contracts; union and employer bargaining structures; implications of industrial relations issues for U.S. competitiveness and public policy; industrial conflict; and U.S. industrial relations in international and comparative perspective.

  
  • ILRLR 5010 - Labor and Employment Law


    Spring. 3 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate standing.

    A. Colvin, L. Compa, M. Gold, K. Griffith, and R. Lieberwitz.

    Survey and analysis of the law governing labor relations and employee rights in the workplace. The first half of the course is devoted to labor law and labor-management relations. It examines the legal framework for workers’ trade union organizing efforts, collective bargaining, and strikes and lockouts. The second half of the course turns to employment law outside the collective bargaining context.  It covers such topics as occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, employment discrimination, “at-will” versus “just cause” rules for dismissing employees, non-competition and mandatory arbitration agreements, and other aspects of the individual employer-employee relationship. Also serves as an introduction to judicial and administrative systems.

  
  • ILRLR 5020 - History of Industrial Relations in the United States since 1865


    Fall or spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    J. Cowie, I. DeVault, L. Hyman and N. Salvatore.

    Introductory survey course emphasizing historical developments in the 20th century. Special studies include labor union struggles over organizational alternatives and such other topics as industrial conflicts, working-class lifestyles, radicalism, welfare capitalism, union democracy, and the expanding authority of the federal government.

  
  • ILRLR 5040 - The U.S. Industrial Relations System


    4 credits.

    Offered only in New York City for M.P.S. Program.

    Staff.

    Examines the development, operation, and outcomes of the U.S. industrial relations system in a comparative context. Specifically, the course contrasts the American experience with industrial relations institutions and outcomes with the experience of several other countries in Europe and Asia. Students look at the process of union formation, the practice of collective bargaining at different levels, the methods of dispute resolution, and the legal regime germane to industrial relations. The course also focuses on both processes and outcomes of different country systems, focusing on the degree of collaboration or conflict, wage levels and wage inequality, and practices in different industries and firms. Finally, the role played by industrial relations and human resource policy in economic and social development in these nations is addressed.

  
  • ILRLR 6000 - Special Topics: Labor Law


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: permission of instructor is required. Enrollment limited to: graduate students and upper-division undergraduates.

    A. Colvin, L. Compa, M. Gold, K. Griffith, and R. Lieberwitz.

    Topic changes depending on semester and instructor.

  
  • ILRLR 6011 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisites: background in economics and social sciences.

    D. Lipsky.

    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. Discusses various theories of negotiation, including conventional, “positional” bargaining, interestbased bargaining, the use of power in negotiation, and game theoretic approaches to bargaining. Examples, cases, and exercises are used to illustrate general principles. This is a generic negotiation course and thus does not deal with labor relations nor does it focus on any particular type of negotiation. Rather, it examines negotiation and bargaining generally, using examples drawn from several contexts, including employment relations, environmental disputes, real estate transactions, and other settings.

  
  • ILRLR 6012 - Managing and Resolving Conflict


    Fall or spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: background in economics and social sciences or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ILRLR 4012 .

    A. Colvin, D. Lipsky.

    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 dispute resolution, including alternative dispute resolution (ADR), with a primary focus on the use of mediation and arbitration but also dealing with other dispute resolution techniques, such as fact-finding, facilitation, peer review, and the ombuds function; (2) conflict management in organizations, including the recent development of conflict management systems. The course reviews the factors that have caused the growth of ADR and conflict management systems, and it provides instruction on the design, implementation, and evaluation of such systems.

  
  • ILRLR 6017 - Planes, Trains, and Labor Relations: Law and Policy Under the Railway Labor Act


    Fall. 2 credits.

    ILRLR 5010  for graduate students.

    L. Compa.

    Examines union organizing and collective bargaining under the Railway Labor Act, which governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries.  The course covers historical background, the functioning of the National Mediation Board, key court decisions, collective bargaining, and current policy debates.

  
  • ILRLR 6019 - Dispute Resolution Practicum

    (crosslisted)
    (also LAW 6019  )
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Limited to 20 students.

    D. Lipsky, and R. Scanza.

    Purpose is to link classroom discussion and analysis of arbitration and mediation with opportunities for students to observe actual arbitration and mediation cases. The course is designed to be an advanced seminar for graduate and undergraduate students who have a serious interest in pursuing a career in arbitration or mediation. Classroom discussions and readings will focus on both labor arbitration and mediation (i.e., the use of arbitration and mediation in unionized settings) and employment arbitration and mediation (i.e., the use of arbitration and mediation in cases involving nonunion employees).

 

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