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The Worker Institute publishes its research and analysis in reports, policy briefs and articles highlighted below. Explore our research on themes of Low Wage and Precarious Work, Equity at Work, and the Future of Care Work here. For more on these initiatives, visit the Research page.

Quid Pro Quo Workplace Sexual Harassment Widespread Across New York State

Results from Cornell Survey Research Institute’s annual Empire State Poll find 1 in 10 adult New Yorkers report experiencing “someone in a position of authority at their workplace trying to trade job benefits for sexual favors.”
Women working in a grocery store
Quid Pro Quo Workplace Sexual Harassment Widespread Across New York State

Stopping Sexual Harassment in the Empire State

– A new report released today by researchers from the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School found that 10.9 percent of New York residents—12.2 percent of women and 9.5 percent of men—report having experienced quid pro quo workplace sexual harassment at some point in their careers.
Cover Report on Sexual Harassment
Stopping Sexual Harassment in the Empire State

Worker Institute Unveils Report on Engaging Men as Allies at Vera House, Inc.

The report analyzes Vera House Inc.’s 12 Men Model, a program designed to engage men as allies in preventing domestic and sexual violence in their networks and communities.
Vera House Protest
Worker Institute Unveils Report on Engaging Men as Allies at Vera House, Inc.

Nellie Brown Co-Authors Site Evaluation Report on Wendt

The report found patterns of lax safety planning, policies, and procedures in a very high risk industry.
Nellie Brown
Nellie Brown Co-Authors Site Evaluation Report on Wendt

On-Demand Platform Workers Denied Basic Rights

Worker Institute report details gig economy pressures on individuals and makes public policy recommendations.
Delivery Biker in New York City
On-Demand Platform Workers Denied Basic Rights

New Solidarity Strategies

Are labor unions the answer to improving conditions for low-wage and “precarious” workers? These are among the questions examined in a book co-edited by ILR Associate Professor of Comparative Employment Relations Virginia Doellgast.
Reconstructing Solidarity
New Solidarity Strategies