Summer Fellowships in NYC Extension



2014 Summer PAID Fellowships

TO: ILR Undergraduate Students

FROM: Prof. Kate Griffith, on behalf of the Worker Institute

SUBJECT: Worker Institute Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (Spring 2015)

We write to invite you to apply for an Undergraduate Research Fellowship with the Worker Institute.

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, often in small teams, will have the opportunity to work directly with Ithaca-based faculty and ILR labor extension faculty based in NYC, Rochester and Buffalo.

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.

Fellows will work 5-10 hours/week, paid at an hourly rate of $10/hour.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applications are due on December 1, 2014.

Please fill out the attached application form and email it, along with your resume and a writing sample, to Anne Sieverding (acs5@cornell.edu) by December 1, 2014.

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

Award notifications for Spring 2015 fellows will be announced in late December.

If you have any questions please email Kate Griffith (kg275@cornell.edu)

2014 Summer PAID Fellowships

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION FORM: Due December 1, 2014

Please complete all three parts of the application and email it to Anne Sieverding (acs5@cornell.edu) by December 1, 2014. Also, please attach your resume and a writing sample.

Part I:

Name/Address/Email:

Cornell Class of:

Please indicate any languages other than English in which you are proficient:

Name and contact information of reference (ILR faculty member):

Part II: Please indicate which project(s) you are interested in. If you are interested in more than 1, please designate your first choice with a “1”, second choice with a “2”, and so on:

____ Immigrant Workers and Unions website development – with Lowell Turner, Prerna Sampat and Maria Figueroa, . 

 

____ Precarious Workers Initiative – a project that fosters research on the working conditions and organizing initiatives of a wide range of precarious workers (e.g. day laborers, non-tenure track academic faculty) – with Legna Cabrera, Maria Figueroa, Kate Griffith, and Risa Lieberwitz, .

_____Labor Leading on Climate: Climate Jobs Program for New York State – a policy, research and education initiative for New York unions, workers' organizations and their allies on labor-climate-employment issues, with a focus on how ambitious climate protection policy can drive job creation and economic development in New York State. The purpose of this initiative is to enhance the role of labor and working people in addressing the climate crisis. WI Fellows will conduct research to assist in the writing of a "Climate Jobs Report for New York State" that will demonstrate that the jobs and climate crises can be addressed simultaneously by creating "climate jobs" in renewable energy, public transit, building energy efficiency, sustainable food and waste systems and other sectors. – with Lara Skinner, Sean Sweeney and Alex Colvin, .

_____ Pride at Work – a research project which identifies and assesses the needs of union LGBT constituency groups in NYS including Pride at Work chapters and individual unions’ internal LGBT groups – with Linda Donahue and Ileen DeVault.

____ The Gendered Nature of C.A.R.E.: Caregivers and Responsible Employment – either a study of how working-class men balance demands of caregiving and paid work or an examination of how low-wage caregivers learn to provide even better care for the elderly and young children – with Ileen Devault, and K.C. Wagner, .

____ Transnational Labor Advocacy: Civil Society and Consular Responses to Latino Immigrant Rights – This research will explore the main trends in bilateral cooperation to enforce labor rights standards across different cities in the United States and the main opportunities and constraints that binational cooperation agreements on labor enforcement face for successful implementation at the local level. The fellow will search for archival material, compile bibliographic material, maintain contact logs for interviews, code interviews and transcribe English-language interviews. Bilingual in English & Spanish highly preferred. – with Shannon Gleeson.

_____ Unions and Inequality – an analysis of first and second collective bargaining gains following organizing success, particularly focusing on low-wage women of color including learning database design, contract analysis, and collecting second contracts from unions, libraries and through online research – with Kate Bronfenbrenner.

_____ Union Communication Services – newsletters and other publications, both electronic and paper, specifically designed for union stewards, officers, and activists – with Linda Donahue and David Prosten, .

_____ Young Workers and the Labor Movement – a 5-country study of best-practice cases of young worker engagement in the labor movement (in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Netherlands) – with Lowell Turner, Zach Cunningham, Maite Tapia and Legna Cabrera.

Part III: Please answer the following questions:

1. Why are you interested in this particular project? If you have indicated interest in more than one, please provide a brief description of your interest in each (no more than one paragraph each).

2. Please describe any relevant coursework, experiences, skills and abilities or anything else that you would bring to the project and make you a good candidate.

3. Will you be available to work up to 10 hours/week during the Spring 2015 semester?

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