In what many viewed as the most visible outbreak of discontent after months of negotiations over wages and insurance benefits, one third of TCAT bus drivers called in sick Thursday morning, disrupting service on at least eleven rural routes.

The Ithaca City Administration Committee unanimously passed the Sweatshop Free Initiative, supported by local residents and student activists, at its meeting late Wednesday night.

Members of the Cornell Organization for Labor Action travelled to The Ohio State University to oppose proposed changes to the state's public sector bargaining laws.

Citing a U.S. State Department report, members of Cornell’s Organization for Labor Action organized a teach-in at Ives Hall on Monday to urge the University to stengthen its employment practices in Qatar.

 Cornell Organization for Labor Action and Cornell Students Against Sweatshops are asking for President Skorton to cut ties with the Fair Labor Association after concerns about conflicts of interest. 

Alta Gracia employees earn a “living wage,” which is roughly three times more than that of comparable apparel workers in the country, and they work in a setting that has been designed with their safety in mind.

Cornell's conduct during its standoff with Nike of the retail giant's labor disputes shows that the University is proactive in holding its business partners to high standards.

The Workers United Union and Cornell Organization for Labor Action were planning to protest as General Electric’s CEO was to give his keynote address in the 2009 Net Impact Conference at Cornell, but the rally was called off after COLA’s secretary Chad Gray ’10 met with General Electric’s global human resources manager and convinced G.E.

Everyone remembers that special teacher who touched his or her life. We all have had that teacher who would go the extra mile to help us individually — a teacher who dug into his or her own pocket book to buy colored pencils for our art projects.

We remember this teacher because he or she did not just make us feel cared for, but also made us feel capable. Due to his or her skill, we were empowered; we were motivated. This teacher clearly did not become a teacher for fame, for glory and certainly not for fortune. This special teacher picked his or her profession because of a desire to help our country reach its full future potential.

News that Michelle Rhee ’92 was coming to campus brought the Cornell Organization for Labor Action to its feet. With little time to spare, COLA met to calculate a response and to strategize. They would print out some quarter cards, draw some attention to their cause and get people talking. We welcome a good debate, but COLA’s actions on Monday did little to ignite constructive dialogue. Instead, they oversimplified the complexities that lie beneath Rhee’s speech, polarizing the multifaceted issue that is educational reform.