NYC Launch Event for The Worker Institute at Cornell

“Strengthening Worker Voice, Advancing Economic Fairness”

Panel Discussion and Reception Celebrating the Launch of The Worker Institute at Cornell

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

SEIU 32 BJ
25 West 18th Street (between 5th and 6th Ave.)
New York City

A timely panel discussion on worker rights, collective representation, economic fairness and policy reform will feature:

• Chris Hayes, MSNBC political analyst and host of “Up With Chris Hayes”
  and editor-at-large of The Nation, as moderator
• Heather McGhee, director at Demos and frequent contributor to network
  news programs and national media
• Ai-jen Poo, founder of Domestic Workers United and one of Time
  magazine’s 2012 100 Most Influential People in the World
• Liz Shuler, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, representing 10
  million workers
• Lowell Turner, academic director, The Worker Institute at Cornell and
  professor of International & Comparative Labor

The Worker Institute at Cornell, part of the ILR School, is a forum
for research and education on contemporary labor issues. The
institute promotes innovative thinking to inform policy and find
solutions for problems faced by workers and their families in
today’s economy.

For more information and to register (by August 31), please see
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/workerinstitutelaunch.html