The Sun commends Cornell's decision to terminate its contract with Adidas over the company's treatment of nearly 3,000 Indonesian workers.

Last week, President David Skorton sent a letter to the Fair Labor Association requesting that it make a series of changes to the way it enforces fair labor standards around the world. We support the administration’s decision to challenge the FLA to live up to the spirit of its mission.

Samantha Delouya '14 reviews Ithaca College's adaptation of the classic populist musical, Working.

Alex Bores '13 talks about the University's labor standards and steps Cornell should take to ensure them.

President David Skorton could cut Cornell’s ties with the Fair Labor Association if it does not agree to change its code of conduct to more closely align with the Unversity’s labor standards, according to a letter he sent to the organization Wednesday.

Professors are split on the impact and motivations behind Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill.

Outrage of a distinctly liberal variety was on display Wednesday on the Commons, as the Unemployed and Underemployed Support Group of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center called for — among other things — passage of President Barack Obama’s Local Jobs for America Act.

Sweatshops are pretty easy to hate. They are crammed full of oppressed impoverished people working twelve, or fourteen hours a day in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. They get paid a dollar a day, and have no workplace representation. It’s dangerous, unhealthy, and exploitative.

Although President David Skorton and Vice President of Human Resources Mary Opperman appeared yesterday on Ho Plaza to talk with students directly about diversity, their cause was overshadowed by a different pending cloud: the renegotiation of employee contracts. The administrators were unable to provide concrete answers to students and staff regarding workers’ rights and we hope that Day Hall has answers soon — given that workers’ contracts are due to expire on June 30, just two months away.

The labor and management practices at a California hotel — owned by a company that has close ties to the University — are drawing criticism from a hospitality workers union and student groups at several college campuses.

Workers at the Hilton Long Beach and Executive Meeting Center in Long Beach, Calif. allege that the hotel managers are unfairly interfering with their desire to organize. The Hilton Long Beach is owned by HEI Hotels and Hospitality, a company founded in 1985 by Gary Mendell ’79 and Steve Mendell ’82, both of whom graduated from the School of Hotel Administration. HEI owns 30 luxury hotels across the country. The company maintains a “very active relationship” with Cornell, according to its spokesperson, Jess Petitt ’05.