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DrCamposMedina

@drcamposmedina.bsky.social

Labor champion, political leader and advocate for unions & women political representation.

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Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · last mo.

#CornellILR's @drcamposmedina.bsky.social recently spoke with @kettering.org about Temporary Protected Status (TPS) workers. Campos-Medina is also co-author of a recent policy report that addresses issues + offers policymakers recommendations to support TPS workers: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

Workers with temporary protected status aid NYS’s economy, society | Cornell Chronicle

Central Americans with the status make signification contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.

news.cornell.edu

Kettering Foundation@kettering.org · last mo.

Why shouldn’t years of working legally, paying taxes, raising a family, and contributing to your community count toward a path to permanent residency in the US? On #TheContext, Patricia Campos-Medina considers how a more responsive immigration system could better serve the country we all share.

Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · last mo.

#CornellILR asst. professors Duanyi Yang and @brittanybond.bsky.social have received a seed grant from ILR’s Center for Applied Research on Work to examine how private equity leveraged buyouts are associated with changes in workers’ mental health, job quality and care quality in veterinary clinics.

CAROW Seed Grant to Fund Study of Veterinarians’ Mental Health

Duanyi Yang and Brittany Bond have been awarded a seed grant from ILR’s Center for Applied Research on Work to examine how private equity leveraged buyouts are associated with changes in workers’ ment...

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Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Patricia Campos-Medina (@drcamposmedina.bsky.social), executive director of #CornellILR's Worker Institute, comments on the roots and contributions of Central American TPS holders to the United States, saying: “They have devoted their entire years of productivity to this country.” (via @nytimes.com)

Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status

A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S.

nytimes.com

Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“TPS workers already belong in our American society,” said @drcamposmedina.bsky.social, executive director of the Worker Institute and co-author of “We Are Home: Workers with TPS Belong Here,” a policy report that addresses issues and offers policymakers recommendations to support TPS workers.

We Are Home: Workers with TPS Belong Here

[Excerpt] This research study focuses on the lives of TPS workers in New York State. The overall findings in this study reveal a community with a positive view of their own sense of belonging; they fe...

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Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Recent research from #CornellILR's Worker Institute finds that temporary protected status (TPS) workers from Central America play a critical role in New York State’s economy, are highly engaged in civic and political organizations, and overwhelmingly view the U.S. as their home.

Workers with temporary protected status aid NYS’s economy, society | Cornell Chronicle

Central Americans with the status make signification contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.

news.cornell.edu

DrCamposMedina@drcamposmedina.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“All previous generations of European immigrants could turn their sweat equity into a path to belong in America. Why not Central Americans, Haitians, Venezuelans TPS workers?” Workers w TPS aid NYS’s economy & society by Worker Institute @cornellilr.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

Workers with temporary protected status aid NYS’s economy, society | Cornell Chronicle

Central Americans with the status make signification contributions to New York’s economy and civic and political organizations, an ILR School report says.

news.cornell.edu

DrCamposMedina@drcamposmedina.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“It's d obligation of American society…to recognize TPS workers have proven their allegiance to US by contributing to our country's workforce & economy. They have earned a path to belong, to permanency & eventual citizenship.” We Are Home, new report @cornellilr.bsky.social phys.org/news/2026-07...

Temporary protective status workers play critical role in state economy, view US as home, research suggests

Immigrant workers protected by a key humanitarian status make significant contributions to New York state's economy and communities, according to new Cornell University research.

phys.org

DrCamposMedina@drcamposmedina.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“We are Home” say 1.6 mill workers w TPS: they’ve worked legally for up to 30 yrs in US. They are home. Join The Worker Institute @cornellilr.bsky.social for release of our report on the experiences of workers with TPS. @TPS_Alliance #WeAreHome #TPSWorkers #SaveTPS share.google/I0xo0YcVgGpd...

We Are Home

We will hold an in-person discussion of the findings from the TPS report, We Are Home. We will invite Temporary Protected Status workers, the unions that represent them, allies, policymakers and the p...

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DrCamposMedina@drcamposmedina.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Precarious work, w no social or statutory protections & legal and practical obstacles to collective representation exist, has increased across all industries and sectors in the US. Join us at @cornellilr.bsky.social for webinar on climate jobs & precarity at WI www.ilr.cornell.edu/worker-insti...

Collective Representation as a Response to Worker Precarity in the Clean Energy Economy

This webinar is the first in a three-part series hosted by the Worker Institute in partnership with the Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School. The series explores the current lands...

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Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Campos-Medina says: “Diversity is always good business practice, because you bring different voices to a problem, different voices to technology, to solving critical policy issues. So that’s what we’re missing by not being able to track [demographic data].”

Cornell ILR School@cornellilr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In this edition of Marketplace Morning Report, #CornellILR Worker Institute executive director @drcamposmedina.bsky.social comments on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) decision to stop a decades-old requirement to collect demographic data.

A rough start to the new U.S.-Iran deal

On today’s show: skepticism about a long-term fix to conflict in the Middle East, and what’s lost when we stop tracking federal workforce demographics.

marketplace.org

DrCamposMedina@drcamposmedina.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're excited to welcome unions, advocates & policy makers to our convening on care economy at the Worker Institute @cornellilr.bsky.social We come together to strategize on agenda for good job creation in home longterm & childcare w @cornellilr.bsky.social www.ilr.cornell.edu/worker-insti...

Protecting Care in Times of Disruption

As we confront a national “care crisis”—where care support is inaccessible and unaffordable for many, and there is a shortage of care workers who are often devalued and poorly paid—care work should be...

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