Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
KI Staff and Students Hit the Road for #Peoples250
July 28th, 2026
#Peoples250 uses social media to shine a spotlight on people-centered history shaped by real experiences, communities, and working-class voices. From college students organizing their workplaces to Civil Rights history, #Peoples250 is telling stories that must be told.…
9/10 at the Capitol Campus: How Workers are Making Their Pension Plans Work for Them in the Trump Era – Join CORPaTH and the KI
July 27th, 2026
This half-day event will include public and Taft-Hartley pension trustees, along with capital stewardship professionals, in presentations and interactive discussion on defined benefit pensions and best practices on how plans can still invest in ways that benefit workers while meeting fiduciary obligations in a challenging political environment.…
Kalmanovitz Practitioner Fellow Debbie Berkowitz Warns Recent OSHA Decision Could Send the Message “OSHA is giving employers a pass” When Workers are “seriously injured” | TIME Magazine
June 27th, 2026
Debbie Berkowitz, a former OSHA adviser who is now a fellow at Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, reviewed the OSHA file for the DPR Construction incident and…
Kalmanovitz practitioner fellow Debbie Berkowitz Quoted in AFL-CIO Report “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect”
May 23rd, 2026
The AFL-CIO’s 35th Annual ‘Death on the Job’ Report provides a national and state-by-state analysis of workers’ health and safety and policy recommendations for how the government can…
