Archive: In the News
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Working Class Studies| Meeting Labor’s Moment by Lane Windham
The Kalmanovitz Initiative's Associate Director Lane Windham for Working Class Studies discusses the needed pivot away from neoliberalism and new laws, structures and approaches necessary to seize th
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Worker and Health Safety Training
The KI has TWO exciting new employment opportunities! We are looking for a worker safety trainer and a worker safety trainer student intern! Check out info here.
Categories: In the News, Worker and Health Safety Training
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2023 Labor Capital Strategies Fellowship: Applications DEADLINE EXTENDED
Deadline for Labor Capital Strategies Fellowship: February, 19, 2023 Application Here More Information
Categories: Announcements, In the News, Student Leaders
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Organizing Internship: Applications OPEN for PAID Spring ’23 KI Internship
KI Spring 2023 Internship deadline: Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET Kalmanovitz Initiative Spring 2023 Internship Each semester, KI recruits Georgetown students who are dedicated to
Categories: In the News, Organizing Internship, Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders
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Holy Cross | Joe McCartin on the Dual Fall of Workers’ Rights and Democracy and How Catholic Teachings Can Provide Guidance
In this talk, McCartin connects the current crisis of democracy in our politics, which is visible in this year when 2020 election deniers are poised to win election in many states, to the crisis of d
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1010 Wins | Black Workers, Unions, and the Fight for Equality
Dr. James Benton, Director of KI's Race and Economic Empowerment Project joins 1010 Wins to discuss "the role that Black workers have played in the history of unionizing and explore how the modern l
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On Point Radio | How the meatpacking industry skirted COVID safety regulations with the help of the White House
Debbie Berkowitz, Kalmanovitz practioner fellow and worker safety policy expert joins WBUR's On Point Radio to discuss how the meatpacking industry failed to protect workers during COVID-19 Am
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Organizing Internship: Application OPEN for PAID Fall 2022 KI Internship
Internship deadline: Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 11:59 pm ET Each semester, KI recruits Georgetown students who are dedicated to social justice towork with local and national groups advocating
Categories: In the News, Organizing Internship, Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders
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Financial Post | ‘No one wants to work anymore’: Employers complaining about labour shortages may simply not be paying enough
KI Executive Director Joe McCartin is Featured in a piece about the myth behind the common phrase "No one wants to work anymore" and the low wages which drive the current labor shortage “It’s
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Financial Times | ‘Union drip’ shows how the American labour movement is changing
KI Executive Director Joe McCartin is featured in a piece about "union drip" and the changing face of the American labor movement. "But the history of organised labour in the US shows that fa
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