Archive: In the News
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Salon | Sit-down strikes revolutionized the labor movement — could it happen again?
Matthew Rozsa writes on the a wave of labor activism, strikes, and resignations. He interviews KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin who speaks on the Flint sit-down strike. "The activists used the
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Mother Jones | Meatpackers “Prioritized Profits” Over Worker Safety During the Pandemic. A New Bill Would Force Them to Change.
KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz, is quoted in Mother Jones, discussing the importance of legislation to protect workers in meatpacking plants. She says of the Bill, sponsored by Ro Khanna (D-CA) and
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NPR | It’s Been a Minute: Was 2021 Labor’s Year?
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham appears on the NPR podcast, "It's Been a Minute" to talk about an increase in labor activism in 2021. "I think we are living through a worker rights revival. E
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The Progressive | One Question: What More Can Joe Biden Do to Help Working People?
KI Associate Director Lane Windham answer the, "What more can Joe Biden do to help working people?" in The Progressive. "He can listen. Working people are fed up after forty years of stagnant wag
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Quartz | Texans are bearing the cost of keeping the working class out of the statehouse
KI Executive Director, Joseph McCartin, and Program Manager, Juan Belman Guerrero, are quoted in this piece in Quartz. “In a lot of working-class jobs in Texas, where people are working from very
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Washington Post | Starbucks baristas are on the verge of forming a union. The company is pushing back.
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham speaks on the unionization efforts of Starbucks workers and the company's pushback to worker organizing in the Washington Post. “The pandemic really shook up w
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AP | Whistleblowers to play key role in enforcing vaccine mandate
KI Fellow Debbie Berkowitz comments on the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 that would require employees of large employers covered by OSHA to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to re
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Washington Post | Opinion: They worked so we could eat: What we learned from the pandemic’s meatpacking calamity
KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz is featured in a Washington Post editorial on the failure of meatpacking companies to protect their workers during the pandemic. Meatpacking plants suffered terrib
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NPR | ‘Striketober’ could have lasting impact on labor
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin appears on NPR's All Things Considered with Ailsa Chang to discuss Striketober and the Great Resignation. McCartin discusses the current wave of labor militancy wi
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The 40th Anniversary Of The PATCO Strike: The Strike That Changed American Labor | KALW
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin discusses the 40th anniversary of the PATCO Strike on "Your Call" on KALW in San Francisco. Listen to the full episode below. https://www.kalw.org/directions-to
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