Archive: Events
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Alta Gracia: Proof that Decent Working Conditions ARE Possible
Diana Karakos of the International Labor Rights Forum reflected on what she learned about living wage apparel from the Kalmanovitz Initiative's panel discussion of the Alta Gracia factory last month
Categories: Anti-Sweatshop Sourcing, Events
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Doing What Works: A Forum on Unions and Workplace Flexibility
The Kalmanovitz Initiative co-sponsored a lunch discussion on workplace flexibility within the union context. Dr. Peter Berg of Michigan State University presented, with discussants Elizabeth Bunn (AFL-CIO), Armeta Dixon (1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East), and Kris Rondeau (AFSCME).
Category: Events
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Kalmanovitz Initiative Capitol Hill Briefing
The Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a briefing at the Georgetown University Law Center featuring Daniel Ernst (GU Law), Nelson Lichtenstein (UC Santa Barbara), Emily Stewart (UFCW), and Jennifer Luff (KI).
Category: Events
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Film Screening: Igual Que Tu
[caption id="attachment_250" align="alignnone" width="800"] Film maker Ellie Walton, and her collaborators Noe, Shorty, Benjamin, Anibal, and Gato, and Kalmanovitz Initiative undergraduate assistant J
Category: Events
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Continuity and Change in Labor Codes in Latin America
April 14, 2010 Kalmanovitz Initiative Seminar Series: "The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Continuity and Change in Labor Codes in Latin America," Professor Matt Carnes, S.J. When do
Category: Events
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Labor, the Left and the Obama Era
The Kalmanovitz Initiative partnered with Dissent, The Nation, and The American Prospect for a discussion on “Labor, the Left, and Progressives in the Obama Era.”
Category: Events
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KI Director Speaks at NLRB
KI executive director Joseph A. McCartin presented on “Labor’s Great War: Then and Now” at the headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.
Categories: Events, In the News, Our Staff
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Broken Laws and Unprotected Workers
Ruth Milkman, director of the UCLA Labor Center, discussed the problem of wage theft and its impact on America’s most vulnerable workers.
Category: Events
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Transnational Labor Relations
In partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Kalmanovitz Initiative sponsored a forum to discuss problems created when transnational corporations bargain collectively internationally, but refuse to do so domestically in the United States.
Category: Events
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Launching the Kalmanovitz Initiative
A reception on November 10 in Riggs Library at Georgetown University marked the formal launch of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. A gathering of over 100 supporters from t
Category: Events