Archive:In the News
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“Five Things the New BLS Union Membership Statistics Don’t Tell You” – Associate Director Lane Windham for In These Times Magazine
America’s labor movement has been going through a transition over the last decade that is far more layered and nuanced — and that holds more potential for future growth — than the BLS annual membersh
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“UAW-Volkswagen Deal Presents Pivotal Win as Challenges Mount” Lane Windham for Bloomberg
The deal could increase workers’ interest in joining a union, particularly at locations where the UAW had previously tried to organize. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we see increased organizing acti
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Could Sisyphus Have Tried Harder? Reflections on the Sweeney Administration’s Efforts at Mass Organizing, Thirty Years Later| Lane Windham in New Labor Forum
On December 19, 2024, Amazon delivery driver Jogernsyn Cardenas stopped his van to join the strike in Queens, New York and was arrested. Photo: Luis Feliz Leon Read the full Article in New Lab
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As the ILA strike pauses, Lane Windham Discusses What’s at Stake
Listen here on Background Briefing Lane Windham is an experienced organizer, educator, historian and activist. She holds a doctoral degree in U.S. history and her book about union organizing in t
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US Dealmakers Forced to Adjust as Unions Flex Their Muscles
Lane Windham, associate director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, said unions began taking an active shareholder approach in the 1970s. “What is
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Despite “weak,” U.S Labor Law, Labor Activity is Heating up in Alabama for Auto Workers. The KI’s Lane Windham Weighs in for Alabama.com
...Lane Windham is a labor historian with Georgetown University. She said an uptick in union activity has been taking place nationwide since the pandemic, as ideas about work changed. The demands
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Debbie Berkowitz Discusses Worker Safety in Chicken Processing with the John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Listen Here In this podcast with the John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Berkowitz teases out in vivid detail how, in the more than 40 years since, the industry has systematically ignored thi
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Several Higher Ed Organizations in Philly Gather for #LaborSpring
On April 5th, Outside City Hall in downtown Philadelphia, over 50 workers and supporters gathered to speak up and speak out on the unjust conditions under which contingent faculty (part time and non
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“It’s Been a Long Time Since We’ve Seen Something Like This” – Lane Windham on Starbucks Labor Update | Reuters
"It's been a long time since we've seen something like this, and certainly never in the service sector" - KI's Associate Director Lane Windham on the possibility of labor contract negotiations betw
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Scripps News Weekend| Lane Windham| The Year of The Strike
Lane Windham, Associate Director of The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and The Working Poor discusses the recent UAW strike and the wave of worker support sweeping the country on Scripps News Weeke
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