Archive:In the News

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Features KI Scholars Who Study the Working Class

  The Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured our Visiting Scholar John Russo and faculty affiliate Sherry Linkon and their efforts to unravel the mysteries of the American working class. The

  Categories: In the News, Labor Studies, Our Staff, People, Visiting Scholars Tags: Chronicle of Higher Education, Higher education, John Russo, Katherine Mangan, Labor Studies, News, Sherry Linkon, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Studies

• CHATLANI: Striking a Balance Between Profit, Workers, and the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are honored to host her blog posts on our website, including this in de

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: Coal, Economics, Energy, Environmental Justice, Industry Dive, Peabody Energy, Shalina Chatlani, Worker Rights

• CHATLANI: Recycling Is Good for the Environment. It Should Also Be Good for Workers

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are thrilled to feature her blog posts about the intersection of enviro

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: Environmental Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Recycling, Shalina Chatlani

• Celebrating Ten Years of Just Employment at Georgetown

  On November 5, 2015, Georgetown students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administrators gathered in Riggs Library to reflect and celebrate the way the university realizes its Catholic identity and Jesuit heritage to the men and women who sustain our campus: the Just Employment Policy (JEP).

  Categories: Events, In the News, Just Employment Policy, Student Leaders Tags: Bob Stumberg, Cal Watson, Caleb Weaver, Chris Kerr, DC Action Lab, Donte Crestwell, Erik Smulson, Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown University, Hannah Cook, Hunger Strike, Ignatian Solidarity Network, JEP, Joseph A. McCartin, Just Employment Policy, Kerry Danner McDonald, Lisa Krim, Living Wage, Natalie Yoon, Nick Wertsch, Raymond Kemp, Robert Groves, United Students Against Sweatshops, Virginia Leavell

• CHATLANI: Intersections of Race and Class in the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS '17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are proud to host her blog posts on our website, including this thought

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: CIW, Class, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Environmental Justice, Race, Shalina Chatlani, Working-Class Perspectives

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Mar 4, 2016)

  Missed out on labor news last week? We have you covered! In foul trouble. Labor rights advocates are accusing Nike of taking a big backward step in supply chain accountability by denying the Work

  Category: In the News Tags: Attorneys, Big Banks, Costco, Day Laborers, Digital media, Gawker, Higher education, Lawyers, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Nike, Outsourcing, Overtime, Tom Perez, Uber, Worker Rights Consortium, WRC

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Feb 26, 2016)

  [caption id="attachment_3374" align="aligncenter" width="981"] Photo credit: Jorge Ribas / The Washington Post[/caption] Catch up on the week's best labor stories in five minutes! Birthing a Supah P

  Category: In the News Tags: Apples, Cole Strangler, Fordham University, Hedge Funds, Lydia DePillis, NLRB, Overtime, Pope Francis, Super PAC, Supply chain, Tipping

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Feb 19, 2016)

  The week's best labor stories assembled, hyperlinked, and summarized here for your convenience. Game-changer. Just as we were editing our obituaries for the American labor movement, the sudden deat

  Category: In the News Tags: Bargaining for the Common Good, Catholic social teaching, contingent labor, Friedrichs, Justice for Janitors, Overtime, Pope Francis, right to work, Saint Paul, Saint Paul Teachers, Student debt

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Feb 12, 2016)

  Celebrate your love for worker justice this Valentine's Day weekend by catching up on some of the week's best labor stories! Our nation's capital, a haven for low-income workers? DC edges closer t

  Category: In the News Tags: Friedrichs, Hedge Clippers, Islamophobia, Layoffs, Muslims, Overtime, Paid Family Leave, Slave Labor, Strike, Strikes, Uber

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Feb 5, 2016)

  Some of the best labor stories of the week gathered, summarized, and hyperlinked for your convenience. Have a great weekend! Captive no more? 106 labor scholars recently petitioned the National La

  Category: In the News Tags: Catholic social teaching, Discrimination, Labor News, Labor Stories, Overtime, Racism, Religious liberty, Soccer, Uber, Women's Soccer