Archive: In the News
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30 years of strikes: See how Hollywood’s massive walkout stacks up
Sag-Aftra's on strike, Big 3 Detroit automakers' contracts are set to expire soon - it's still #HotStrikeSummer. The KI's Associate Director Lane Windham weighs in on how today's labor actions measur
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Scholars’ Circle | Organizing contemporary Labor unions in the US
The Ki's Associate Director Lane Windham joins Scholars Circle to talk "a new labor awakening" https://scholarscircle.org/scholars-circle-labor-organizers-struggles-of-today-august-6-2023/?fbclid
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AMA Journal of Ethics | Meat and Poultry Plants are Endangering Workers
The KI's Debbie Berkowitz joins a team of medical experts to discuss how meat and poultry plants foster environments that endanger their mostly Black and Brown workforce. Most meatpacking work
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What does it Profit Trailer
https://youtu.be/6vLFCDnZ2zI Welcome to What Does It Profit. We are the podcast that explores the social and moral value of business. In Spring 2023, we launched our third season and can be foun
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EPI| At least 27 Workers a Day Suffer Amputations or Hospitalization from Workplace Injuries
A shocking 27 workers A DAY suffer workplace injuries that lead to amputation or hospitalization according to OSHA data collected by The Kalmanovitz Initiative's Debbie Berkowitz and Patrick Dixon.
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Background Briefing| Lane Windham Discusses Starbucks, Union Busting and Howard Schultz in The Hot Seat
Listen Here Photo Credit: CNN [Ian Masters] examines the lively hearing today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chaired by Bernie Sanders titled “No Company
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Organizing Internship: Applications OPEN for PAID Summer ’23 KI Internship
KI Summer 2023 Internship deadline: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET Kalmanovitz Initiative Summer 2023 Internship Each semester, KI recruits Georgetown students who are dedicated to
Categories: Announcements, In the News, Organizing Internship, Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders
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America’s Workforce| Lane Windham joins the AWF Podcast to Discuss Gen Z and Female Leadership’s Impact in the Labor Movement
Lane Windham, is the Associate Director of The Kalmanovitz Initiate for Labor and The Worker Poor and the co-director of WILL Empower "Windham is excited by the recent additions of women to leade
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WNCW 88.7 | Western North Carolina Native Dr. James Benton Of Georgetown University Recaps America’s Industrial Decline
The KI's own Dr. James Benton joins his hometown radio station WNCW 88.7 to discuss the industrial decline in America and how it impacted workers and transformed the path of American history. Pur
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WaPo | In a tight labor market, some states look to another type of worker: Children
It’s part of a persistent trend in labor economics, experts say. When employers struggle to find talent, many prefer to hire younger, cheaper workers rather than increase pay and benefits to att
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