Archive:In the News
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BBC News| Lane Windham Discusses Historic UAW Strike | #HotLaborSummer
https://youtu.be/qTpkzuIUPug Lane Windham, Associate Director of The Kalmanovitz Initiative, sits with BBC news to discuss the first of its kind UAW strike. "It's the first time in the 80+ year
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Deadline Extended to 9/10 – Apply for KI Organizing Internship
KI Summer 2023 Internship deadline: September 10th, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET Kalmanovitz Initiative Fall 2023 Internship ***Georgetown Students! The deadline has been EXTENDED to apply to be an
Categories: In the News, Organizing Internship, Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders, Updates
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“These are Working Class People That Make The Projects we Love Happen” #WGAStrong #SAGStrike
They're facing an existential crisis" - The KI's Dawn Carpenter, Director of The Solidarity Economy Workshop recently visited a WGA/SAG picket line in Los Angeles California. She spoke to workers on
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Georgetown Students!! Applications are now OPEN for PAID Fall ’23 KI Internship
KI Summer 2023 Internship deadline: September 3rd, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET Kalmanovitz Initiative Fall 2023 Internship Each semester, KI recruits Georgetown students who are dedicated to social
Categories: In the News, Organizing Internship, Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders, Updates
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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
Category: In the News
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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
Categories: In the News, Solidarity Economy Workshop
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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
Category: In the News