Archive: In the News
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Quartz | Texans are bearing the cost of keeping the working class out of the statehouse
KI Executive Director, Joseph McCartin, and Program Manager, Juan Belman Guerrero, are quoted in this piece in Quartz. “In a lot of working-class jobs in Texas, where people are working from very
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Washington Post | Starbucks baristas are on the verge of forming a union. The company is pushing back.
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham speaks on the unionization efforts of Starbucks workers and the company's pushback to worker organizing in the Washington Post. “The pandemic really shook up w
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AP | Whistleblowers to play key role in enforcing vaccine mandate
KI Fellow Debbie Berkowitz comments on the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 that would require employees of large employers covered by OSHA to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to re
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Washington Post | Opinion: They worked so we could eat: What we learned from the pandemic’s meatpacking calamity
KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz is featured in a Washington Post editorial on the failure of meatpacking companies to protect their workers during the pandemic. Meatpacking plants suffered terrib
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NPR | ‘Striketober’ could have lasting impact on labor
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin appears on NPR's All Things Considered with Ailsa Chang to discuss Striketober and the Great Resignation. McCartin discusses the current wave of labor militancy wi
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The 40th Anniversary Of The PATCO Strike: The Strike That Changed American Labor | KALW
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin discusses the 40th anniversary of the PATCO Strike on "Your Call" on KALW in San Francisco. Listen to the full episode below. https://www.kalw.org/directions-to
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Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened | PBS NewsHour
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin comments on the changing dynamics of the workforce during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the PBS NewsHour. NORFOLK, Va. — When negotiations failed to prod
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It’s not a labor shortage — it’s a wage and workers rights shortage | The Hill
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham writes on the myth of the labor shortage and the need for comprehensive worker rights legislation in The Hill. As we approach Labor Day, America’s working
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Reaching the End of the PATCO Era? | The American Prospect
KI Executive Director writes about the legacy of the 1981 PATCO strike in The American Prospect and the future of unions, worker organizing, and the labor movement as the country faces new political
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The Changing Face of America’s Unions | Marketplace Radio
KI Associate Director Lane Windham appears on Marketplace Radio's Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly to describe the demographic shifts in America's unions and the impact of this shift on the labor mov
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