Archive:What’s Happening at the KI
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WCP: The Unanswered Question about the Future of US Labor Unions
On Labor Day, Americans celebrate workers, including the accomplishments of labor unions. What might the future bring for American unions? Will new leadership at the AFL-CIO bring new energy to organ
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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Student Blog: Organizing with DCJWJ
Rebuilding a campaign and keeping momentum going after being knocked down is a tricky thing to do--it requires patience, persistence, and a strong belief in what you’re fighting for. As a KI Intern,
Categories: Organizing Internship, Updates
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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
Categories: In the News, Updates
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Student Blog: A Summer Well Spent
When Joe Burrow won the Heisman, I was glued to the TV. As a kid from a high school just 40 minutes away stood on an international stage, he brought together a community I didn't know existed, a comm
Categories: Labor Capital Strategies, Updates
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Innovating Change in a Time of Uncertainty
The KI continues to serve as an innovative hub for the next-gen workers' justice movement, despite the challenges of the pandemic. We've been working online since March 2020. As we prepare to make a
Category: Updates
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KI Statement: AFL-CIO Election of Liz Shuler as President and Fred Redmond as Secretary-Treasurer
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University congratulates the AFL-CIO leadership and members for today’s historic election of Liz Shuler as President of the AFL
Categories: Uncategorized, Updates
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Student Blog: Empowering Workers through Community
Dakyung Ham worked with ROC DC as part of KI's Summer 2021 Organizing Internship program. Apply to our Fall 2021 organizing internship program here. From the cheerful conversations in the g
Categories: Organizing Internship, Updates
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WCP: Fighting Poverty with Classism
Reform movements in the US have a long history of trying to address poverty by teaching, manipulating, and sometimes forcing working-class people to behave more like the middle class. In Working-Clas
Categories: Updates, Working-Class Perspectives
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Lowe Mill, Then and Now: Reimagining Industrial Spaces for the 21st Century
In my hometown, Huntsville, Alabama, one of the most popular attractions is a revitalized factory. While the hallmark exhibit of the area is the U.S. Space and Rocket center, this unlikely building h
Categories: Research in Action Internship, Updates
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KI Mourns the Passing of AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumka
We at the Kalmanovitz Initiative are shocked and saddened by the news today of the sudden passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. In a career that stretched from working as a miner, then an
Category: Updates