Archive: News
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Labor Spring Speaker Event: “If You Want to Change the World, Join the Labor Movement”
Author, activist, and labor organizer Jane Slaughter, former editor of Labor Notes, delivered remarks on why joining the labor movement is a powerful way for students to enact change locally and glob
Categories: Labor Spring, News
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Kalmanovitz Initiative Launches New Labor History Resource Project Website
Started by a team of labor and working-class historians and labor relations scholars, the Labor History Resource Project (LHRP) was developed to be used as a resource tool for educators, research
Categories: Announcements, News
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Event| Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice
On September 29th, 2022, The German Historical Institute, in partnership with The Kalmanovitz Initiative and The Blum Center, hosted "Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice." This event brought toget
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1010 Wins | Black Workers, Unions, and the Fight for Equality
Dr. James Benton, Director of KI's Race and Economic Empowerment Project joins 1010 Wins to discuss "the role that Black workers have played in the history of unionizing and explore how the modern l
Categories: In the News, News
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On Point Radio | How the meatpacking industry skirted COVID safety regulations with the help of the White House
Debbie Berkowitz, Kalmanovitz practioner fellow and worker safety policy expert joins WBUR's On Point Radio to discuss how the meatpacking industry failed to protect workers during COVID-19 Am
Categories: In the News, News
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Financial Post | ‘No one wants to work anymore’: Employers complaining about labour shortages may simply not be paying enough
KI Executive Director Joe McCartin is Featured in a piece about the myth behind the common phrase "No one wants to work anymore" and the low wages which drive the current labor shortage “It’s
Categories: In the News, News
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EVENT | Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good: Where Do We Stand and What Must be Done
On Tuesday, June 28, KI and Bargaining for the Common Good hosted a conversation, "Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good: Where Do We Stand and What Must be Done." Dorian Warren of Community Change l
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Student Blog | Centering Workers in the Environmental Justice Movement: An Opportunity for Solidarity
On June 2 and June 3, 2022 the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a virtual event, “The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World.”
Category: News
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Apply Now: Executive Director, Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity
Our partners at the Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity are working to hire their first full-time staff. See the full description for the Executive Director position below and consider apply
Category: News
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Rewatch Sessions from “The Pandemic Worker Wave”
On June 2-3, 2022, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a public forum, "The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact." The event featured two days, ten panels, and over 45 speakers who commented o