Archive: News
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DCist | Alexandria Firefighter Union Wins Historic Collective Bargaining Vote
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin speaks to DCist about a historic win for labor in Northern Virginia as firefighters in Alexandria gain collective bargaining rights. “It’s a big move. It’s
Categories: In the News, News
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The American Prospect | Why Union Membership Statistics Are Stupid
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham, comments in The American Prospect on labor activism, workers, and the shortcomings of labor statistics at telling the full story. People are fed up at work
Categories: In the News, News
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EVENT: Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
On February 9, KI and the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social practice hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives." The panel focused on writi
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Mother Jones | Workers Got Fed Up. Bosses Got Scared. This Is How the Big Quit Happened.
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham's book Knocking on Labor's Door is referenced in an article on "The Great Resignation." Quitting is, in some ways, the sad resort of an individualized working c
Categories: In the News, News
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DC Report | Younger Workers Lead Starbucks Union Organizing Effort
KI Executive Director, Joe McCartin comments on the ongoing organizing at Starbucks locations across the U.S. and the unfriendly environment of U.S. Labor Law. “It’s a kind of chicken and egg thin
Categories: In the News, News
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KI 2022 Summer Internship Applications Open
KI is now accepting applications for the Summer 2022 Research in Action and Organizing Internships. These paid internships are open to all Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students.Th
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Apply for WILL Empower’s 2022 Programs
WILL Empower is recruiting the next generation of apprentices, host sites, and members of its Emerging Leaders cohort for 2022. The WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program is a multi-pronged initiat
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WCP: Working-Class Scholars and Activists Bringing Change
In recent years, class has gained fresh attention as a system that creates and reinforces inequality. As Sarah Attfield writes in this week's Working-Class Perspectives, this is due in part to the ef
Categories: News, Working-Class Perspectives
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New York Times | The U.S. Labor Movement Is Popular, Prominent and Also Shrinking
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham, is quoted in The New York Times speaking on the present and future of the labor movement. “I see what’s happening right now as part of that strike wave. S
Categories: In the News, News
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EVENT: AI & Global Workers’ Rights
A recent Kalmanovitz Initiative -sponsored webinar on A.I. and Global Workers’ Rights on January 20 spotlighted the urgent need for working people to have more control over the design and implementat