Archive: News
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Call for Nominations: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University will convene a major public virtual gathering entitled, "The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public
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Bloomberg | U.S. Labor’s Watershed Year Failed to Boost Union Memberships
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham appears in Bloomberg, commenting on recent reports about union membership and union density in the U.S. “Unions always can organize more, they can do more to e
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National Catholic Reporter | What Catholic social teaching has to say about the Great Resignation
KI Associate Director, Lane Windham; program manager, Juan Belman Guerrero; and Catholic Labor Network Executive Director, Clayton Sinyai comment on Catholic Social Teaching and labor activism in the
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Labor History Today | MLK at the AFL-CIO in 1961
KI Executive Director, Joseph McCartin spoke on Labor History Today on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s labor activism and a speech before the AFL-CIO. Listen to the episode here: https
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Marketplace | What the Supreme Court’s rulings on workplace vaccine mandates mean
KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz is interviewed by "Marketplace Morning Report" on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down OSHA's testing and vaccine mandate. Listen to the int
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Deadline Extended: Spring LCS Fellowship
The deadline has been extended for the Spring Labor Capital Strategies (LCS) Fellowship. Applications are now due Monday, January 17. These paid fellowships match undergraduate and graduate students
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Washington Post | Court packing isn’t the only way to reform the Supreme Court
KI Senior Resident Fellow, Leon Fink, discusses the historical precedent for Supreme Court reform in the Washington Post. There is widespread hand-wringing about the state of the U.S. Supreme
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The American Prospect | Can OSHA Keep Workers Safe? The Court Hears the Case Tomorrow.
KI Fellow, Debbie Berkowitz writes in The American Prospect on the upcoming hearing before the Supreme Court on the the Biden Administration's new OSHA standard on vaccines and testing. As COV
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Your Call Radio | The fight for workers’ rights in 2021 & the path ahead
KI's Lane Windham appears on KALW's radio show Your Call Radio to discuss the year in workers rights. https://www.kalw.org/show/your-call/2021-12-15/the-fight-for-workers-rights-in-2021
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ABC | Starbucks employees vote to unionize at Buffalo location.
KI Associate Director Lane Windham speaks on the unionization effort of Starbucks workers in Buffalo on ABC's podcast, Start Here. Listen to the interview here or read the transcript below. I
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