Archive: Publications

  • Fixing LA and Remaking Public Sector Bargaining

    On July 13, 2016, the Kalmanovitz Initiative released Fixing Los Angeles and Remaking Public Sector Collective Bargaining: A Case Study of “Bargaining for the Common Good. This report, prepared with the support of labor and community leaders in Los Angeles, chronicles the successful 2014-2016 Fix LA campaign that achieved great gains for over 20,000 public sector workers and the L.A. community.

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  • Public Sector Unionism Under Assault

    The most recent issue of the New Labor Forum features an article entitled “Public Sector Unionism Under Assault: How to Combat the Scapegoating of Organized Labor” written by Professor Joseph McCartin, the Kalmanovitz Initiative’s executive director.

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  • Unpredictable, Unsustainable

    On June 11, 2015, DC Jobs with Justice, the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Kalmanovitz Initiative released the first-ever study on service sector scheduling practices in Washington, DC.

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  • Bargaining for the Future

    With President Obama’s election behind us, questions about the future direction of organized labor and its allies have become more pressing. Nearly six years ago, Obama’s election raised hopes that great changes were in the offing.

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  • What Works for Workers

    Over the past thirty years, the dramatic polarization of the U.S. labor market has stalled middle-class income growth and real wages for unskilled workers have dropped.

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