EVENT: AI & Global Workers’ Rights
January 24th, 2022
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 mor…
Events
EVENT: Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic
October 4th, 2021
Housing affordability has long been an issue of concern for residents of Washington ,& nbsp ; one of the major U . S . cities most affected by gentrification . Amid the…
EVENT: No Globalization without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality
September 14th, 2021
On September 9 , Jessica Champagne , the Deputy Director for Strategy and Field Operations for the Worker Rights Consortium led a conversation with Paul Adler , As…
WEBINAR: Just Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution
June 29th, 2021
On June 21 , KI and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hosted a webinar , ” Just & nbsp ; Transition & nbsp ; Strategies : Workers and the Green Revolution .” Special thanks to pa…
WEBINAR: “Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?”
March 26th, 2021
On Wednesday , March 24 , over 100 people gathered for a webinar on the emergence of far – right political parties and the impact of these parties on workers , progr…
Webinar: Taxing the Rich and Bargaining for Racial Justice in Connecticut
March 5th, 2021
On February 24th , hundreds of members of the Bargaining for the Common Good network gathered virtually to hear from organizers from & nbsp ; SEIU 1199 NE & nbsp ; and m…
DC 2021: Continuing Crises, Prospects for Change
February 5th, 2021
On February 3 , a group of local DC activists and thinkers gathered to reflect on a tumultuous 2020 and looked forward into a New Year in the District . The panel…
WEBINAR: Confronting the Digital Workplace: Whose Power? Whose Voice?
January 29th, 2021
On Wednesday , January 27th , KI convened an international panel featuring Christy Hoffman of UNI Global Union , Katie Wells , Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kalmanovit…
Race, Workers, and Voter Suppression (Video)
November 12th, 2020
Voter suppression in the United States has a corrosive effect on elections and participation in the political process . When combined with the steady erosion of…
Immigration, Human Rights, and Global Economic Renewal (Video)
October 26th, 2020
On Friday October 16 , the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a distinguished panel of experts for an online forum , Immigration , Human Rights , and Global Economic Ren…
Students’ Role in Fighting Gentrification (Video)
October 9th, 2020
KI hosted a candid conversation on the individual responsibility and systemic action necessary to fight gentrification, with a particular focus on the role of college students.
Mapping the Common Good: Lessons for Building BCG Campaigns
September 22nd, 2020
Over 150 activists and organizers from across the country gathered to learn about how to use the Bargaining for the Common Good network’s innovative mapping tool to help build innovative campaigns.
The Future of Worker Rights and Welfare Policies in Germany and America (Video)
July 17th, 2020
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung co-sponsored the webinar “A German-American Dialogue on Worker Rights and Welfare.” This July 7 panel was moderated by Lane Windham, Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative and co-director of WILL Empower.
Intersectionality and Women’s Voting Rights Over the Past Century (Video)
July 17th, 2020
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, the National Parks Service, and WILL Empower co-sponsored the webinar “Gender, Race, Class, and the Vote: From the 19th Amendment to COVID-19” to discuss how race and class have shaped womens’ ability to vote over the past century. This June 23 panel was moderated by Lane Windham, Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative and co-director of WILL Empower.
How COVID-19 and Police Brutality Protests Could Change America’s Criminal Justice System (Video)
June 11th, 2020
The crises of America’s broken criminal justice system and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were on the minds of a distinguished panel during “Crises of the Common Good and Public Health,” a June 5 forum co-sponsored by the Kalmanovitz Initiative and Georgetown’s Prisons and Justice Initiative.
Latin American Workers and COVID 19 (Video)
May 20th, 2020
On Friday, May 8, 2020, the Kalmanovitz Initiative, the Global Health Initiative, and the Center for Latin American Studies hosted a seminar on government responses to the global pandemic in Latin America, particularly as they relate to Latin American workers.
Disparities, Workers, and Community Responses to COVID 19: A Public Forum (Video)
April 29th, 2020
n April 29 , 2020 , KI hosted a virtual discussion on the role of inequality in the COVID 19 pandemic that featured local perspectives on workers and community…
KI Marks ILO Centenary with Major Convening Featuring Speakers from Six Continents
December 9th, 2019
he KI convened a major international labor conference to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the International Labor Organization ( ILO ) in Was…
Academics, Organizers, and Activists Gather to Address Bank Worker Organizing
August 21st, 2018
On Thursday, July 19, the AFL-CIO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the CWA, the Committee for Better Banks, Rutgers’ Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, and the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a discussion on the importance of organizing bank workers. The event featured introductory remarks from the KI’s Director Joseph McCartin and Sara Burke from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, followed by an overview of Bargaining for the Common Good presented by KI fellow Stephen Lerner and Lisa Donner from Americans for Financial Reform and a panel discussion featuring organizers, bank employees, and union staff members who have been deeply engaged in this work.
Scholars, Formerly Incarcerated Citizens Discuss Reforming Prison Labor
December 7th, 2017
Chaired by Marc Howard, Professor of Government and Law, this timely gathering touched upon an enormous segment of the workforce whom are largely hidden from public view. Besides cleaning, cooking, and doing the laundry within prisons themselves, many are leased out to state owned or private companies where they may be manufacturing a highly diverse array of products including clothing, processed foods, office supplies, license plates, and even American flags, often for less than $2 per day. During the recent California wildfires, as many as forty percent of the firefighters that were drafted in to beat back the flames would have listed a prison as their present residence.