Archive: Joseph A. McCartin

• Global Women / Global Work

  Join us at 4pm on Monday, September 26 in Copley Formal Lounge for an event exploring the experiences of working women whose lives are impacted by globalization in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

  Categories: Events, Our Staff Tags: Anthropology, Arab Studies, Denise Brennen, Discussion, Events, Fida Adely, Foreign Service, Globalization, Gwendolyn Mikkell, Joseph A. McCartin, Women, Women's and Gender Studies, You-Me Park

• Fixing Los Angeles and Bargaining for the Common Good

  On Wednesday, July 13, nearly 150 representatives of community organizations, unions, think tanks, and universities gathered to look closely at the success of the “Fix LA” movement and discuss the state of Bargaining for the Common Good efforts around the country.

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events Tags: AFSCME, AFT, Amisha Patel, Amy Schur, Bargaining for the Common Good, BCG, Center for Popular Democracy, Fix LA, Gilda Valdez, Jobs with Justice, Joseph A. McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, Marilyn Sneiderman, Matthew Polk, Maurice Weeks, NEA, Patrick Dixon, People's Action, Peter Kuhns, PICO National Network, Randi Weingarten, Reverend William D. Smart, Saqib Bhatti, SEIU

• Celebrating Ten Years of Just Employment at Georgetown

  On November 5, 2015, Georgetown students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administrators gathered in Riggs Library to reflect and celebrate the way the university realizes its Catholic identity and Jesuit heritage to the men and women who sustain our campus: the Just Employment Policy (JEP).

  Categories: Events, In the News, Just Employment Policy, Student Leaders Tags: Bob Stumberg, Cal Watson, Caleb Weaver, Chris Kerr, DC Action Lab, Donte Crestwell, Erik Smulson, Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown University, Hannah Cook, Hunger Strike, Ignatian Solidarity Network, JEP, Joseph A. McCartin, Just Employment Policy, Kerry Danner McDonald, Lisa Krim, Living Wage, Natalie Yoon, Nick Wertsch, Raymond Kemp, Robert Groves, United Students Against Sweatshops, Virginia Leavell

• OVERTIME: Labor Stories of the Week (Jan 22, 2016)

  Will the snowstorm keep you hunkered down all weekend? Catch up on some vital labor stories from the week. Silencing students who speak out for workers. Four Loyola University Chicago students face

  Category: In the News Tags: Aramark, Child labor, Department of Labor, Interest rate swaps, Jesuit Values, Joseph A. McCartin, Loyola University Chicago, NLRB, Overtime, Public Education, Sexual violence, Teachers, the Big Short, Wall Street

• WCP: Action for Justice: The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

  The most recent Working-Class Perspectives post centers on the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, housed at Georgetown University, and its efforts to educate, agitate, and organi

  Categories: Our Staff, Visiting Scholars Tags: DC Action Lab, Jack DeGioia, Jess Chilin, John Russo, Joseph A. McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, President DeGioia, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Worker Justice, Working-Class Perspectives

• International Labor History Association Names KI's "Workers in Hard Times" Book of the Year

  The International Labor History Association announced Workers in Hard Times as the ILHA Book of the Year Award for 2014. The volume, edited by Leon Fink, Joseph McCartin, and Joan Sangster (Universi

  Category: Books Tag: Joseph A. McCartin

• In the News: Defending the Common Good in the New York Times

  [caption id="attachment_2270" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Photo by Andrew Sullivan for The New York Times.[/caption] This month, the New York Times turned to Kalmanovitz Initiative experts twice

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, In the News Tag: Joseph A. McCartin

• Public Sector Unionism Under Assault: How to Combat the Scapegoating of Organized Labor

  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

  Categories: Articles, Bargaining for the Common Good Tag: Joseph A. McCartin

• One Hundred Years of U.S. Labor and Employment Relations

  Registration from 8:30 am to 9 am. The conference will begin at 9 am.

  Please RSVP here by Wednesday, April 24th.

  Category: Events Tag: Joseph A. McCartin

• The PATCO Legacy and the Future of Collective Bargaining

  KI executive director Joseph A. McCartin was joined by former air traffic controllers to discuss the legacy of the 1981 PATCO strike. Professor McCartin’s new book, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America, was released in October 2011.

  Category: Events Tags: Collision Course, Joseph A. McCartin