Archive:Joseph McCartin
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Latin American Workers and COVID 19 (Video)
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.
Category: Events
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Disparities, Workers, and Community Responses to COVID 19: A Public Forum (Video)
On 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 responses. Longstanding inequalities – i
Categories: Events, Our Staff, Race and Economic Empowerment Project, Race and Economic Empowerment Project
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Schedule Social Justice for the Fall 2019 Semester
Georgetown offers an array of courses delving into issues of social justice taught by brilliant professors with expertise and real-life experiences in their field. We've highlighted some of these cour
Categories: Labor Studies, Uncategorized
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KI Luncheon Shines Spotlight on Workers’ Retirement Security
On Tuesday, July 18, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a luncheon discussion on a fundamental challenge facing working people in America: retirement security. More specifically, the event focused on the enormous fees paid to Wall Street fund managers who invest workers’ pensions in risky alternative assets such as private equity and hedge funds.
Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events
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Kalmanovitz Initiative to Help Build New Generation of Women’s Labor Leadership
Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will identify, nurture, train and convene a new generation of diverse, female labor leaders in a collaborative effort with Rutgers
Category: Our Staff