Archive: Labor History
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KI Marks ILO Centenary with Major Convening Featuring Speakers from Six Continents
The KI convened a major international labor conference to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Washington, D.C. on November 21 and 22.
Categories: Events, Labor Studies
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Lane Windham, KI Associate Director, Receives Prestigious Labor History Award
KI Associate Director Lane Windham has been awarded the prestigious 2018 David Montgomery Award from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) at its annual meeting in Sacramento, California. The
Categories: In the News, Our Staff, People, Women Innovating Labor Leadership
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SCOTT: What My Grandfather Taught Me About Economic Justice
Amanda L. Scott is an Alabama native, D.C. transplant, civil rights paralegal in the Georgetown University Class of 2019. I was born and raised in a working-class family in Chickasaw, Alabama, a sm
Category: Student Leaders
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Introducing Our New Fellow, Lane Windham
We are delighted to share with you that Lane Windham is joining the Kalmanovitz Initiative as a fellow. In her capacity as fellow, Lane will be helping the KI map out a program focusing on women and
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Remembrance
On March 21, 2011, the Kalmanovitz Initiative co-sponsored a symposium to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City. The fire resulted in the deat
Category: Events