Archive:Randi Weingarten

• 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 Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Center on Economic and Policy Research, Center on Race and the Economy, Eileen Appelbaum, Elizabeth Parisian, Events, Hedge Funds, Joseph McCartin, Maurice Weeks, Pension Funds, Private Equity, Randi Weingarten, Retirement Security, Wall Street

• 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