Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

09/01/2026

We're excited to announce that Ward 1 Councilperson Raj along with representatives from Restaurant Organizing Collective will be joining us Friday!

Hey Georgetown! For Labor Day, we're working with the Workers' Rights Institute at the Capitol Campus to discuss how to really enforce labor law and progressive labor standards.

Creating safe workplaces doesn't stop at pro-worker legislation.

Come hear about how workers and their organizations can be empowered to enforce their rights in the workplace.

tinyurl.com/WRIKI

09/01/2026

Hey Georgetown! For Labor Day, we're working with the Workers' Rights Institute at the Capitol Campus to discuss how to really enforce labor law and progressive labor standards.

Creating safe workplaces doesn't stop at pro-worker legislation.

Come hear about how workers and their organizations can be empowered to enforce their rights in the workplace.

tinyurl.com/WRIKI

08/24/2026

SOLIDARITY WITH TRINITY WORKERS!

08/13/2026

How workers are making their pension plans work for them in the Trump era.

Join and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for this half-day event. Hear from public and Taft-Hartley pension trustees, along with capital stewardship professionals, in presentations and interactive discussion on defined benefit pensions and best practices on how plans can still invest in ways that benefit workers while meeting fiduciary obligations in a challenging political environment.

corpath.org/georgetown

08/13/2026

Join us for Labor Nights! We're teaming up with Theatre Alliance and the Labor Heritage foundation or a special showing of Woody Guthrie's American Song.

The August 13th showing will be followed by a community talk back

https://patron.theateralliance.org/ticketing/theateralliance/catalog/events

07/30/2026

https://lwp.georgetown.edu/ki-happening/blog-updates/ki-staff-and-students-hit-the-road-for-peoples250/

uses social media to shine a spotlight on people-centered history shaped by real experiences, communities, and working-class voices. From college students organizing their workplaces to Civil Rights history, is telling stories that must be told.

07/29/2026

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