10/03/2022
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09/29/2022
Critical Race Feminism and Common Good Unionism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Bargaining for the Common Good has partnered with Nonprofit Quarterly for a new series: "Building a Movement for The Common Good"
Their fourth article recently posted "Critical Race Feminism and Common Good Unionism."
Read, Like and Share and make sure to check out NonProfit Quarterly
Steered by women of color and centering bold demands for racial, gender, and economic justice, community organizations are putting critical race feminism into practice.
09/22/2022
We are excited to announce "Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice" at German Historical Institute in partnership with Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy. This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Register here: https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/guaranteed-income-as-economic-justice
08/26/2022
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University is pleased to welcome Alexis Harper as the new Director of Communications and Events.
Alexis is a seasoned community organizer who is adept at shaping messages for the movement and media, and who has worked extensively with diverse and underserved groups. She is a doctoral candidate in African American Literature at Howard University where she has excelled in teaching composition and writing to undergraduate students. She has led mutual aid efforts with various DC grassroots organizations and co-edits the Washington Revolutionary newsletter. She served as a 2021 Modern Language Association (MLA) Teaching and Pedagogy Institute Fellow. She holds a MA in English Literature from Virginia Tech.
As the Kalmanovitz Initiative's Director of Communications and Events, Alexis will help the K.I. expand and deepen our efforts to help improve workers' lives in a changing economy. She will be the lead on the K.I.'s public messaging, media work, social media and event logistics and planning, and will be part of program development and implementation.
Please join us in welcoming Alexis Harper to the Kalmanovitz Initiative team!
08/23/2022
How the meatpacking industry skirted COVID safety regulations with the help of the White House
"There was this collusion between the Trump administration and the industry to sacrifice workers and their communities so that this industry can make money,"
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Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor fellow Debbie Berkowitz joins On Point Radio from WBUR 90.9 FM to discuss how the meat packing industry "skirted" COVID safety protocols throughout.
The nation's meatpacking companies skirted COVID safety regulations. And they did it with the White House's help, according to a little known Congressional report. So how’d they get away with it?
08/12/2022
'No One Wants To Work Anymore' Is A Complaint As Old As Work Itself
"...that sidesteps the key issue, which is that a lot of jobs, for the amount of wear and tear and the hard labor involved — they just don’t pay enough.”
The Kalmanovitz Initiative's Joseph McCartin speaks to Financial Advisor about the history of often repeated comment, "Nobody wants to work anymore."
History shows that the complaint often is heard whenever the U.S. faces hard times.
08/04/2022
What Can Labor Do to Build on this Unusually Promising Moment?
In case you missed last week's discussion on what labor can do to meet the current moment, you can view the recording here!
https://youtu.be/nXg1EsPS_GE
This is the most promising moment for the American labor movement in decades. Not only have there been historic union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, but ...
07/20/2022
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
🎬 On Monday July 25th, KI Fellow Debbie Berkowitz will join Director, Samuel George, of the Bertelsmann Foundation in a discussion of his documentary film Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike.
To watch the screening of the documentary and hear this live conversation afterwards, tune in here at 6pm ET! ⬇️
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4Um8l5fiRDO-eZ43KlowjA
Join the Oberlin Club of Washington DC, the Bertelsmann Foundation, and DC LaborFest for this special screening of the documentary film Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike. “The old American dream just seems to be gone,” says Walt Hill, the Contract Coordinator for Local 1196 in the decaying steel...
07/15/2022
What Can Labor Do to Build on this Unusually Promising Moment?
On July 28th our very own Joe McCartin will join Sara Nelson,
Chris Smalls, and Jaz Brisack to discuss the current moment in the labor movement.
What are the next steps for interested workers and for established unions? What will it take to strengthen the labor movement and make sure it fights for fairness for all workers?
Tune in to "What Can Labor Do to Build on this Promising Moment?" for discussions on these questions and more
📆 Thursday July 28, 2-3 PM Eastern Time
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-can-labor-do-to-build-on-this-unusually-promising-moment-tickets-380700223617
Join leading figures behind the surge in union organizing as we discuss how best to increase worker power.
07/06/2022
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Interfaith Support for the PRO Act. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join our friends at the Catholic Labor Network for a webinar on interfaith support for the !
🗓 Wednesday, July 13th | 2pm ET
Register Here ➡️ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclfuirrjgtGdErjqWMuFl4uWfTe-Vbx1Rs
Faith leaders from dozens of denominations and organizations have lined up in support of the PRO Act, which would protect workers seeking to organize a union at their place of work. Join us for this one hour webinar to hear several of those faith leaders explain why they are calling for passage of t...
06/30/2022
Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good: Where Do We Stand and What Must be Done?
ICYMI: This week, we hosted a conversation with Bargaining for the Common Good on the crisis of democracy in the workplace and at large. Our panelists considered how building worker power and thinking expansively about bargaining is important to preserving democracy in the United States and around the world.
Watch the replay of this timely conversation below.
A book talk and conversation on democracy inside and outside the workplace.
06/27/2022
Apply Now: Executive Director, Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
KI is proud to have played a central role in incubating the new Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity. We're looking for staff to build on this important work!
📢 Help us find a dynamic, passionate activist to serve as the first Executive Director of IN4WS. See the full job description and link to apply below. Please share with those in your networks who may be interested.
Our partners at the Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity are working to hire their first full-time staff. See the full description for the Executive Director position below and consider applying at this link. The Interreligious Network for Worker Solidarity (IN4WS) educates, convenes, and mo...
06/22/2022
Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good
➡ Join us Tuesday, June 28 for a conversation on building labor power and the future of our democracy.
Register for, "Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good," featuring an all-star panel of scholars, activists, and leaders.
A discussion with the editors of The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy and contributors to a chapter on the common good.
06/03/2022
Voting and Democracy in a New Social Compact
Voting and Democracy in a New Social Compact
06/02/2022
Why Are Young Workers Organizing / New Social Compact
Why Are Young Workers Organizing / New Social Compact
06/02/2022
Rethinking Bargaining and Building Worker Power
Rethinking Bargaining and Building Worker Power
06/02/2022
Schedule: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
📢 Starting today: "The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact." Join us for 10 panels over two days on workers, voting, housing, environmental justice, and more.
Explore the full schedule and register below.
June 2 – June 3 REGISTER The panels below remain in development and are subject to change. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Thursday, June 2 Friday, June 3
05/26/2022
The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Workin
📢 Just One Week Away: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact!
We are so excited for two days worth of conversations with activists and scholars on building a post-pandemic world that works for working people. Join Representative Congressman Andy Levin (MI-9), E.J. Dionne, Jr, journalist and author Kim Kelly, Erica Smiley of Jobs With Justice, activists from SBWorkersUnited, AlphabetWorkers, REI Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and many more June 2-3 for this exciting event!
Register ⬇️
A multi-day, virtual convening hosted by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor June 2 - June 3
05/24/2022
The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Workin
The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Workin
A multi-day, virtual convening hosted by the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor June 2 - June 3
05/20/2022
Schedule: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
📆 We are 2 weeks away from our upcoming gathering, "The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact," Thursday, June 2 - Friday, June 3.
Check out the full schedule for the event below, including conversations with a range of activists, scholars, and leaders in the worker justice movement. Special thanks to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung United States | Canada for their support of this project.
June 2 – June 3 REGISTER The panels below remain in development and are subject to change. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Thursday, June 2 Friday, June 3
05/10/2022
Come work with us! - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
📣 We're looking for the newest member of the KI team to coordinate communications, events, and KI programs!
Help us spread the word about this hybrid, DC-based position. The ideal candidate will have a passion for worker justice and some experience using digital communications platforms. See the full description on our website.
We’re hiring a Director of Communications and Events to support all of KI’s programs and initiatives. See the full description below and share with potential candidates in your network. Contact [email protected] with questions. Apply here. Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for ...
05/05/2022
Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War
Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War co-sponsored with the Solidarity Center.
05/04/2022
Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge
"Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge," a webinar co-sponsored with the The Century Foundation.
04/29/2022
Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War
🇺🇦 Labor & Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War
Join KI and the Solidarity Center next Thursday, May 5 at 10am ET for an important conversation on the state of organized labor in Ukraine in a time of national emergency. What role does organized labor have in the ongoing humanitarian crisis and shaping the future of Ukraine?
A conversation on the Ukraine crisis and labor.
04/27/2022
⏰ Just a few days left for Georgetown University undergrads to apply to be a part of The Capitol Applied Learning Labs - CALL!
KI students at The CALL will gain hands-on experience engaging in questions of workers’ rights and the future of the labor movement. Students will develop the skills and knowledge needed to advance workers' rights and economic justice while participating in paid organizing internships and connecting with community leaders.
Apply by Saturday, April 30 ➡️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5eh5kjbnOVcPliBYp_PxrjsJBzY64KIemdJ9pc6nHK6FMYQ/viewform
04/26/2022
Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work
"Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work," co-sponsored with the Solidarity Center.
04/13/2022
Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work
WEBINAR: Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work: The Campaign for an ILO Convention
Join KI and the Solidarity Center on April 26 at 4pm ET for a conversation on ILO Convention 190 and the fight to end gender-based harassment and violence in the workplace. The event will feature the authors of "Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work: The Campaign for an ILO Convention," worker activists, and U.S.-based worker advocates.
A webinar on the book, "Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work: The Campaign for an ILO Convention."
04/12/2022
Just a few days left to apply to be a 2022 Women Innovating Labor Leadership apprentice or host site. Find out more about this exciting program and apply by April 15 ⬇️
https://www.willempower.org/apprentices/
📢 APPLY NOW to be a WILL Empower Apprentice or Host Site!
We are looking for our next class of WILL Empower apprentices and host sites! Activists interested in launching a career in worker justice and movement organizations interested in hosting an apprentice are invited to apply by April 15!
More ➡️ https://willempower.org/apprentices/
03/30/2022
Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact
Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact
03/25/2022
Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact
📆 Join us, Wednesday, March 30 at 11am ET for a webinar, "Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact." Our panel will discuss at-will employment and how to fix a system that fails workers.
The panel will feature Irene Tung of National Employment Law Project, Ugo Okere of Raise the Floor Alliance, Guilherme Machado Dray of Universidade de Lisboa, and Benjamin Sachs of Labor and Worklife Program.
A webinar on Envisioning Just Cause Employment
03/09/2022
KI 2022 Summer Internship Applications Open - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
🚨 Just a few days left to apply to KI's Summer 2022 Internships!
Georgetown undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for our paid internship program. Spend the summer advocating for worker justice while gaining valuable skills! Apply by Sunday, March 13.
KI is now accepting applications for the Summer 2022 Research in Action and Organizing Internships. These paid internships are open to all Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students. The Organizing Internship provides an opportunity for students to observe the impact of community and....
03/02/2022
***Reminder***
Join us for an Eviction Prevention Training with Latino Economic Development Center, today at 4pm ET. Georgetown students interested in housing justice are encouraged to attend!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH61odkMBzVy5_Sz5OLd3AUCiLqhqFbuKOuy1Z8pU8gXfaKg/viewform
Interested in advocating for Housing Justice in DC? Georgetown University students are invited to an Eviction Prevention Training with our friends at Latino Economic Development Center.
Students will help local partners spread the word about housing & anti-eviction resources available to DC residents. The training will take place on March 2 at 4pm on Zoom.
Register ⬇️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH61odkMBzVy5_Sz5OLd3AUCiLqhqFbuKOuy1Z8pU8gXfaKg/viewform…
02/28/2022
Interested in advocating for Housing Justice in DC? Georgetown University students are invited to an Eviction Prevention Training with our friends at Latino Economic Development Center.
Students will help local partners spread the word about housing & anti-eviction resources available to DC residents. The training will take place on March 2 at 4pm on Zoom.
Register ⬇️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH61odkMBzVy5_Sz5OLd3AUCiLqhqFbuKOuy1Z8pU8gXfaKg/viewform…
02/15/2022
KI 2022 Summer Internship Applications Open - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
☀️ Looking to spend your summer advocating for worker justice? KI's Summer 2022 research and organizing internship applications are now open!
Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply to this paid opportunity to build skills and contribute to meaningful campaigns in the DC-area and nationally. Applications are due on March 13 at 11:59 ET. Find out more below.
KI is now accepting applications for the Summer 2022 Research in Action and Organizing Internships. These paid internships are open to all Georgetown University undergraduate and graduate students. The Organizing Internship provides an opportunity for students to observe the impact of community and....
02/09/2022
Working-Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
Working-class people have long used writing to reflect on and to critique the the struggles, strengths, and pleasures of working-class life. Some have written alone, even in secret, while others gathered in writing workshops offered through unions, libraries, community centers, and alternative schools. While working-class writing provides thoughtful, moving, often humorous insights on working-class life, it often reaches only local audiences or is kept tucked away and private.
In this panel, we’ll hear about some strategies for developing, collecting, and archiving working-class writing and consider why such efforts matter.
02/01/2022
Calling young leaders in the worker justice movement! Consider applying to the 2022 Women Innovating Labor Leadership Emerging Leaders cohort!
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https://www.willempower.org/emerging-leaders/
✨APPLY NOW for the WILL Empower Emerging Leaders Cohort Program!
✨APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 23rd!
The Women Innovating Labor Leadership Emerging Leaders Cohort brings together activists in the early stages of their careers in the in worker justice movement to participate in a dynamic and diverse cohort to discuss and shape their leadership plans and trajectories.
For more information visit: https://www.willempower.org/emerging-leaders/
01/31/2022
WEBINAR: Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
Join KI and the Lannan Center Readings, Georgetown University for a webinar on strategies for developing, collecting, and archiving working-class writing and why such efforts matter.
Mark Nowak of the Worker Writers School, Jessica Pauszek of Boston College and Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers, and Emma Penney of the Working-Class Writing Archive will speak on a panel moderated by Sherry Linkon.
Register➡️https://georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DNoL8QfcTSSQdX3tKLAQFA
01/24/2022
Call for Nominations: The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact - Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
✅ Accepting Nominations: An upcoming forum on the wave of worker activism during the pandemic, June 2-3.
The Kalmanovitz Initiative will host an international forum on the deep inequities exposed by the pandemic and the future of worker organizing and power, "The Pandemic Worker Wave & a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World."
Submit nominations of people, panels, workshops, film, or cultural offerings by February 28. Nominees are not obligated to participate and self-nominations are acceptable.
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University will convene a major public virtual gathering entitled, “The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World,” June 2-3, 2022, to explore and amplif...
01/20/2022
A.I. & Global Workers’ Rights
An international webinar on the challenges of AI in the workplace.
01/19/2022
What Catholic social teaching has to say about the Great Resignation
"Catholic social teaching has long supported all people's right to engage collectively and to be part of a union, and our current pope has made that all the more clear...
The bad jobs we've been having for 30 years, the bad pay, the horrible hours, the no child care, it's not working for us. And then you throw a pandemic on top of it and ask people to risk their livelihood and they're just not going to do it."
KI's Lane Windham and Juan Belman Guerrero featured in the National Catholic Reporter commenting on the "Great Resignation."
When Leo Mendoza's parents got COVID-19, both had to go without pay while they recovered. His father, who drives pilots and airline crews in L...
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Voting and Democracy in a New Social Compact
Why Are Young Workers Organizing / New Social Compact
Rethinking Bargaining and Building Worker Power
Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War
Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War co-sponsored with the Solidarity Center.
Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge
"Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge," a webinar co-sponsored with the The Century Foundation.
Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work
"Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work," co-sponsored with the Solidarity Center.
Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact
Working-Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
Working-class people have long used writing to reflect on and to critique the the struggles, strengths, and pleasures of working-class life. Some have written alone, even in secret, while others gathered in writing workshops offered through unions, libraries, community centers, and alternative schools. While working-class writing provides thoughtful, moving, often humorous insights on working-class life, it often reaches only local audiences or is kept tucked away and private. In this panel, we’ll hear about some strategies for developing, collecting, and archiving working-class writing and consider why such efforts matter.
A.I. & Global Workers’ Rights
An international webinar on the challenges of AI in the workplace.
Understanding OSHA's New COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
A conversation with Debbie Berkowitz on OSHA’s new ETS to protect workers from COVID-19.
Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic
A virtual conversation on the state of housing in the DC area with KI and the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative.
No Globalization Without Representation
A webinar, “No Globalization without Representation” with Paul Adler of Colorado College and Jessica Champagne of the Worker Rights Consortium
Just Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution
Building Toward A New Social Compact
Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class
New Social Compact: The Future of Work: Lessons from Organizing ride share drivers and the politics of the gig economy in California
New Social Compact: Migration & a Transnational New Social Compact
New Social Compact: Social Protection and Global Resilience
Social Protection and Global Resilience Evelyn Astor, Advisor on Economic and Social Policy, International Trade Union Confederation Isabel Ortiz, Director, Global Social Justice Program, Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University Adriana Paz-Ramirez, Latin America Regional Coordinator, International Domestic Worker Federation Eric Manzi, Secretary General, Rwanda Workers Trade Union Confederation (CESTRAR) Moderated by Cathy Feingold, International Director, AFL-CIO; Deputy President, ITUC Spanish Interpretation Provided
Rebuilding with Care: The Infrastructure of Equity
Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class
New Social Compact Project - Workers' Technology Rights as 21st C Labor Standards
An Economy for People & Planet: What Would it Take?
Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class
Getting It Right This Time: A Roundtable Discussion on the New Social Compact
Getting It Right This Time: Discussing the New Social Compact in the PRO Act Moment Part of Constructing a New Social Compact Program: A Public Forum for Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class Featuring: Erica Smiley, Executive Director, Jobs with Justice William P. Jones, historian, president LAWCHA, University of Minnesota William Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO Reyna Lopez Osuna, Executive Director, PCUN Moderated by Lane Windham, Associate Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University
The Future of Workers and Democracy
Part of Constructing a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Empowering the Post-Pandemic Working Class Featuring: - Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation - Chris Lu, Senior Fellow, UVA Miller Center - Sarita Gupta, director, Ford Foundation's Future of Work(ers) Program - Moderated by Joseph McCartin, Executive Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University
"Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?”
A conversation with an esteemed panel on far-right political movements and the challenge the pose to unions and progressives. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung United States | Canada Central Labor Council of Nashville & Middle TN
DC 2021: Continuing Crises, Prospects for Change
A panel of activists and locals review 2020 and talk about 2021 in the District.
Confronting the Digital Workplace: Whose Power? Whose Voice?
An international conversation on the the challenges to workers and consumers in the emerging digital workplace.
I'll Be There Awards 2020
It's been hard year but KI is proud to stand with DC Jobs With Justice in the struggle for worker rights, immigrant justice, and affordable housing. Join us tonight at 6pm at #IBTA2020 as we celebrate our movements: https://www.dcjwj.org/register2020/ "And we won't be silent anymore!"
Immigration, Human, Rights, and Economic Renewal
A wide-ranging virtual discussion on the future of immigration, refugees, and human rights.
Students Role in Gentrification: a Candid Conversation
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Toward a Progressive 2020s--A German-American Dialogue on Worker Rights and Welfare
A conversation on the future of worker rights and welfare policies with Jens Zimmermann, Bundestag delegate from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Hesse. Topics of discussion will include universal job security and unemployment rights, police violence, regulating the digital economy, immigration and citizenship access, racial and gender justice in public institutions, and planning for climate and public health emergencies.
Gender, Race, Class, and the Vote: From the 19th Amendment to COVID-19
A virtual discussion on how race and class have shaped women’s voting rights over the past century, from ratification of the 19th Amendment to the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. #HerstoryVote
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On September 29th in collaboration with the German Historical Institute and Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative, the Blum Center is presenting a public roundtable on “Guaranteed Income as Economic Justice” in Washington, DC. This event will be followed by a two-day scholarly workshop, “Beyond Work for Pay? Basic-Income Concepts in Global Debates on Automation, Poverty, and Unemployment (1920-2020),” that the Blum Center is also co-sponsoring.
Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor German Historical Institute
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Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor German Historical Institute
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“Bargaining for the Common Good was not the product of any individual union or community organization’s vision or commitment of resources... The unions and community networks that pioneered the network— including the Chicago Teachers Union, Grassroots Collaborative, CTUL, SEIU Local 26, Saint Paul Federation of Educators, ISAIAH, and the municipal unions and community organizations of Los Angeles that came together in the FIX L.A. campaign— realized that they could build more power for their constituents and members by deepening their alignments with each other... to meet the challenges of 21st century capitalism both in and beyond the workplace."
Now at The Nonprofit Quarterly, read about the innovative structure of Bargaining for the Common Good in this piece by Joseph A. McCartin (Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor), Marilyn Sneiderman (Center for Innovation in Worker Organization) and Maurice BP-Weeks (Formerly Action Center on Race and the Economy)⬇️⬇️⬇️
Now at The Nonprofit Quarterly, read about the innovative structure of Bargaining for the Common Good in this piece by Joseph A. McCartin (Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor), Marilyn Sneiderman (Center for Innovation in Worker Organization) and Maurice BP-Weeks (Formerly Action Center on Race and the Economy)⬇️⬇️⬇️
Interested in learning more about Bargaining for the Common Good ()? Well, here's a great place to get started!
Bargaining for the Common Good Center for Innovation in Worker Organization Marilyn Sneiderman Stephen Lerner Action Center on Race and the Economy Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
Bargaining for the Common Good Center for Innovation in Worker Organization Marilyn Sneiderman Stephen Lerner Action Center on Race and the Economy Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
📣📰This month The Nonprofit Quarterly is featuring articles about the growing work of Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG). Today, read an introduction to BCG.
“BCG was formed during the aftershocks of the Great Recession in 2014 and brought together unions, racial justice groups and community groups to challenge the growing austerity in the public sector that had been devastating to our communities and jobs. Over the last eight years, BCG has dramatically expanded its work with convenings and campaigns focused on racial justice, housing, K-12 education, higher education, and environmental Justice/climate change.”
Many thanks to our BCG co-convening organizations, Action Center on Race and the Economy and Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, and the BCG Advisory Committee members!
⬇️Read more at The Nonprofit Quarterly⬇️
“BCG was formed during the aftershocks of the Great Recession in 2014 and brought together unions, racial justice groups and community groups to challenge the growing austerity in the public sector that had been devastating to our communities and jobs. Over the last eight years, BCG has dramatically expanded its work with convenings and campaigns focused on racial justice, housing, K-12 education, higher education, and environmental Justice/climate change.”
Many thanks to our BCG co-convening organizations, Action Center on Race and the Economy and Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, and the BCG Advisory Committee members!
⬇️Read more at The Nonprofit Quarterly⬇️
ICYMI: Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor hosted an important and powerful panel discussing the impact of young workers leading the organizing wave! Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly moderated the panel, which included members from BAmazonUnion, SBWorkersUnited, and REI Union SoHo, plus AlphabetWorkers member Emrys Adair!
HAPPENING NOW: check out REI Union SoHo worker Maia Hirschler and BAmazonUnion worker Isaiah Thomas talking on a panel about young worker organizing with Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor!
Fair Fight Action's Deputy Executive Director Liza Conrad is joining Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor latest public forum, The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact, to discuss the state of democracy in a post-pandemic world and more.
Tune in FRIDAY (6/3) at 11am ET. Register HERE ➡️
Tune in FRIDAY (6/3) at 11am ET. Register HERE ➡️
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor (KI) is seeking a Communications Director to be based in Washington, DC. Details can be found at: http://unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=22081 Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
🖱REGISTER NOW: "The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact: A Public Forum on Working-Class Prosperity in a Transformed World."
This Thursday and Friday, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will host a virtual p***c forum featuring activists, scholars, and workers to discuss increased worker activism during the pandemic and building a post-pandemic economy that works for working people. Included in the list of speakers is Emrys Adair, a worker organizing with Alphabet Workers Union-CWA.
Register for free here: https://pandemicworkerwave.eventbrite.com
This Thursday and Friday, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will host a virtual p***c forum featuring activists, scholars, and workers to discuss increased worker activism during the pandemic and building a post-pandemic economy that works for working people. Included in the list of speakers is Emrys Adair, a worker organizing with Alphabet Workers Union-CWA.
Register for free here: https://pandemicworkerwave.eventbrite.com
Thanks to the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor for hosting next week's "Pandemic Worker Wave" convening!
On Thu, Jun 2, REI Union SoHo worker Maia Hirschler will speak on a panel, "Why Are So Many Young Workers Organizing?" with SBWorkersUnited and AlphabetWorkers!
Register for this and many more conversations with workers:
On Thu, Jun 2, REI Union SoHo worker Maia Hirschler will speak on a panel, "Why Are So Many Young Workers Organizing?" with SBWorkersUnited and AlphabetWorkers!
Register for this and many more conversations with workers:
On April 27 in NYC, ISN hosted the 2022 Ignite: A Celebration of Justice—presenting awards to members of the Ignatian family who are committed to the work of justice.
This year's awards and awardees included....
...the Robert M. Holstein Faith Doing Justice Award:
→ Fr. Bryan Massingale, Fordham University
→ Marie Dennis, Pax Christi International
...the Legacy of the Martyrs Award:
→ The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University
...and the Moira O'Donnell Emerging Leaders for Justice Award:
→ James Havey, Marquette University '11
→ Amanda Montez, Loyola Marymount University '15
This year's awards and awardees included....
...the Robert M. Holstein Faith Doing Justice Award:
→ Fr. Bryan Massingale, Fordham University
→ Marie Dennis, Pax Christi International
...the Legacy of the Martyrs Award:
→ The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University
...and the Moira O'Donnell Emerging Leaders for Justice Award:
→ James Havey, Marquette University '11
→ Amanda Montez, Loyola Marymount University '15
Even before the global pandemic, artificial intelligence (A.I.) was poised to radically upend how people work all over the world. Now the coronavirus has hastened this transformation, accelerating and initiating trends in using A.I. in worker surveillance, education, organization, and performance measures. Will working people have a voice in how A.I. governs their workplaces and work lives? How is the A.I. work experience mediated by various countries’ laws and policies? How can a new social compact center worker rights and power even as A.I. and the pandemic revolutionize work?
Together with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, we invited policy experts and union leaders to consider these questions, and to see if answers can be found which listen to the voices and needs of workers.
Watch highlights of the conversation here.
To view the full-length event, visit the Kalmanovitz Initiative page: https://fb.watch/bafZRCCxTm/
Together with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, we invited policy experts and union leaders to consider these questions, and to see if answers can be found which listen to the voices and needs of workers.
Watch highlights of the conversation here.
To view the full-length event, visit the Kalmanovitz Initiative page: https://fb.watch/bafZRCCxTm/
📢 Calling all womxn working in worker justice movements! This is for you!
APPLY NOW for the WILL Empower (Women Innovating Labor Leadership) Emerging Leaders Cohort Program! → https://bit.ly/emerging2022
✨ HURRY! APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 23rd! ✨
The WILL Empower Emerging Leaders Cohort is for womxn in early stages of working in worker justice organizations who seek community, mentorship, knowledge of labor history and innovative strategies, resilience practices and much more.
For more information visit: https://www.willempower.org/emerging-leaders/
[Women Innovating Labor Leadership/WILL Empower, the legacy project of the Berger Marks Foundation, is a joint initiative of Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers University & Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University]
APPLY NOW for the WILL Empower (Women Innovating Labor Leadership) Emerging Leaders Cohort Program! → https://bit.ly/emerging2022
✨ HURRY! APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 23rd! ✨
The WILL Empower Emerging Leaders Cohort is for womxn in early stages of working in worker justice organizations who seek community, mentorship, knowledge of labor history and innovative strategies, resilience practices and much more.
For more information visit: https://www.willempower.org/emerging-leaders/
[Women Innovating Labor Leadership/WILL Empower, the legacy project of the Berger Marks Foundation, is a joint initiative of Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers University & Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University]
A new report outlines the economic toll brought on by the pandemic in our largest cities, showing how pre-existing inequities became worse for lower-paid workers, while leaving white-collar workers largely unscathed.
Rockefeller College, Princeton University Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
Rockefeller College, Princeton University Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
⏰ Due Friday: Applications for apprentices and host sites for the 2021 WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program
WILL Empower is recruiting recent college graduates and rank-and-file activists for our **paid** 2021 Apprenticeship program to the gain skills and experience needed to make a difference in the labor and worker justice movement. We are also seeking movement organizations to serve as host sites to invest in the next generation of a diverse leadership group and bring in fresh energy and talent to their organization.
See our website for more details and to apply. Applications due Friday, May 21.
Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Center for Innovation in Worker Organization
WILL Empower is recruiting recent college graduates and rank-and-file activists for our **paid** 2021 Apprenticeship program to the gain skills and experience needed to make a difference in the labor and worker justice movement. We are also seeking movement organizations to serve as host sites to invest in the next generation of a diverse leadership group and bring in fresh energy and talent to their organization.
See our website for more details and to apply. Applications due Friday, May 21.
Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor Center for Innovation in Worker Organization
🚨Happening soon!🚨
Join NNU Lead Industrial Hygienist, Jane Thomason at Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor's New Social Compact virtual gathering: & Health
Featuring:
Darcy Tromanhauser (Nebraska Appleseed)
Laura Huizar (National Employment Law Project)
Deborah Berkowitz(National Employment Law Project)
https://lwp.georgetown.edu/constructing-a-new-social-compact-full-schedule/
Join NNU Lead Industrial Hygienist, Jane Thomason at Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor's New Social Compact virtual gathering: & Health
Featuring:
Darcy Tromanhauser (Nebraska Appleseed)
Laura Huizar (National Employment Law Project)
Deborah Berkowitz(National Employment Law Project)
https://lwp.georgetown.edu/constructing-a-new-social-compact-full-schedule/