Kalmanovitz Initiative
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The Kalmanovitz Initiative draws on Georgetown's commitment to social justice to develop innovative policy to improve the lives of workers
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Solid piece by @blackwomanteacher.bsky.social, doing the work, lays out connections that can inform this timely webinar. Hope folks attend, read her piece: futureschools.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Solid piece by @blackwomanteacher.bsky.social, doing the work, lays out connections that can inform this timely webinar. Hope folks attend, read her piece: futureschools.substack.com/p/climate-ch...
Join KI Research Director Sara Myklebust and our friends at Bargaining for the Common Good for their briefing on “Bargaining for Green Schools, Good Jobs, and Bright Futures" on 11/19 at 3:00 PM! Learn how unions can mobilize for clean energy in local communities. RSVP at bit.ly/bargain4clea...!
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Join KI Research Director Sara Myklebust and our friends at Bargaining for the Common Good for their briefing on “Bargaining for Green Schools, Good Jobs, and Bright Futures" on 11/19 at 3:00 PM! Learn how unions can mobilize for clean energy in local communities. RSVP at bit.ly/bargain4clea...!
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Today's #Solidarity Breakfast goes out 7:30 AM Eastern Australia Time on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social 855 AM.
Tune in at www.3cr.org.au/
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #Melbourne
Tune in at www.3cr.org.au/
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #Melbourne
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today's #Solidarity Breakfast goes out 7:30 AM Eastern Australia Time on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social 855 AM.
Tune in at www.3cr.org.au/
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #Melbourne
Tune in at www.3cr.org.au/
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #Melbourne
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Dubbed the "Red Cup Rebellion," about 1% of the company's workforce took the the picket lines Thursday in over 40 cities, calling for higher pay and better staffing. (via @kuow.org)
Unionized Starbucks' workers strike in Seattle, across the country
Dubbed the "Red Cup Rebellion," workers at Starbucks cafes in over 40 cities took to the picket lines Thursday, calling for higher pay and better staffing. The nationwide strike coincides with the company’s popular holiday Red Cup Day, one of the coffee giant’s busiest days of the year.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Dubbed the "Red Cup Rebellion," about 1% of the company's workforce took the the picket lines Thursday in over 40 cities, calling for higher pay and better staffing. (via @kuow.org)
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NEW: Threatening lawsuits against newsrooms is an embarrassing tactic for the leader of a nation where a free press is essential.
We stand with BBC + @nujofficial.bsky.social
Read our full statement:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
We stand with BBC + @nujofficial.bsky.social
Read our full statement:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
The NewsGuild-CWA backs BBC as Trump targets journalists with $1 billion lawsuit | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
The BBC said it would not agree to a settlement with Trump, whose attorneys demanded $1 billion in damages threatening a lawsuit against the public broadcaster.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: Threatening lawsuits against newsrooms is an embarrassing tactic for the leader of a nation where a free press is essential.
We stand with BBC + @nujofficial.bsky.social
Read our full statement:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
We stand with BBC + @nujofficial.bsky.social
Read our full statement:
newsguild.org/the-newsguil...
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Heather McPherson's fight against company unions
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Re
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Re
Heather McPherson's fight against company unions
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Rebel Girl." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Heather McPherson's fight against company unions
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Re
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Re
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Join our panel discussion on academic freedom and free speech, featuring speakers from campuses in NJ, Texas, and NY that are seeing the crackdown on basic democratic rights firsthand. “Fighting for Our Right to Teach and Learn” will take place Friday, Nov 7, at noon.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/JEheEg8
RSVP: https://loom.ly/JEheEg8
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join our panel discussion on academic freedom and free speech, featuring speakers from campuses in NJ, Texas, and NY that are seeing the crackdown on basic democratic rights firsthand. “Fighting for Our Right to Teach and Learn” will take place Friday, Nov 7, at noon.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/JEheEg8
RSVP: https://loom.ly/JEheEg8
Thank you DC LERA for bringing people together by co-sponsoring Flamenco at the Spanish Embassy! Read more about their work here: lerachapter.org/dclera/
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thank you DC LERA for bringing people together by co-sponsoring Flamenco at the Spanish Embassy! Read more about their work here: lerachapter.org/dclera/
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Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - Claudia Quiñones Torrico, Organizing Director
@unitedwedream.org
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Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
@unitedwedream.org
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Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Edna Berger Young Courageous Leader Award - Claudia Quiñones Torrico, Organizing Director
@unitedwedream.org
🎉🎉
Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
@unitedwedream.org
🎉🎉
Claudia has been described as "the courageous fire of the movement" and we could not agree more! Thank you Claudia!🔥🎉
While worker pensions are being held captive by Wall Street, @bcgproject unions and advocates are making pensions work for the people. Read more about pensions here: bit.ly/47rZ3Zd And check out Bargaining for the Common Good to learn more about their advocacy efforts: bit.ly/47rF8cG
Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"
We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
While worker pensions are being held captive by Wall Street, @bcgproject unions and advocates are making pensions work for the people. Read more about pensions here: bit.ly/47rZ3Zd And check out Bargaining for the Common Good to learn more about their advocacy efforts: bit.ly/47rF8cG
Joe McCartin, Executive Director of the KI, connected Catholic teachings to labor rights in his advocacy at Loyola Marymount University. "There is no way to square what they are doing with Catholic social teaching," he said.
Read more about his defense of the employee union here: bit.ly/49nyAOO
Read more about his defense of the employee union here: bit.ly/49nyAOO
Loyola Marymount's rejection of union defies Catholic teaching, say labor leaders
Invoking a religious exemption, the Jesuit university said it would no longer recognize unions. Faculty members and labor scholars say that betrays a key principle of Catholic social teaching: workers...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Joe McCartin, Executive Director of the KI, connected Catholic teachings to labor rights in his advocacy at Loyola Marymount University. "There is no way to square what they are doing with Catholic social teaching," he said.
Read more about his defense of the employee union here: bit.ly/49nyAOO
Read more about his defense of the employee union here: bit.ly/49nyAOO
James Benton, Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project here at KI, defends Job Corps Centers as a life-changing program for young people: "[Job Corps is] something that is crucial for the economy to perform, and for people to have meaningful work."
Read more here: bit.ly/47wwuK1
Read more here: bit.ly/47wwuK1
Student clings to Job Corps as Trump administration attempts to shutter program
Skarllet Brisco, a Job Corps student in Milwaukee, is pursuing a medical administrative assistant certification.
spectrumnews1.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
James Benton, Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project here at KI, defends Job Corps Centers as a life-changing program for young people: "[Job Corps is] something that is crucial for the economy to perform, and for people to have meaningful work."
Read more here: bit.ly/47wwuK1
Read more here: bit.ly/47wwuK1
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Join us October 27th for a conversation with labor organizer, journalist and author @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about labor history, the current state of labor organizing and the potential of unions to be “laboratories of democracy” events.georgetown.edu/law/event/35...
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Join us October 27th for a conversation with labor organizer, journalist and author @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about labor history, the current state of labor organizing and the potential of unions to be “laboratories of democracy” events.georgetown.edu/law/event/35...
Because they celebrate the stories that lift us all — stories that remind us that justice begins in community.
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Don't forget to vote for Interwoven for the upcoming anthem awards by 10/30! bit.ly/intrwvn
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Don't forget to vote for Interwoven for the upcoming anthem awards by 10/30! bit.ly/intrwvn
Review – ‘Interwoven: A Story of Resilience and Renewal’ Directed by Dawn Carpenter - IndieWrap
Directed by Dawn Carpenter, Interwoven: A Story of Resilience and Renewal is a 2025 documentary short that takes us into the heart of North Carolina, where hard economic times have shuttered most text...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Because they celebrate the stories that lift us all — stories that remind us that justice begins in community.
indiewrapmag.com/reviews/revi...
Don't forget to vote for Interwoven for the upcoming anthem awards by 10/30! bit.ly/intrwvn
indiewrapmag.com/reviews/revi...
Don't forget to vote for Interwoven for the upcoming anthem awards by 10/30! bit.ly/intrwvn
Sometimes, you need to step out the classroom to really learn! Prof James Benton's DC Urban Justice class learned about the lives of the African American and European Immigrant domestic and household workers employed by the family of local brewer Christian Heurich between the 1890s and the 1950s
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sometimes, you need to step out the classroom to really learn! Prof James Benton's DC Urban Justice class learned about the lives of the African American and European Immigrant domestic and household workers employed by the family of local brewer Christian Heurich between the 1890s and the 1950s
Join us October 27th for a conversation with labor organizer, journalist and author @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about labor history, the current state of labor organizing and the potential of unions to be “laboratories of democracy” events.georgetown.edu/law/event/35...
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Join us October 27th for a conversation with labor organizer, journalist and author @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about labor history, the current state of labor organizing and the potential of unions to be “laboratories of democracy” events.georgetown.edu/law/event/35...
Georgetown students stand in solidarity with the Black Lung Association, Appalachian Voices, the United Mine Workers of America! As miners and their supporters rallied together last week, out students showed up in solidarity after making signs and posters
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Georgetown students stand in solidarity with the Black Lung Association, Appalachian Voices, the United Mine Workers of America! As miners and their supporters rallied together last week, out students showed up in solidarity after making signs and posters
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It's time to VOTE 🗳️
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's time to VOTE 🗳️
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
It's time to VOTE 🗳️
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's time to VOTE 🗳️
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
Help tell a story of worker dignity by heading over to bit.ly/intrwvn and clicking celebrate 👏 to vote for Interwoven!
Interwoven documents how North Carolina workers solidarity, employee ownership, and environmental care first.
📣Amplify their voices! Vote today!
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An optimistic book in a grueling time. @dskamper.bsky.social gives us hope with stories of strategic fights led with the awakening of worker power. Solidarity is essential and so is reading this book. I was honored to write the foreword of Who✊s Got the Power?
October 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An optimistic book in a grueling time. @dskamper.bsky.social gives us hope with stories of strategic fights led with the awakening of worker power. Solidarity is essential and so is reading this book. I was honored to write the foreword of Who✊s Got the Power?
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Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!
Get ready New York! 🏙️
this year's 14th Annual Workers Unite Film Festival
Interwoven 🧶 - the story of a resilient North Carolina town putting worker solidarity and cooperation first
5:00pm, Monday, 10/20 at Cinema Village theater (22 E 12th St)
Get your tickets today! 🎫
bit.ly/CoopWUFF14
this year's 14th Annual Workers Unite Film Festival
Interwoven 🧶 - the story of a resilient North Carolina town putting worker solidarity and cooperation first
5:00pm, Monday, 10/20 at Cinema Village theater (22 E 12th St)
Get your tickets today! 🎫
bit.ly/CoopWUFF14
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Get ready New York! 🏙️
this year's 14th Annual Workers Unite Film Festival
Interwoven 🧶 - the story of a resilient North Carolina town putting worker solidarity and cooperation first
5:00pm, Monday, 10/20 at Cinema Village theater (22 E 12th St)
Get your tickets today! 🎫
bit.ly/CoopWUFF14
this year's 14th Annual Workers Unite Film Festival
Interwoven 🧶 - the story of a resilient North Carolina town putting worker solidarity and cooperation first
5:00pm, Monday, 10/20 at Cinema Village theater (22 E 12th St)
Get your tickets today! 🎫
bit.ly/CoopWUFF14
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So proud of this class whose hosts include @unitehere.org, @opeiu.org, @jwj.org, @labwc.bsky.social, @powerswitchaction.org, @ncstateaflcio.bsky.social, @aflcio.org
WILL Empower is pleased to welcome its eighth class of the WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program that identifies, develops and convenes a new generation of women, non-binary and trans staff members for the worker justice movement.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
So proud of this class whose hosts include @unitehere.org, @opeiu.org, @jwj.org, @labwc.bsky.social, @powerswitchaction.org, @ncstateaflcio.bsky.social, @aflcio.org
We're just two days away!
The Kalmanovitz Initiative invites you to join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall (professor of law and Africana studies, John Jay College, CUNY) in a discussion on the significance of protest in American society, with particular focus on labor rights and unions.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We're just two days away!
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The latest Labor and Energy Show goes live on WMAL DC 105.9 FM in #WashingtonDC at 8:00 PM Eastern!
Listen live at www.wmal.com/#
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
Listen live at www.wmal.com/#
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
September 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The latest Labor and Energy Show goes live on WMAL DC 105.9 FM in #WashingtonDC at 8:00 PM Eastern!
Listen live at www.wmal.com/#
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
Listen live at www.wmal.com/#
#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod