Lane Windham
@lanewindham
Writer, teacher, history Ph.D., organizer, activist. Focusing on labor, race, gender, class and future of workers. Still learning, every day!
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"It's been a long time since we've seen something like this, and certainly never in the service sector" - KI's assoc. dir Lane Windham on the possibility of labor contract negotiations between Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United reuters.com/business/retai…
Come learn about the history of US unions and where we could be going from Dr. Lane Windham (!!). We're so excited for lecture, which is the last event in the Democracy and Labor series UCW-CSU is co-organizing.
US dealmakers forced to adjust as unions flex their muscles via Financial Times on.ft.com/3Uq051o
Illinois is About to Become the Eighth State to Ban Anti-Union ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Illinois will become the latest state to bar employers from pressuring workers with anti-union talk. But legal challenges lie ahead for these laws. huffpost.com/entry/captive-… Dave Jamieson
This year, the KI's Associate Director Lane Windham hosted a panel at Organization of American Historians 2024 conference titled "Queering Work." This innovative panel looked at LGBT Labor History and the role of the workplace in queer history. player.captivate.fm/episode/d78e40…
We’re joined by Lane Windham assessing the likely political impact of the East Coast dockworkers’ strike on the election as President Biden backs the striking workers arguing they deserve a raise. on.soundcloud.com/Dyj2A7znX28byp…
"The work began long before that by 'our foremothers who laid this foundation and have been pushing and kicking those doors open for decades.'" -AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler apnews.com/article/labor-…
Often when people think about unions, "they think of a white guy in a hard hat. But in fact, studies show that about two-thirds of working people who are covered by a union contract are women and/or people of color” Lane Windham, KI Assistant Director l8r.it/UmqA
WILL Empower Co-Director Lane Windham talks to @ABCNews about the shifting public image of union workers as more Black and Latina women gain leadership roles that represent what a majority of workers really look like in this country. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/b…
a lot of discourse on the political power of unions and their members so it feels like a good day to re-up this old piece about the decline of unions and worker power epi.org/unequalpower/p… from Larry Mishel @larrymishel.bsky.social @lynn_rhinehart and Lane Windham
The wonderful Lane Windham will be leading a discussion on persistence with Labor@Wayne to celebrate #laborspring!
