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Workers' Rights Institute
Launched in the summer of 2019, the Workers’ Rights Institute (WRI) conducts research, education, and advocacy to support and expand legal protections, collective self-determination, and organizing for traditionally underserved populations of low-income workers.
The Workers’ Rights Institute (WRI) was made possible in part due to the generous support of Georgetown Law alumnus Stephen Bruce (L’79), a D.C. based employment law attorney and authority on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Colloquium, Seminar, Spring 2025
Work, Democracy, Organizing
Democratizing Work
Workers organize and participate in a wide range of activities to shift power, including traditional labor reforms, independent unions, and worker-owned cooperatives. In this colloquium, we will critically examine these approaches while exploring the relationship between political and economic democracy.
Faculty Director: Jamillah Bowman Williams
Senior Fellow: Gabrielle Rejouis
Research Assistant: Deborah O. Wey
Law Fellow: Patrick Engle
Director of Research and Programs: Addisalem Gebrekidan
Senior Advisor: Mark Gaston Pearce
Affiliate Scholar: Raquel Coterillo Laso
Affiliate Fellow: Yvette Pappoe
Affiliate Fellow: Marta Rozmysłowicz
Affiliate Fellow: Nara Roberta Silva
Faculty Advisors:
Llezlie Green | Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Brishen Rogers | Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Soyica Diggs Colbert | Interim Provost, Vice President for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Idol Family Professor, Professor of Black Studies and Performing Arts, Georgetown University
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