Launched in the summer of 2019, the Workers' Rights Institute focuses on innovative legal and policy initiatives to support workers' rights and empowering the nation's most vulnerable workers to access existing labor protections.
The Workers’ Rights Institute organizes legal and policy initiatives that raise standards while also building workers’ collective power in the workplace and in their communities. Included is the development of proactive and creative vehicles for outreach, education and effective utilization of established and other resources to empower and protect the traditionally undeserved and diverse population of low-income workers.
The Workers’ Rights Institute has put together resources for workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find them here.
Race, Workers, and Voter Suppression
A conversation between James C. Benton, Ph.D., Director, Race and Economic Empowerment Project, Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
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Mark Gaston Pearce, Executive Director, Workers’ Rights Institute, Georgetown Law
COVID-19: Impact on Workers: Millions of workers are hit hard by the devastating economic fallout and health/safety impact of COVID-19. Professor Jamillah Bowman Williams, Faculty Director of Georgetown Law's Workers' Rights Institute is joined by Indi Dutta Gupta, Co-Executive Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality to discuss the issues and disparities workers are facing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resources available to them in this difficult time
"There is so much that is being said about the worst victims of this pandemic, yet the volume of these words is seemingly diminished by the drone of competing headlines and political spin. Perhaps artists must emerge, as they have during so many periods of crisis, and literally "paint a picture" for the world to see. I humbly offer this painting for that purpose. My painting seeks to evoke many emotions as it asks the question; is the term 'essential' synonymous with 'expendable?' " - Mark Gaston Pearce, "Essentially Vulnerable" (Oil on Canvas)
The #MeToo Movement in 7 Charts: Georgetown Law Professor Jamillah Williams shares her amazing research on how the #MeToo movement played out in social media and the legislature. We also discuss her findings on politicians accused of sexual misconduct, and accusations against Joe Biden. Is the #Metoo movement dead? We answer the question once and for all. Based on Prof. Williams' article, #MeToo as a Catalyst: A Glimpse into 21st Century Activism.