Stephen Lerner

Stephen Lerner is a fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and is one of the architects of the Justice for Janitors Campaign.
Stephen Lerner is a fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and is one of the architects of the Justice for Janitors Campaign.
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Views Tuesday, June 16, 2015 25 Years Later: Lessons from the Organizers of Justice for Janitors On June 15, 1990, the Los Angeles Police Department viciously attacked immigrant janitors who were striking for the right to organize in Century City, Los Angeles. In a story that is now all too familiar, the police claimed they were defending themselves. Only later, when TV news footage exposed... Read more |
Views Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Back at You, Glenn Beck As an organizer, I go to a lot of meetings, panels and discussions and often leave feeling like I’m caught in the movie Groundhog Day , where I am reliving the same discussions and debates over and over again, and wondering if they hold any relevance for anyone else. Read more |