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On November 18, 2013, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency charged with protecting workers’ rights to collective activity, launched a nationwide prosecution against Walmart. The NLRB is pursuing multiple charges against the company, alleging it illegally retaliating against 117 employees in stores across the country. The General… Read More»
New York City's Fast Food Strikers.
The resounding message from Jobs With Justice and American Rights at Work’s November 14th annual Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights awards celebration was clear: we’re stronger when we work together. Executive Director Sarita Gupta and former Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work leader Mary Beth Maxwell emceed a spirited… Read More»
Striking Walmart workers and community members will be protesting at Walmarts around the country this Black Friday.
As much of the country begins the gradual transition into the winter holidays, Walmart recently announced its plans to open stores at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. While most of us settle down for Thanksgiving dinner, Walmart store workers will have to skip time with their families to open, stock… Read More»
Los Angeles police officers showed up in force at the largest civil disobedience in Walmart history. Photo courtesy of Making Change at Walmart.
Yesterday, more than 50 Walmart associates and supporters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles in the largest civil disobedience in the company’s history. The protesters called on the company to end retaliation against workers that have spoken out for respect on the job, many of whom have been fired after… Read More»
This company just admitted that more than half of its employees earn poverty wages of less than $25,000 a year: http://buswk.co/1a1ncPF
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This weekend Jobs with Justice leaders joined in the fight to address the deportation crisis that continues to put workers’ rights at risk. Alvaro Ramirez and Bliss Requa-Trautz of Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice traveled to Phoenix to join with hundreds of day laborers and immigrant rights advocates for a… Read More»
Jenn D’Agostino from Coalition for Economic Justice in Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested as part massive nonviolent direct action at the base of the Capitol.
October is heating up with local and national escalations demanding change to our broken immigration system. Our push for immigration reform is urgent as the deportation crisis continues to hurt workers and their families Every day Congress stalls on immigration reform, cases of worker abuse are piling up and workers… Read More»
Portland Jobs with Justice and VOZ supporters enjoy salsa lessons together
If we are serious about building working-class power, we must be serious about the business of raising money. Jobs With Justice has long believed and demonstrated that having a good time together as we struggle to make our values real in the world is essential to building a lasting movement. Here… Read More»
JWJ members protest in support of OUR Walmart members
For the past few years, Walmart’s plans to expand into big cities like New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have made them the site of high-profile contests between the biggest corporation in the world and communities concerned over poverty wages. With just under 40,000 residents, Holyoke, Massachusetts, is… Read More»