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On a late-October morning, Jobs With Justice, alongside partners in the labor movement, and elected officials gathered on the steps of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters overlooking the U.S. Capitol. We were there to call on Congress to pass the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and bring much-needed… Read More»
It’s nearly Halloween and do you want to hear something truly spooky? Bad bosses are getting away with using the threat of firing and pay cuts to prevent tens of millions of workers across the country from speaking out about unsafe or discriminatory working conditions. We’ve long known that our current… Read More»
By: Martin J. Bennett Many weeks after Democrats swept the Georgia Senate runoff elections, the right-wing extremists’ January 6th assault on Congress saturated the news cycle. The Capitol insurrection and the debate about an independent and nonpartisan investigation overshadowed the compelling story of how Democrats prevailed in both the November… Read More»
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/5/2021Contact: Nick Voutsinos, Jobs With Justice, nick@jwj.org, 717-413-7613 Washington, DC — Early this morning, the labor movement lost one of its most enduring leaders — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. President Trumka led the 12.5-million-member labor federation since 2009. Jobs With Justice Executive Director Erica Smiley gave the following statement in remembrance: “One of my first… Read More»
Corporate landlords aggressively pursued COVID-related government assistance, with at least 197 of them garnering $320 million in federal COVID subsidies. These 197 subsidy-rich corporate landlords collectively filed at least 5,381 evictions between March 16th and October 13th. Corporate landlords leading in evictions and receiving federal assistance include: Ventron Management (1,017… Read More»
Photo credit: Fédération de l'Hôtellerie de la Restauration et du Tourisme and Organisation Nationale des Syndicats Libres de Guinée
On December 2, 2020, the International Union of Food, Farm & Hotel Workers (IUF) held their first-ever virtual rally. Dozens from across the world attended to shine a spotlight on a union fight at the Marriott-Sheraton Grand Conakry located in Conakry, Guinea, the West African country’s capital city. The hotel only opened… Read More»
