March 29, 2022
Our inaugural 2022 Advancing Black Strategists Initiative (ABSI) Movement Fellowship launch just wrapped and what an incredible week it was. ABSI fellows, advisors, and supporters convened in the city of Atlanta at Morehouse College, excited to meet and build with each other, and to make good on our mission to… Read More»
Tags: ABSI, advancing black strategists initiative, Atlanta, Black organizers, Morehouse College
June 26, 2017
People working for the city of Atlanta received welcome news as the City Council unanimously passed a budget raising their wages. Starting on July 1, 2017, base pay for city employees will rise from $10.10 to $13 an hour. Even better news? By mid-2019, all city employees will earn a… Read More»
Tags: AFSCME 1644, ATL Raise Up, Atlanta, Atlanta City Council, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, Atlanta Professional Firefighters, City of Atlanta, Fight for 15, minimum wage, PACE Atlanta
April 7, 2014
Fifty-four years after the historic lunch counter sit-ins launched the civil rights era, in which four black students sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and demanded to be served, North Carolina once again captured the nation’s attention with the launch of the Moral Monday movement last year. The… Read More»
Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, civil disobedience, Georgia, Historic Thousands on Jones Street, Medicaid, Moral Monday, Moral Mondays, North Carolina, Raleigh, Shaw University, south, Stand Your Ground
December 19, 2013
On December 5, fast food workers went on strike in over 100 cities nationwide with support from local Jobs With Justice coalitions. While the fast food workers were within their legal rights to strike, the risk of employer retaliation often looms large when workers take courageous action to speak out… Read More»
Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, fast food, fast food strikes, low wage, low wages, National Federation of Independent Businesses, retaliation, strikes