July 19, 2016
We are mourning and facing anxiety about the many forms of murder and violence we see over and over in our communities. Jobs With Justice does not support violence in any form. We are grieving with the families of the men and women murdered this month. The killing of Alton… Read More»
Tags: Alton Sterling, Black Lives Matter, IBT, inequality, Movement for Black Lives, Philando Castile, racial justice, systemic racism, Teamsters, unemployment
October 14, 2014
by Kung Feng, Jobs With Justice San Francisco | This post originally appeared on RetailWorkersRights.com Last week, one hundred San Francisco workers and labor activists marched through the Union Square shopping district calling for a $15 minimum wage and fair schedules. Recently, dramatic strikes by fast food and Walmart workers… Read More»
Tags: Apple, Bing Rong Tan, California, income inequality, inequality, Jobs With Justice, Jobs With Justice San Francisco, Mike Malloy, Proposition J, Retail Workers Bill of Rights, RWBOR, San Francisco, SEIU, Stand for Security
September 24, 2014
Ordinary, middle-income Americans give away 6 percent of their income to charity. Some billionaires give away over 25 percent of their net worth to charity. The chair of Walmart on the other hand… Learn more about the Walton’s phony philanthropy.
Tags: charity, inequality, philanthropy, phony philanthropy, Walmart, Waltons
January 23, 2014
A recent report by Oxfam has shed new light on the growing crisis of economic inequality. According to the report, one percent of the human population now controls almost half of the world’s wealth. The 85 wealthiest individuals own as much as half of the world’s population. The report warns… Read More»
Tags: Barack Obama, congress, economic democracy, income inequality, inequality, obama, Oxfam, President Obama