June 14, 2016
On June 14, Jobs With Justice Executive Director Sarita Gupta spoke at the first-ever White House United State of Women Summit. The historic event, organized by the White House, convened thousands of women leaders from across the country to raise up solutions and build momentum to achieve gender equality. The… Read More»
Tags: Career Pathways, equal pay, Fair Wages, Living wages, Paid Leave, Stable schedules, United State of Women, White House
February 18, 2016
On February 12, 750 Jobs With Justice leaders, activists and allies converged on Washington, D.C., for the 2016 Jobs With Justice National Conference. Conference attendees, who came from across the country and as far as Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, India and Indonesia, spent two days learning from each other, strategizing for… Read More»
Tags: Black Lives Matter, fair scheduling, Living wages, national conference, Protest, Secretary of Labor, twitter
July 23, 2015
UPDATE (4/14/2016): Since we first published this post, many jurisdictions, including California and New York, have enacted laws to establish $15 minimum wage standards. Even more cities, counties and states have ballot measures and legislation in the works to boost local minimum wages to $15 as well. These victories are… Read More»
Tags: $15, Fight for 15, Living wages, Los Angeles, minimum wage, new york, raise the wage, union