October 31, 2019
On August 7, 2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted aggressive workplace raids in Mississippi. Agents arrested around 680 people in what is considered the largest immigration raid in U.S. history. In response to this crisis, Jobs With Justice sent nine leaders and activists from across the country to coordinate,… Read More»
Tags: exploitation, food processing plant, ICE, ice raids, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Mississippi, POWER, POWER act, Raids, SEIRN
August 7, 2017
It’s devastating news that working people at Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi plant lost their fight to come together in union with United Automobile Workers (UAW). The automaker’s extreme actions robbed its employees of a free and fair vote, and it’s not possible to accept the results at face value. Last month, Nissan’s… Read More»
Tags: African-American consumers, anti-union, Canton, Civil Rights, Mississippi, NIssan, Nissan factory in Canton Mississippi, organizing, Racial discrimination, UAW, union organizing, unionbusting
July 27, 2017
Multiculturalism is in high demand. The buying power of minorities continues to grow at an exponential rate. Corporations frequently boast of their workplace diversity and inclusion efforts. While companies jockey to attract people of color as employees and customers, they consistently fall short in implementing these practices in all areas… Read More»
Tags: ACRE, African-American consumers, Mississippi, NIssan, Nissan factory in Canton Mississippi, Nissan factory in Smyrna Tennessee, Racial discrimination, Tennessee, The Action Center on Race & the Economy, The Black Experience, Uber
February 22, 2015
On February 18, 2015, a federal jury awarded $14 million in damages to five guestworkers from India who, along with the National Guestworker Alliance, launched a nationwide campaign in 2008 to expose forced labor along the Gulf Coast and press for critical reforms of the U.S. guestworker program. Back in late 2006, more than 500… Read More»
Tags: D.C., Department of Justice, H-2B guestworker visas, H-2B guestworkers, India, Jennifer Rosenbaum, Ku Klux Klan Act, Mississippi, National Guestworker Alliance, New Orleans, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Rajan Pazhambalakode, Saket Soni, Signal, Texas, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, washington, whistleblowers