JwJ News
JULY-AUGUST 2007
- Jobs with Justice at the U.S. Social Forum!
- Kentucky JwJ WRB Investigates Working Conditions at Toyota
- Community & Labor Unite and Win Responsible Development Standards in Orlando
- Students to American Eagle: Stop Preying on Workers' Rights!
- Students at University of Washington Win Sweat-Free Apparel Policy
- Federal Judge Blocks Anti-Immigrant Ordinance, For Now
- Portland JwJ Stands for Workers During ICE Raid
- Tacoma Macy's Workers Get Justice - Boycott Over!
- City of Tacoma Raises Job Standards for New Project. Is Ruston Next?
- JwJ Leaders Join Delegation to Haiti; Explore "Free Trade Zones"
- South Florida JwJ Hosts Mobile Home Conference
- Unity Brings Mercy Nurses in Southern Oregon an Agreement
- Welcome New Jobs with Justice Staff!
Jobs with Justice at the U.S. Social Forum!
On June 27-July 1, more than 350 Jobs with Justice activists, staff, and leaders attended the first-ever U.S. Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta, Georgia. JwJ was joined by activists and leaders from every U.S. state, Washington, DC, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico as well as 68 other countries. In total, more than 10,000 people attended the U.S. Social Forum under the banner, "Another World is Possible. Another U.S. is necessary."
Jobs with Justice, alongside other economic and social justice organizations including the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance which JwJ is a member of, united several years ago to recognize the particular importance of the United States in this movement for global justice. As a result, JwJ has been a member of the National Planning Committee and active in the two-year long planning process. Atlanta JwJ participated in the local organizing committee of the USSF and played an enormous role in the planning of the Opening March through downtown Atlanta.
At the USSF, National JwJ conducted 4 workshops and participated as presenters in another 6 workshops. Local JwJ coalitions organized another 10 workshops on workers' rights, immigrant rights, outsourcing, and more. JwJ National Executive Director Sarita Gupta was moderator of the Workers' Rights Plenary and Stewart Acuff, Organizing Director of the AFL-CIO and JwJ Board member, spoke on the panel. Throughout the USSF, JwJ highlighted the campaigns for workers' rights at Verizon and American Eagle. JwJ and CWA collected more than 2,000 "Hang up on Verizon Wireless" postcards and highlighted the campaign at workshops and the Workers' Rights plenary.
"JwJ's workers' rights workshop was packed, the workers' stories were compelling, and the discussion was fruitful. At the JwJ table we had good conversations with people who stopped by, our T-shirts were very popular, and almost everyone who came by signed a Verizon switch card. It was very inspiring to be with so many organizers of all ages and races who believe that another world is possible and another U.S. is necessary." - Margaret Butler, Portland Jobs with Justice
Also during the Forum, JwJ held a very successful 20th Anniversary Party. Well over 1,000 people from all over the country who identify as JwJ came through the party. What was striking and inspiring was the diversity on every level - age, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Everyone had a blast dancing to the rhythm of local Atlanta band Indigo Sunset.
"The U.S. Social Forum was an amazing experience. I met many young people who are working hard on many different issues and that inspired me to continue working towards social justice. I am filled with new energy and knowledge to continue my work thanks to the people I met at the US Social Forum." - Maria Escobar, student at Florida International University
The Peoples Movement Assembly was one of many vehicles for broader participation in the USSF. The Assembly enabled participants to introduce resolutions and ideas for action after the Forum as part of the USSF's commitment to modeling democratic space. The 16 Jobs with Justice local coalitions that were present at the USSF drafted a resolution for the People's Movement Assembly, lifting up some of JwJ's priority program areas.
Although the National Planning Committee has not yet made plans for another Forum in the near future, they did announce that they will support the World Social Forum's Call to Action on January 26, 2008. The global day of action will feature broad mobilizations in every country on nearly every issue. Another important vehicle for continuing to build on the momentum of the USSF is through the workgroups that were formed over the two years of organizing preceding the Forum. Workgroups on issues like immigrant rights, workers rights, health care, and more have developed programming and strategies for joint work together after the Forum.
"The US Social Forum process did not happen in isolation," says Michael Leon Guerrero of Grassroots Global Justice, USSF National Planning Committee member, and JwJ Board member. "We are committed to being full participants in the World Social Forum process. Participating in the Call to Action is an important way to build global solidarity and become that 'other U.S.' that will help make another world possible."
Be sure to check out the press clips from the USSF, and our USSF photo gallery.
Kentucky JwJ Workers' Rights Board Investigates Working Conditions at Toyota
Toyota is one of the largest employers in Kentucky and has a huge financial impact on the state. More than 6,000 workers from several counties are employed at and by Toyota's Georgetown facility. Toyota also receives millions of dollars in tax incentives each year from the state. However, now that Toyota has climbed to the top of the industry on the backs of the Kentucky workforce, management has decided to reward them by cutting their wages and benefits and by increasing the use and abuse of temporary employees.
In February, two employees at the Toyota plant in Georgetown were fired after finding a secret company report that exposed Toyota's plans to hold down the wages and benefits of their U.S. workers. One of the fired employees was a 16-year veteran of the Georgetown plant. There is growing concern among Toyota employees and community members about workers' rights at the Toyota plant. In addition to the firing of veteran employees, the community is concerned about the treatment of injured workers and Toyota's heavy reliance on long-term temporary workers who receive few, if any, benefits.
On Sunday, June 10, 2007, the Kentucky Workers' Rights Board heard testimony from current, fired, and former workers at Toyota about the conditions that the face. WRB members who heard testimony included State Rep Reginald Meeks, Louisville, KY House of Representatives, State Rep Jim Glenn, Owensboro, KY House of Representatives, Reverend Cynthia Cain, Pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, Mahjabeen Rafiuddin, Director, Student Diversity Engagement, University of Kentucky, Father John Rausch, Glenmary priest, Catholic Committee of Appalachia, and John Fisher, Northern Kentucky Director, Kentucky Human Rights Commission.
Some of the issues raised included the unfair treatment of temporary workers, the need to reinstate t erminated workers who were fired unjustly, and the need to create a safe work environment. That safe work environment would entail f air treatment of injured workers, a dequate restroom facilities for women, and a work environment free from exploitation.
Kentucky Jobs with Justice will continue to stand by the workers at Toyota's Georgetown plant. Please sign the petition to demand justice at Toyota!
Community & Labor Unite and Win Responsible Development Standards in Orlando
At close to two billion dollars, the project to build a new Orlando Magic Sports Arena, a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center, and to renovate the Citrus Bowl Stadium is one of the largest development projects Central Florida residents have ever seen.
For months, Central Florida JwJ affiliates have been working together to ensure that these enormous projects will provide good paying, permanent jobs with training and benefits as well as local first opportunity hiring for Orlando's lowest income communities. On July 26th, months of collaboration and solidarity work between labor and community groups finally paid off as County Commissioners voted to approve the projects with provisions that will bring low-income residents into the local pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship construction program and encourage the practice of granting Minority and Women Contractors construction bids. The County has also agreed to involve labor and community in the oversight of the outreach process to low income residents who often get passed up when good jobs are available.
Central Florida JwJ played a key role in building stronger relationships and forming the shared goals of labor and local community groups for responsible development. The Building Trades Council, Central Florida Labor Council, Orlando ACORN, A Philip Randolph Institute and Coalition of Black Trades Unionists were all key allies in negotiating important language and policies with local officials to address the community's needs.
This victory shows the impact that we can have when labor and community stand together. While the Commission has voted to approve the project, the work of this community-labor alliance isn't over! The struggle now shifts to making sure that implementation of the project follows the language passed by the County Commission.
Students to American Eagle: Stop Preying on Workers' Rights!
"What's Disgusting? Union Busting!" and "Human Need Not Corporate Greed" were among the chants that students, local union members, and JwJ supporters rallied around this last month outside of an American Eagle store in Pittsburgh, PA.
Under the banner that Education is a Right, students leaders, student government, and statewide student associations from all across the country gathered to participate in the US Student Association's 60th National Congress. While topics such as the DREAM Act and access for undocumented immigrant students, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and fighting for an increase in the PELL Grant and other programs that help traditionally marginalized students get access to an education took center stage, other issues such as access to health care, affordable housing, and the need for good paying jobs were high on the list of many students who are increasingly finding themselves unable to afford the escalating price of an education. As the price of going to college soars out of reach for many, many more are forced to take on jobs both on and off campus. Unfortunately, many of these jobs offer low wages, inadequate or no health care, and no protection against the rampant business culture which puts profits over human interest.
Students were shocked and angered to learn that the youth-market-oriented clothing company American Eagle - whose own Code of Conduct for contractors includes protections for workers' right to form a union - is doing little to nothing about harassment and intimidation of workers at one of their distribution contractors. Students at the conference decided to organize a delegation to a nearby American Eagle store to inform the local community about the labor dispute and to deliver a clear message to American Eagle that students have now become aware of the issues.
The campaign against American Eagle is just beginning. During the next two months as students are getting ready to go back to school, many students will be working with the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), and other student organizations including United Students Against Sweatshops and the Canadian Federation of Students to pressure American Eagle to stop turning a blind eye to the injustices happening in its own backyard.
To learn more about American Eagle and this exciting campaign, visit www.americanvulture.org. To get involved with the SLAP network or learn more about how to get involved on your campus visit www.studentlabor.org or email slap@jwj.org
Students at University of Washington Win Sweat-Free Apparel Policy
On May 15th, members of the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) at the University of Washington won a major victory in the national movement to make university apparel sweat-free when University President Mark Emmert announced his decision to support the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP). Click here to read the entire statement.
UW SLAP members ran a year long campaign which included:
- A Sweatshop clothesline that educated UW students about where UW Apparel is made and under what kind of working conditions (pictured above)
- Mock-wedding between the University of Washington and the DSP (see the video clip here)
- March, rally and banner drop during "Washington Weekend" when incoming freshman, parents and alumni toured the UW campus (see pictures of the action here)
These creative actions were in addition to hosting multiple speakers, regular tabling, a petition campaign, and other educational events. In addition, SLAP had two representatives on the UW's Licensing Advisory Committee, a committee created by President Emmert to explore whether or not the UW should support the DSP.
Once implemented, the DSP will ensure that all apparel bearing a Husky logo is produced at a factory where workers have a voice on the job and a living wage. Members of UW SLAP will be closely monitoring the implementation of this new program over the coming years . . . stay tuned for upcoming actions!
Federal Judge Blocks Anti-Immigrant Ordinance, For Now
Last July, Hazleton passed one of the most draconian anti-immigrant laws our nation has ever seen, the "Illegal Immigration Relief Act". The law would force businesses to fire suspected 'illegal' immigrants or face revocation of their business license, impose a $1,000 per day fine on landlords who rent to undocumented immigrants, prevent the city government from providing services in any language besides English,and require that all people living in Hazleton acquire a 'residency card.' The Hazleton ordinance spurred approximately 100 similar ordinances nationwide.
You may remember from a previous update that with support from unions, religious leaders, and support from Philadelphia Jobs with Justice, as well as legal experts from the ACLU and other civil rights groups, the immigrant community in Hazleton was able to force the Mayor to delay implementation of the law.
On July 26 th, 2007 a judge ruled that federal law "prohibits Hazleton from enforcing any of the provisions of its ordinances." The judge said the ordinances "penalize landlords, tenants, employers and employees without providing them the procedural protections required by law…Hazleton, in its zeal to control the presence of a group deemed undesirable, violated the rights of [immigrants], as well as others in the community."
Hazleton's Mayor and anti-immigrant groups plan to appeal the ruling.
Portland JwJ Stands for Workers During ICE Raid
Portland JwJ has been at the center of Immigrant Rights organizing this summer. JwJ was one of the first groups on the scene as ICE carried out a massive worksite raid on June 12th, arresting 167 workers. The local Immigrant Rights Coalition had information that the raid was coming and JwJ worked to set up a rapid response phone tree, organize legal observers, and prepare to respond to the devastation this would have on the community. Portland JwJ helped organize a press conference where statements denouncing the raid were made by local faith leaders, state legislators, and the mayor.
After the raid, local organizations divided up the work, some focusing on the immediate needs of the affected families, others working on the political response. In addition to the media work, JwJ organized two protests-one in the face of anti-immigrant protesters denouncing the mayor for his statement, and another at the ICE office, where one of the detainees spoke out. The protests were incredibly powerful. Crucial to JwJ's ability to mobilize allies was the groundwork they laid last year-doing educational forums, train the trainer events, and lots of actions-helping to ensure that organized labor stood more firmly behind the rights of immigrant workers.
Tacoma Macy's Workers Get Justice - Boycott Over!
JwJ activists might recall that Tacoma Macy's Vice-President Carol Lorton won JwJ's 2006 Pierce County 'Grinch of the Year' contest. Lorton won the award for unfair quotas, denying workers raises, denying more than half of the workers affordable health care, and yelling at workers for exercising their legal right to organize.
Members and leaders of UFCW Local 367 working at Tacoma Macy's have beat back a major attack on living wages and health care. The workers recently voted to approve a new union contract after organizing for months to repel a corporate strategy to destroy the union at Macy's and impose the poverty-wage job conditions common in the retail industry. Union members prevailed with the support of Jobs with Justice actions that garnered media and enhanced a consumer boycott that deeply impacted corporate Macy's local profit margins. The I-5 Fife lit billboard screen will no longer read "Macy's Unfair to Workers."
When even the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board indicted Macy's management for illegal worker rights violations recently, Macy's executives moved quickly to dissolve their anti-union campaign, resolve contentious negotiations, and avoid an escalating community campaign to expose the company's practices. Macy's executives will remember that the union members of UFCW local 367 in Tacoma will powerfully struggle to preserve local living-wage jobs, especially when the union contract expires again in a few years, and that local workers in struggle are supported by a vibrant local labor movement and broader worker rights community.
City of Tacoma Raises Job Standards for New Project. Is Ruston Next?
The Tacoma City Council has set a new precedent for a tax-subsidized property development at Urban Waters. The city will not only enforce living wages, local hiring, and using reputable construction career training programs during construction, but also will, "Ensure livable wages for maintenance staff after completion." Council-member Stenger conditioned his swing vote to support this project scheme upon raising job standards. Standards for local projects need to rise in order to stem area poverty growing due to a flood of new low-wage construction and service jobs.
This shift comes after JwJ launched a project to link government welfare for developers with a fair jobs and housing policy. JwJ coordinated many local organizations, conducting months of dialogue with the Tacoma City Council and industry-leading developers. The Urban Waters living wage jobs issue surfaced at the City Council when Mark Martinez of the Building Trades Council posed questions of the project. Given the pattern of poverty wages on Tacoma construction jobs, a victory like this will not happen unless without strong community activism. The original Urban Waters property purchase raised serious flags when it was reported that the City was looking to save money on construction by privatizing the project. This is usually code for finding a way to pay poverty wages instead of paying government required living wages. For background, see the Tacoma News Tribune article.
It remains to be seen whether the City of Tacoma will apply this higher standard to many of the high-end residential projects subsidized with local tax-dollars. The City purchased the Urban Waters property from a poverty-wage paying developer for more than 5 times the price that was paid just a few years earlier
JwJ Leaders Join Delegation to Haiti; Explore "Free Trade Zones"
In May, the Solidarity Center led a delegation of union and community leaders from the U.S. to Haiti to meet with union leaders and government officials. The delegation included Massachusetts JwJ staff Jennifer Doe, New York Jobs with Justice leader and Executive Director of the Latin American Integration Center Ana Maria Archila, National JwJ Board Member and USAS National Coordinator Victoria Cepeida-Mojarro, Micheline Louis Charles, an Executive Board member of 1199 SEIU Miami, and Theresa Haas, Outreach Associate of the Workers Rights Consortium.
The delegation met with union leaders from Batay Ouvirye & UASCH, government officials, and a factory owner. The picture that was formed was one of both chaos and hope. Haitian government officials in the Labor Department and US Embassy staff made it clear that enforcing national and international labor laws is not a priority. The head of the Department of Labor denied that there were many labor violations and could not tell us how many labor inspectors are on staff and how many cases they had completed. The Human Rights liaison from the US Embassy said that gangs & violence are the embassy's priority, not labor rights. Labor rights are clearly not a priority for the government, even though two union leaders the delegation met described hiding at points due to threats against their lives.
What was more disturbing was the insistence of officials on building more "free trade zones". The free trade zones are isolated from the community and bring no hope of improved infrastructure that workers' neighborhoods desperately need. The delegation toured one of the zones and saw people passed out in cotton waste. In one factory, the owner gave a tour and asserted that the workers are happy, have no union, and earn $3.45 a day.
Yet there is hope. There are people organizing in the free trade zones to demand better working conditions. In one factory toured by the delegation, the effects of the organizing campaign were evident: there were fans, ventilation, water, a radio playing popular music, and freshly painted safety directions in appropriate languages. The work looked hard and tiring, but the conditions at that moment were better than in some factories in the US. There was a striking difference between the factory being organized and many other factories in the same free trade zone.
Outside of the free trade zones, union federations in Haiti are taking up campaigns to improve their communities, including a campaign to get expired food and beauty products from the West off the streets. Taxi drivers, printers, and other public service workers talked about their union struggles, and despite firing and threats, they continue to try and find ways to make their jobs fairer. With support from Jobs with Justice, there can be continued organizing successes.
South Florida JwJ Hosts Mobile Home Conference
South Florida Jobs with Justice hosted the first ever South Florida Regional Mobile Home Conference to address the growing displacement and homelessness faced by local mobile home residents. These problems are coming to the surface at a time when Miami-Dade County is facing a major shortage of affordable housing.
More than 100 residents, representing 12 mobile home neighborhoods, made their way to the downtown Campus of Miami Dade College and listened to a panel of legal experts who clearly explained the legal and administrative aspects of an issue that will become a major crisis for residents if they do not unite, organize, and fight.
A recent S. Florida JwJ survey of twenty mobile home neighborhoods revealed that 75% of residents own their homes, but not the land upon which they are located. In the current redevelopment frenzy underway in Miami Dade County, this land is worth a fortune to developers. The survey also revealed that the median monthly mortgage payment is $472.80. If evicted, 100% of current residents surveyed do not know of any affordable housing alternatives to their current home.
This information, along with the lack of support from all county officials, elected or otherwise, strengthens residents' resolve to organize and defend their rights as workers, citizens, tax payers and human beings. At the conference, S. Florida JwJ proposed the creation of a Mobile Home Council which was embraced by the attendees. The Mobile Home Council will meet on August 13 to receive training on how to create Homeowners Associations.
Unity Brings Mercy Nurses in Southern Oregon an Agreement!
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice celebrated with the Oregon Nurses Association as they reached a tentative agreement to cover the hospital's 344 registered nurses at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg. The agreement was reached after a 17-hour negotiating session that ended early Friday morning, July 20.
In one of the many actions, Jobs with Justice joined nurses for a twelve-hour-long picket outside of Mercy Medical Center four days before the historic first contract was reached. Nurses joined their supporters before and after their shifts. The Oregon Nurses Association were certified as the bargaining representative in January 2006 and met for 43 full-day negotiation sessions and innumerable hours to achieve this agreement.
Under the agreement Mercy nurses will be paid wages comparable to hospital nurses in Eugene and Medford. Details of the agreement will not be released until members of ONA at Mercy Medical Center vote to ratify the contract. The secret ballot election is scheduled for August 6.
Welcome New Jobs with Justice Staff!
This summer has brought with it a flurry of activity for the national office at Jobs with Justice and our coalitions across the country. In addition to our work building for the US Social Forum, mobilizing support for the Employee Free Choice Act, organizing solidarity campaigns in support of Verizon Wireless workers, and continuing to work closely with local coalitions within the network, we have welcomed several new staff members to the JwJ family.
At the JwJ National Office, Jane English has been hired as our new National Field Director. Jane comes to Jobs with Justice with a wealth of experience from the United Mine Workers of America, the NAACP, and more. Jane also serves as the chair of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ Board of Social Action, through which she has had the opportunity to work locally with DC Jobs with Justice. Ricardo Valadez is our new Program and Communications Director. Ricardo also brings years of experience as Organizing Director for One Nation Enlightened, a youth organizing group based in Denver, CO and from SEIU Locals in Seattle and Denver where he organized janitors, nurses, and public and private sector workers. Chelsea Carr is our new Development Assistant. Chelsea obtained an M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy from the John C. Whitehead School of Seton Hall University, where she concentrated her studies on Human Rights, International Law, and Global Public Health.
On the local level, we are happy to welcome new staff at several of our local coalitions! Debbie Kline is the new Coordinator for Cleveland JwJ. Denise Diaz is the new Organizer at Central Florida JwJ. Patricia Moran is the new Organizer for Central Oregon JwJ. Scott Blair has joined the staff of Kentucky JwJ as the Program Assistant. Gita Stulberg, Tony Gaboton, and Sarah Glover have joined the NYC JwJ staff. Mauro Reyes, Yirgalem Madie, and DJ Cronin have joined the staff of Massachusetts JwJ. They will be helping out on campaigns for patient safety, justice at Verizon, and immigrant workers' rights. Serena Perez and Marco Restrepo have joined the staff of South Florida Jobs with Justice as community organizers working primarily in the Little Havana area.
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Verizon Profiled at U.S. Social Forum
Unity@Verizon, July 2007
A Grassroots Social Forum
The Nation., NY - Jul 26, 2007
This pretty much captures the spirit that dominated the first US Social Forum, held in Atlanta June 27-July 1. Having appropriately fine-tuned the World ...
Reflections on the First US Social Forum
CounterPunch, CA - Jul 25, 2007
By LAURA CARLSEN Attending the US Social Forum held in Atlanta, Georgia June 27-July 1 was an adventure. The first social forum for the United States, ...
The Contribution of the U.S. Social Forum: a reply to Whitaker and Bello's debate on the Open Space
Visioning a Better US at the United States Social Forum
Political Affairs Magazine, NY - Jul 12, 2007
Another US is Necessary!" inspired and engaged people through open discussions, analysis, and democratic problem solving. The United States Social Forum was ...
The Invisible Hand of the Social Movement
Earth & Sky, TX - Jul 17, 2007
However the first US Social Forum - just completed from June 27th to July 1st in Atlanta, GA - attracting twice the number of participants as the Boston ...
USSF - 2007 and After…
ZNet, MA - Jul 12, 2007
by Michael Albert At the US Social Forum 2007, in the city that hosts CNN and Coke, in hotel venues where debutantes ironically were on parade, ...
Social Forum aims to help activists blend strengths
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 26
U.S. Social Forum pushes for democracy at home
Straightwords, July 11
The US Social Forum: Creating an Alternative World
Dissident Voice, CA - Jul 9, 2007
US Social Forum: 'We're Living a Nightmare Called Katrina'
Common Dreams, June 30, 2007
Another US is starting to happen
Rabble.ca - Montreal,QC,Canada
One of them, Fred Azcarate, then with Jobs with Justice, now with the AFL-CIO, explained to the opening plenary that "it took this long because we wanted to ...
US Social Forum: The view from Canada
ZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USA
One of them Fred Ascarate, then with Jobs for Justice, now with the AFL-CIO, explained to the opening plenary that "It took this long because we wanted to ...
Activists gather in Atlanta for five-day forum
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
Jennifer Pae handed out signs for the group "Jobs for Justice" to marchers as they lined up. The 24-year-old, who is president of the US Student Association ...
ILRF at the US Social Forum
By Tim Newman
Also, there will be six plenary dialogues throughout the Forum, one of which will be moderated by two ILRF Board members, Bill Fletcher and Sarita Gupta. The Workers' Rights in the Global Economy plenary will be held on Saturday, ...
ACTIVIST FORUM: The USSF, Rising from the Grassroots
Left Turn, June 8
...Carlos Jimenez, Student Labor Action Project...
JwJ
Domestic workers demand: 'Down with exploitation!'
Workers World - USA
The DWU action was sponsored by the New York Domestic Workers Justice Coalition, New York Jobs With Justice and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. ...
Students protest foreign sweatshops
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
"I think we're banned from all Macy's for a year," said Palmquist, who is involved with UW's anti-sweatshop group, the Student Labor Action Project. ...
Get return on business tax breaks
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
According to a study by Jobs with Justice, in 2005 businesses receiving IDA subsidies across the state failed to create 63 percent of the promised jobs. ...
Questioning COMIDA
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
Members of Metro-Justice and Jobs with Justice say they'll continue to lobby state lawmakers for changes that will hold IDAs more accountable for their ...
Push on for reform of IDAs
Plattsburgh Press Republican - Plattsburgh,NY,USA
In Clinton County, more than $3.5 million worth of tax breaks is handed out by the IDA each year, according to a study done by Jobs with Justice. ...
Failure to renew law threatens projects by nonprofits
Buffalo News - NY, United States
... pass comprehensive legislation during their special session in July," said Allison K. Duwe, director of the Coalition for Economic Justice in Buffalo. ...
Miami Police Commander Linked To Corruption Probe
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
... to conduct business during business hours, and the business being conducted was not city business," said Lida Rodriguez-Taseff of Jobs With Justice. ...
Harvard security guards reach tentative agreement on new deal
Boston Globe - United States
A spokeswoman for the guards' union, SEIU Local 615 -- a member of the Jobs with Justice coalition -- did not immediately return a call for comment.
Faith, labor call on Smith
Catholic Sentinel - Portland,OR,USA
The workers' group, Jobs with Justice, helped organize the event. Backers of the reform have focused on a Portland food distribution company to illustrate ...
Regional income ranks low
Bend Bulletin (subscription) - Bend,OR,USA
... La Pine and other areas commuting for higher-paying jobs, said Michael Funke, a labor advocate and organizer for the group Jobs With Justice. ...
Moore's 'Sicko' promises to be an 'eye-opener'
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
The film is also being promoted locally by a coalition of advocacy organizations - Vermont Health Care for All, the Vermont Workers' Center and the Vermont ...
'Sicko' Rallies Push On Health Care: Screening Aims To Promote Reforms
Insurance News Net - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... movement of New Yorkers pushing for accessible quality health care across the state, said Allison Duwe of the Coalition for Economic Justice. ...
A hard bill to love is gone
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
"It was a step toward the first comprehensive immigration reform in 20 years," said Vanessa Crilly, director of Jobs with Justice-Long Island. ...
Milligan designed settlement, files show $10287 more paid to Milligan
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Tacoma,WA,USA
Three hours later, a coalition of community groups, including the 2100-member teachers union, the Black Collective, the Sound Alliance, Jobs With Justice, ...
IEA warns of supply crunch for oil, gas
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The Western Pennsylvania Jobs with Justice campaign will be introduced in Pittsburgh today as part of a national effort to fight for a decent standard of ...
SOJwJ photos: Ashland's 4th of July parade
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Per the Ashland Chamber of Commerce 4th of July 2007 parade application Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice paid the $30 entry fee as required for a ...
Steelworkers rally supporters
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Commercial Workers Local 227, Laborers' International Union Local 376, IUE-CWA Local 761 and Kentucky Jobs With Justice, a labor-funded activist group. ...
Sick-day measure's backers
Gay People Chronicle - Cleveland,OH,USA
Toledo Jobs With Justice, whose steering committee includes Equality Toledo director Kim Welter, is also considering what to do. ...
Carl Braden center rededicated
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Parrish said numerous kindred organizations use the house for meetings and other activities, including the Fairness Campaign and Jobs With Justice. ...
