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	APRIL-MAY 2008 Highlights from the 2008 National Jobs with Justice Conference Highlights from the 2008 National Student Labor Week of Action Missouri JwJ Defeats Deceptive Anti-Affirmative Action Ballot Initiative Burlington Food Service & Custodial Workers Win Livable Wages! Miami Workers Win Lawsuit against Employer for Non-Compliance with City Living Wage Ordinance Localizing International Work: Historic Garment Workers’ Organization & Asia Floor Wage Tompkins County Workers’ Center/JwJ Fights for Hotel Workers’ Rights DC Security Officers Win Living Wages and Benefits! Seattle Community Unites with Security Officers for Health Care Richmond JwJ Responds to ICE Raid JwJ CWA and IBEW Members Confront Verizon CEO Speed Matters: How Fast are You? DC JwJ Supports Victory for Area Grocery Workers! OfficeMax Dumps Grassy Narrows Paper Supplier JANUARY-MARCH 2008 Remembering Reverend James Orange, Civil Rights Leader & Union Activist National Student Labor Week of Action: March 28-April 4 DC Passes Historic Paid Sick Leave Legislation ESSN/JwJ Supports Grocery Workers Fighting for a Fair Contract Low-Wage Security Workers at WA Maersk Terminal Win Raises Philly JwJ Helps Secure Victories for AlliedBarton Guards at U. Penn & Temple! Free Speech at Risk Toledo Jobs with Justice Rallies Allies to save CareNet Paid Sick Days Bill gets Push in Ohio Mobile Home Council Secures Action from Dade County Commissioners Tucson JwJ Convinces Restaurant Owner to Stop Using Union-Busting Laundry January 26 Global Day of Action: Another World is Possible Southeast Michigan JwJ Supports RNs Organizing a Union Home Care Workers Testify Before the Long Island WRB UPCOMING CONFERENCES Take Back America \| March 17 - 19 US Human Rights Network \| April 17-20 Jobs with Justice National Conference \| May 2 - 4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2007 Smithfield CEO Joseph Luter III Elected 2008 National Jobs with Justice "Grinch of the Year" Jobs with Justice Demands an End to Social Security "No-Match" Letters Smithfield Sues Jobs with Justice! JwJ Keeps the Pressure On Smithfield & Paula Deen Jobs with Justice Supports the Writers' Guild of America Strike South Florida JwJ Mobile Home Council Wins a Victory for Affordable Housing Tompkins County (NY) Workers’ Center/JwJ Takes Aim at Local Hotel Industry’s Abusive Practices Jobs with Justice Celebrates Human Rights Day December 10 Buffalo "High Road Runs Through the City" Conference KY JwJ Supports Victory Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination Philadelphia Officers and Workers Rising (POWR) Rally Shuts Down Temple Board of Trustees Meeting Western Pennsylvania Jobs with Justice Takes Action on Lead in Toys Cleveland JwJ Stands Up for Living Wages in Cuyahoga County SEPTEMBER 2007 Progress in Campaign for Justice @ Smithfield! WA JwJ Shuts Down Port ; Picket Sends Cargo and a Message back to Chehalis Company Vanderbilt University Agrees to First Step Towards Living Wages for Workers Toyota Refuses Meeting with Religious, Community Leaders on Working Conditions Temple University Locks Out Clergy Portland Passes Sweat-Free Resolution Janitors Win Contract in Cincinnati; Build Momentum Throughout the Midwest Chicago JwJ Rallies Against No-Match Letters A Happy 75th Birthday for the Highlander Center!!! Report from STITCH featuring South Florida JwJ: The Other Immigrants, Women Workers in the U.S. Labor Movement JULY-AUGUST 2007 Jobs with Justice at the U.S. Social Forum! Jobs with Justice Helps Keep the Heat on Smithfield 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! APRIL-JUNE 2007 EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT VOTE THIS WEEK! US SOCIAL FORUM STARTS NEXT WEEK ! Immigrant Rights Mobilizations Coast to Coast on May 1st Rhode Island JwJ Organizes Pilgrimage for Prosperity & Promise Tompkins County Workers’ Center/JwJ Initiates Living Wage Employer Certification Program Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice Supports Nurses First Contract Fight Central Oregon JwJ Celebrates Transit Worker Victory Unions & Managers Work Together to Improve Relations & Morale in WA Utah JwJ Holds WRB Hearing on Health Care Indianapolis JwJ Supports Library Worker Victory JwJ Supports Strike at Community College of Philadelphia Victory For Hunger Strikers At UVM After McDonald's Victory, DC Students Set Their Sights on Burger King Philly Students Demand Justice For Security Guards Chicago JwJ Supports Strike at Lechner & Sons Laundry MARCH 2007 Student Labor Week of Action Starts Tomorrow! US Social Forum: June 27-July 1st in Atlanta DC Metro Social Forum Huge Win for Missouri’s Tipped Employees! Employee Free Choice Act Passes House Report Looks at Garment Manufacturing in India Victory for Bend Area Transit Workers Albany, NY Goes Sweat-Free Vermont Workers’ Center / JwJ Delivers Anti-Free Trade Valentines Missouri Workers “Living in the Red” from Health Care Costs Vermont Workers' Center / JwJ Holds WRB Hearing on the "Race to the Bottom" JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2007 2007 Student Labor Week of Action Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in House JwJ Helps Power Victory for Simon Malls Janitors Verizon Business Workers Fight to Organize! DC JwJ Holds WRB Hearing on Creating a Better DC for Working People Rhode Island JwJ Rallies for a Living Wage on MLK Day Janitors in St. Louis Win Groundbreaking Contract CEJ / JwJ Continues Fight for Increase to and Enforcement of Buffalo's Living Wage Law Vermont Workers' Center / JwJ Mobilizes Support of Homeless Shelter Workers' Right to Join a Union St. Joseph Valley Project / JwJ Holds Hearing on NLRB's "Kentucky River" Decision JwJ Coalitions Honor Dr. King JwJ Holds "Fun with Financials" Training Staff Changes at National Jobs with Justice NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 Goodyear Elected Grinch of the Year Jobs with Justice Stands in Solidarity with Striking Goodyear Workers Massachusetts JwJ Supports Smithfield Workers JWJ COALITONS GET OUT THE VOTE! Missouri Ohio Rhode Island New York Vermont Massachusetts Louisville Community Leaders Share Vision for West End Development OCTOBER 2006 Washington JwJ Helps Win Economic Development that Benefits the Whole Community Historic US-India Report on Outsourcing Details Offshore Call Center Conditions Philly SLAP Street Theater Holds Allied-Barton Security Accountable Workers Protest NLRB's KY River Decision Kentucky JwJ Workers’ Rights Board Holds Hearing on Peabody Coal University of Vermont Workers Win a New Contract Vermont Workers’ Center/JwJ Holds Forum on Verizon’s Plans to Sell RI JwJ Helps Brown University Food Workers Win Contract Affordable Housing Victory in Champaign, IL Communities and Washington JwJ Tell Wal-Mart “Show Us Social Responsibility” SEPTEMBER 2006 UPDATE NLRB Rules in KY River Case - Act Now to Defend Workers Rights JwJ Responds to Rash of Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Vermont Workers' Center/JwJ Helps Launch Burlington Livable City Campaign Record Number of Missouri Congregations Preached on Workers’ Issues This Labor Day Weekend Welcome Central Illinois Jobs with Justice! State Workers Defend Washington Health Care Standards; Negotiate a Fair Contract Chalk it Up for Health Care! JULY - AUGUST 2006 JwJ Takes Action to Defend Workers' Rights from KY River Decision Ohio JwJ Coalitions Fight for a Minimum Wage Increase Northeast JwJ Coalitions are Building a Base of Progressive Voters Nationwide Hotel Workers Victory Living Wage Victory in Louisville, KY Chicago Passes Big Box Living Wage Ordinance JwJ Women's Retreat Philly JwJ, SLAP, and USAS take on Verizon! Eugene Pepsi Workers Win New Contract WA State JwJ Mobilizes for VA Benefits South Florida JwJ Holds Job Fair; Mobilizes for "Immigration & African-American Communities" Forum Vermont Nurses Win a Fair Contract! Janitors’ Victory on Long Island Indianapolis-Marion County Library Workers Win Resolution for Union Election Update: Immigrant Workers at Koch Foods in TN Win First Contract! JUNE 2006 Workers' Rights Threatened by Upcoming Decision from Bush's NLRB Quarantine Wal-Mart Day of Action a Huge Success! Victory on Economic Development Standards in Eugene JwJ Coalitions in NYS Work Together to Win Fair Share for Health Care UW SLAP Protests at Campus Nuclear Plant 350 Hear Testimony from Health Care Workers During Portland WRB Hearing Victory for Waterloo, IL Nursing Home Workers Philly JwJ Takes Action for Locked Out Workers JwJ Demands Health Care Now! SE Michigan JwJ Bowls for Justice MAY 2006 QUARANTINE WAL-MART: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION JUNE 2ND Health Care Now Action Week June 7th Eastern MA JwJ Fights for a Health Care Constitutional Amendment Safe Staffing & Quality Patient Care Bill Passes Vermont Senate Thousands of Security Officers Move Closer to Justice! Striking Workers at the University of Miami reach a Settlement JwJ Coalitions Support Immigrant Rights on May Day New York JwJ Coalitions Demand Developer Accountability One Year Later: Still No living Wage at Washington University Spring Fundraisers a Big Success New Contract for Utah Refinery Workers Victory for Berkeley Honda mechanics Toledo Blade Workers Rally for A Contract APRIL 2006 JwJ Mobilizes for Immigrants Rights! Student Labor Week of Action a Huge Success Victory for Seattle Waste Management Workers! JwJ members attend NTUI Founding Convention in India N. Texas WRB Holds Hearing on Immigrant Workers’ Rights Colorado JwJ Aids in Victory for Bus Drivers Southern Oregon JwJ Supports Teachers in their First Action JwJ Testifies at FDIC Hearing on Wal-Mart's Banking Application No Lunch for the Rest of Us - Protest at Bush Fundraiser RI JwJ Demands Health Care for All MARCH 2006 It's the Student Labor Week of Action! Find a Nearby Action DC wins Living Wage! Victory for Janitors on Long Island Wal-Mart Supercenter Denied in Bend, OR Washington JwJ Mobilizes for Workers Impacted by War Anti-Immigrant Bill Defeated in Indiana JwJ Supports Verizon Wireless Campaign Victory for Immigrant Workers’ Rights at Koch Foods in East Tennessee New Coalitions Forming in Oregon, New Mexico, Illinois Tucson JwJ Names County Attorney Grinch of the Year, Gets Results february 2006 Utah WRB Hears Testimony from Low-Wage Workers Solidarity Works for McCall Oil Workers! Health Care Staffing Disclosure Bill Passes VT House Update from India World Social Forum JwJ Takes Action to Stop Corporate Greed at Wal-Mart! Jobs with Justice Takes Action: Workers’ Rights are Human Rights! NOVEMBER 2005 Tell McDonalds to Support Improved Working Conditions & Fair Wages for Farm Workers! Shop the JwJ Store for the Holiday JwJ Fights for Justice at Blue Diamond WA State JwJ Holds Honoree Dinner Eugene-Springfield WRB Hears Testimony from DHL Temps SE Michigan WRB Holds Hearing on Raising the Minimum Wage Capital District Workers’ Rights Board Hears Family Childcare Provider Testimony Philly Supports Transit Workers' Strike! "Maid in America" Documentary to Premiere on PBS october 2005 2005 National Jobs with Justice Conference Highlights ACT NOW: No more rotten trade deals - Stop AFTA! Hold Wal-Mart Accountable This Holiday Season JwJ Gearing up for December 10th Week of Action for Workers' Rights Your activism is restoring decent pay for Gulf Coast workers! JwJ Leads Health Care Victories in Long Island and New York City RI JwJ Joins the Fight for Justice for Janitors Atlanta JwJ & Massachusetts JwJ Host Workers’ Human Rights Tour Solidarity Works - Victories in Vermont! Indianapolis JwJ Pledgers Sit-Down for Justice for Janitors Western Massachusetts JwJ Hosts Performance of Howard Zinn’s "Voices of a People’s History" JULY 2005 WA JwJ & AFGE Fight Union-Busting Rules for Federal Workers First U.S. Social Forum Set for Atlanta in 2006 CAFTA passes House - Find out how your Representative Voted St Joseph Valley Project/JwJ Stands with Highway Workers to Demand Reinstatement of their Bargaining Rights JwJ Delegation Attends Immigrant Worker Strategy Session JwJ Co-Sponsors Congressional Progressive Caucus Reception NYC JwJ Advances Accountable Economic Development in New York State Welcome East Bay JwJ Organizing Committee! Pre-Reg Deadline for the Annual Meeting 8/15 - Register Now! Jobs with Justice Unity Principles JUNE 2005 Atlanta JwJ Organizes & Wins Against Proposed Transit Fare Increase! Settlement Reached at Angelica Laundries! Health Care Action Day Helps Prevent SEPTA Strike FIGHTING CAFTA Take Action Now to Stop CAFTA U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (WA), Rep. Blumenauer Swtich Sides on Trade Issues Excerpt from Representative Adam Smith’s Labor Newsletter Update Chicago JwJ Says, “Don’t be a Sucker - Stop CAFTA” Holland America Janitors Win in Joint Campaign with WA JwJ Citizens Gather at WRB Hearing to Demand that Economic Development Subsidies Lead to Good Jobs for DC Residents Housing and Wages: Kentucky JwJ Connected the Dots Boston Nursing Home Workers Win Union and Fight Back Against Racist Charges NE JwJ Coalitions Hold Awards Fundraisers may 2005 Community Standards to be Included in Eugene, OR’s Enterprise Zone Vermont Universal Health Care Supporters Celebrate House Legislation, Prepare to Broaden Movement Philly SLAP Helps Moore College Life Models Win Union Cuffs Come Out During Noisy Visit to Congress Hotel Washington State JwJ Rallies for Peace Indianapolis WRB Holds Hearing on Janitors Register Online Now for the Jobs with Justice National Annual Meeting APRIL 2006 National Student Labor Week of Action Victories! JwJ Coalitions Fight State Health Care Cuts South Central Indiana JwJ Helps Win Living Wage Law Florida JwJ Activists Fight for Immigrant Rights Organizing and Collective Bargaining Rights Training Colorado JwJ Mobilizes for Dog Treat Makers NY JwJ Health Care Security Act NLRB to Prosecute Angelica Laundry Cleveland JwJ Fights for Union Projectionists South Florida, Atlanta JwJ Coalitions Fight for Justice at BFI/Waste Management Buffalo JwJ/CEJ Fights for Fairness at Verizon Wireless MARCH 2005 TACO BELL BOYCOTT OVER! Yum Brands Agrees to Pay a Penny More Per Pound of Tomatoes Student Labor Week of Action Begins March 31 Act Now to Support Hunger Strike at Georgetown University! Anti-Sweatshop Victory at U. Buffalo Utah Phillips Performs at Benefit for Utah JwJ Workers and UVM students Rally for Good Jobs WA State WRB Releases Report on Outsourcing N. Texas JwJ Joins Delegations to Sky Chef, American Airlines Tell Congress to Sign the Pledge to Protect Social Security Health Care Action Man to the Rescue! FEBRUARY 2005 Portland JwJ Aids Mental Health Worker Victory ESSN/Eugene JwJ Mediates in Lane County Transit Dispute Long Island SLAP GROWs! Vermont Workers’ Center/JwJ Holds 3rd Annual Health Care Action Summit 25,000 Indiana Workers Lose the Right to Union Representation JANUARY 2005 DC Hotel Workers Win New Contract! National Student Labor Week of Action March 31- April 4, 2005 JwJ Joins Delegation to the 2005 World Social Forum Janitors win Justice at Providence College! Jobs with Justice Tour with Indian Allies a Success! NE JwJ Coalitions Take on Verizon Wireless Victory at Intelicoat!!! Central OR JwJ Organizes Panel and Discussion on Immigrant Rights Atlanta JwJ WRB Holds Hearing on Public Transit JwJ Celebrates International Human Rights Day St. Louis WRB Delivers Report to Angelica Local and National “Grinch of the Year” Winners Community Organizing and Technology Institute