Recent Supreme Court justices’ rulings – from affirmative action to reproductive rights – are part of a long, far-right checklist meant to destroy democracy. And it’s not just politicians at the helm of this strategy. During the State of the Union last week, President Biden asked the Supreme Court justices… Read More»
Background: Attacks on joint-employer standards are attacks on low-wage workers and their ability to organize. Wealthy CEOs, their lobbyists, and politicians on the right have attacked joint-employer standards for decades. During the 1980s, a conservative National Labor Relations Board whittled the definition of joint-employer status to benefit corporations and dissolve… Read More»
Summary: Not satisfied with amplifying election disinformation, monopolizing the online shopping industry, and widespread union-busting, billionaires are uniting to destroy the National Labor Relations Board. Jeff Bezos has joined Trader Joe’s CEO Bryan Palbaum and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in attacking a New Deal-era institution meant to protect workers and… Read More»
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In partnership with Morehouse College and the Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs With Justice launched the Advancing Black Strategists Initiative (ABSI) in the fall of 2020. We began with a vision to create a cohort of Black economic justice and labor-focused strategists committed to leading, developing, and advancing policies and… Read More»
Last week, Starbucks continued their trend of retaliation by announcing they would be closing the remaining two of three stores in Ithaca, NY. The announcement comes just one year after all three stores in Ithaca voted to unionize – marking Ithaca the first city in the country with all-unionized stores.… Read More»