Washington, D.C. – Jobs With Justice released the following statement Tuesday in response to the reintroduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act in both houses of Congress. Those spearheading the legislation on Capitol Hill include Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate HELP committee… Read More»
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The Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act seeks to strengthen the rights of workers to organize, bargain collectively, and engage in other concerted activities to improve their wages, benefits, and working conditions. The legislation was first introduced in Congress in May 2019 by Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senator… Read More»
Flooding from Hurricane Harvey on 8/31/2017
Ahead of a natural disaster like Hurricane Florence, politicians and safety officials tell the public to evacuate early and not wait until conditions get bad. We all know that you can lose your home and your belongings, but politicians never talk about the fact that during a disaster, many people… Read More»
Pictured from L to R: Secretary-Treasurer Jessie Case, AFT-WV President Christine Campbell, National Domestic Workers Alliance Lead Organizer Jacklyn Izsraael, Union Communication Services at the Cornell Worker Institute Director Dania Rajendra, IUPAT National Strategic Organizer Rosa Lozano When a conference keynote speaker says “Our mission is to be the most radical city on the… Read More»
A new report, released by Jobs With Justice Education Fund and the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, identifies the large corporations that have been most involved in wage and hour collective action lawsuits. Grand Theft Paycheck: The Large Corporations Shortchanging Their Workers’ Wages finds wage theft is pervasive… Read More»
Nissan employees in Canton, Mississippi will decide whether to join in union with the United Auto Workers in a historic vote.
Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D. Va.), and Keith Ellison (D. Minn.), along with their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The “Raise the Wage Act” would gradually increase the minimum wage from current floor of… Read More»
On June 18, 2016, Regina Elsea went to work at the AJIN USA auto parts manufacturing plant in Chambers County, Alabama. Two weeks away from getting married, she took the job in part, to help pay for her wedding. Regina’s job included overseeing the robots used to build parts supplied… Read More»
As the Trump administration aggressively ramps up deportations, community advocates are coming together to protect their immigrant co-workers, friends, and neighbors. More worksite raids are expected as part of Trump’s overreaching immigration enforcement efforts. Union organizers, labor and human rights advocates, and grassroots activists need to be equipped with best… Read More»
Yesterday, Donald Trump’s second choice for Labor Secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, finally took his seat in the Senate HELP Committee hearing room for his confirmation hearing. After nearly three hours, in which Acosta often failed to articulate his position on numerous topics, Jobs With Justice remains concerned about where Acosta… Read More»