November 13, 2019
By: Brian Van Slyke, TESA Collective The time is ripe for STRIKE! The Game of Worker Rebellion, a board where you mobilize workers around your city to defeat a nefarious megacorporation. With workers joining together and taking action around the country – from teachers to tech workers, hotel employees, nurses,… Read More»
Tags: Board Games, culture change, HappyCorp, organizing, strike, Strike! The Game of Worker Rebellion, strikes, TESA, TESA Collective, unions
July 17, 2018
Today marks Amazon’s Prime Day, an annual sales event invented by the e-commerce giant. Thanks to the retailer’s ubiquitous advertising and heavily-discounted prices, people now flock to Amazon.com to scoop up bargains for the day. But what makes those deals possible? Around the world, the women and men working inside… Read More»
Tags: Amazon, boycotts, Jeff Bezos, organizing, prime day, retail, strikes, warehouse, workplace safety
June 27, 2018
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»
Tags: Academics, ATU, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Christine Campbell, gig economy, IBT, Janus, labor research and action n, LRAN, organizing, partnership for working families, researchers, Teamsters, united campus workers, Vonda McDaniel
May 15, 2018
“It’s all on us. It’s all on us because it takes all of our voices to influence change.” -Martin Rucker, former NFLPA member, LiUNA member, community organizer and co-founder of Northland Progress. This past weekend, Jobs With Justice hosted its first Workers Revival Festival in Kansas City, with the goal… Read More»
Tags: Austin Lucas, Baracutanga, Center for Story-based Strategy, Downtown Boys, Ebony Tusks, Friendship Commanders, Kansas City, Lovergurl, Martin Rucker, music, Music Festival, NUBLCKCITY, organizing, Red Kate, Rev Sekou, Scruffy and the Janitors, Workers Revival Festival
October 11, 2017
Last week, a majority of newsroom staffers at the Los Angeles Times announced their intention to join together in union and join their colleagues at other newspapers who are already members of NewsGuild-CWA. Soon after, Tronc, the corporate owners of the paper, issued a letter to tell the Times staff… Read More»
Tags: Communications Workers of America, CWA, Los Angeles Times, Newsguild, organizing, Tronc, Union Avoidance Firms, unionbusting, unions
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
May 26, 2017
“One. Two. Three. Four. We will not wait anymore! Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Yale should negotiate!” On Monday, thousands of working people, advocates, and community members– including allies from the Jobs With Justice network—echoed this chant at Yale’s commencement. The crowd marched down the streets of New Haven in solidarity… Read More»
Tags: college, Connecticut, Donald Trump, graduate students, NLRB, organizing, Peter Salovey, UNITE HERE, Yale
April 5, 2017
A doctor decided that Loretta Ross shouldn’t have any more children. He sterilized her without her permission when she was 23. A woman working at Burger King wanted to see a doctor because she was bleeding profusely. Her manager pressured her to stay at work or risk losing her job.… Read More»
Tags: Activism, All Above All, Center for American Progress, Economic justice, Healthcare, Intersectionality, organizing, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Justice, Resistance, women of color
November 10, 2016
After this week’s election, Jobs With Justice is more invested than ever in expanding the ability of working people to negotiate for better workplaces, a more inclusive economy and thriving communities. Our oxygen is hope and resilience. We exhale fear. We will continue what we always do: organize, movement-build, and… Read More»
Tags: Donald Trump, Election, minimum wage, organizing, White Supremacy, Working Families
June 13, 2016
Jobs With Justice hosted a tweetchat this afternoon to highlight the issues faced by working women and the organizing and policy solutions they have been demanding and winning. You can see some of the highlights below. State of #WorkingWomen – Curated tweets by jwjnational
Tags: Discrimination, Fightfor15, organizing, Paid Leave, scheduling, wages, women, WorkingWomen