Jobs With Justice

Yogi was sick of having to choose between her basic needs and surviving, so she organized. And won!

Learn more about how Southern workers are holding taxpayer-funded industries accountable to workers and communities this Wednesday, 8/14 @ 6pm ET. RSVP: www.jwj.org/wrbh2024

WE'RE HIRING: Join our team of organizers! We're committed to holding corporate actors accountable by supporting workers in the fight for democracy in their workplaces and communities.

Learn more and apply: bit.ly/jwj-organizer

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
⏰: Wednesday, Aug 14 @ 6 p.m. ET
Where: 💻 jwj.org/wrbh2024
What: Virtual Workers' Rights Board Hearing on EV Manufacturing in the South!

Impacted workers and community members from South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama will share testimony on working conditions, successful organizing and community benefits agreement campaigns, and the need to develop industry-wide standards for the booming electric manufacturing industry in their communities.

More to come! RSVP and learn more: jwj.org/wrbh2024

We thank President Biden for his service to the country, his willingness to listen to the needs of workers, and his commitment to building a country and an economy that finally puts working people first. We look forward to continuing to raise the voices of workers everywhere during his remaining time in office as we strive to build upon the progress made in recent years.

Read our full statement below.

Jobs With Justice Statement on President Joe Biden Backing Out of... Washington, D.C. — Following the announcement that President Joe Biden will no longer seek reelection, Jobs With Justice Executive Director Erica Smiley issued the following statement: “Today’s announcement from President Joe Biden that he will no longer seek reelection is a major development ...

JWJ executive director Erica Smiley will join the for Policy Studies on Monday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. ET to discuss building a multiracial democracy that can beat back fascism.

RSVP to attend virtually or in person: https://action.ips-dc.org/a/countering-american-fascism-lessons-organizing-us-heartland.

Countering American Fascism: Lessons from Organizing in the U.S. Heartland

The headlines may be getting messier and messier, but workers continue to do what they do best – from showing up in solidarity to sharing knowledge. We're organizing together to protect and build thriving communities. 🔥✊ More in comments!

TODAY @ 6pm ET!

Join Catalyst this Thursday at 3pm Pacific/ 6pm Eastern to hear from dynamic organizers who will share their work around key issues facing Black communities in Florida and beyond. Our panelists will dig into how they’re organizing to advance their communities in the face of attacks on bodily autonomy, workers, and Black political power. Florida has long been a key site of Black organizing and these leaders are working towards a future of Black power and collective liberation. Register at https://bit.ly/ABP2024BlackLib

Global solidarity! ✊🌏

Hold Amazon accountable! Skip and 👉 www.exposeamazon.org/petition-amazon

"Sanders, who chairs the panel, told The Washington Post that the “extraordinarily high level of injuries” discovered in the investigation “speaks to the irresponsibility of Amazon,” and that he is “giving serious thought” to holding a hearing where Amazon executives are asked to testify."

Amazon Prime Day causes workplace injuries, Senate probe finds The Senate HELP Committee probe found that the company’s annual Prime Day sales event, which takes place this week, is “a major cause of injuries” for the workers.

Amazon continues to ignore their injury crisis, but they can’t stop worker solidarity! Learn more about and read testimonies from workers and their families at www.exposeamazon.org.

The JWJ national office is logging out Monday, July 1 through Friday, July 5 for a summer break. We'll be back at it again on Monday, July 8.

Last week, JWJ organizers, researchers, and policy nerds descended on Portland, OR.

🌳 our team of organizers - from South Carolina and Tennessee to Missouri and Arizona - met up to set goals for the remainder of 2024.

📚 Our Research and Policy teams hosted a SOLD OUT Labor Research and Action Network Conference at Portland State University.

✊ And our whole crew joined Oregon Nurses Association on the picket lines for the largest nurses' strike in Oregon’s history.

📚✊🔥 Last weekend, JWJ national staff joined Missouri Jobs with Justice to host a Leadership Development Training. We conduct these trainings multiple times across the country each year to help the JWJ Network train their communities in the movement to STOP corporate greed. When we learn together, we win together.

We’re looking forward to Economic Policy Institute's webinar “Organizing, Collective Action, and the National Labor Relations Board” on Tuesday, June 11, at 2 p.m. ET. In this moment, it is critical that we support vital institutions advocating for more worker power and protections.

Secure a spot at the webinar! RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3jqGZ93DTaWTmKUKnbM5dA #/registration

Join us next week on Tuesday, June 11 from 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET for a webinar discussing recent developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and their impacts on worker organizing!

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo will deliver opening remarks on the significant reforms her office has undertaken, followed by a panel discussion with EPI's Lynn Rhinehart, Cindy Estrada from AFL-CIO, and Larry Cohen, Past President of the Communications Workers of America.

Register here: https://www.epi.org/event/nlrb-webinar/-

A HUGE win for taxpayers, ! IRS is officially extending the program permanently – it will save people time, money, and peace of mind. That’s why JWJ joined more than 250+ other orgs nationwide to call for a permanent Direct File program in more states!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH to troublemakers, disrupters, and all seekers of justice! 🌈✊🔥

“The more workers band together to fight for better jobs, the more likely they and other workers will see the benefits.”

Read more from the Economic Policy Institute 👇

Just by having a union vote, Mercedes workers in Alabama won major concessions and proved the importance of worker power Last week, more than 4,500 workers at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Vance, Alabama, voted on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers (UAW). After Mercedes and Republican elected leaders in Alabama waged a vicious anti-union campaign, the workers narrowly voted against the union. While this res...

ORGANIZE THE SOUTH! 👏🔥

South Carolina Jobs With Justice recently held their first ever meet-n-greet and it was a huge success. Community organizations, union allies, and faith leaders gathered to discuss ways we can unite to demand better wages, dignity, and a better future for all. Workers are ready to fight together!

NEW from Long Island Jobs with Justice: Starbucks Workers’ Rights Board Hearing Report! ☕️

The report includes testimonies from Starbucks workers and their concerns about health and safety on the job, gender inequities in hiring and promotion, harassment, scheduling, and more.

FULL REPORT IN COMMENTS 📖

Workers’ Rights Board Releases Report Detailing Working Conditions At Several Long Island Starbucks Locations Starbucks managers on Long Island allegedly made racist, homophobic, and sexist comments toward workers, which were among the many reasons some baristas have been inspired to unionize, according to a report released Wednesday.

NEW report demonstrates economic hardship of Amazon warehouse workers:

🍔 53% recently experienced food insecurity
🏠 48% experienced housing insecurity
💸 56% have not been able to pay all their bills
And one-third (33%) have used publicly funded assistance programs like SNAP

Learn more about the economic hardship workers at Amazon face from the largest survey of the company’s workforce to date:https://cued.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/219/2024/05/Handling-Hardship-Final_May2024.pdf

Educated, organized, and ready to win ✊✊✊

From Chicago to Chattanooga and DC to South Carolina, the JWJ crew has been busy.

Despite the typical tales of union hostility in the South, courageous workers in Alabama have been reclaiming their power through organizing for years.

READ MORE 👇

Unions double-down in the Deep South: Can Alabama pave the way? Three high-profile labor disputes have unfolded in central Alabama over the past several years, with Amazon warehouse workers, coal miners and autoworkers all speaking out for change.

In collaboration with Athena and workers at Warehouse Life, we welcome today’s introduction of the critically important Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA) — a highly anticipated federal action that would protect workers and support organizing efforts amidst the warehouse worker injury crisis driven by Amazon’s relentless pursuit of speed.

The alarming findings of the National Employment Law Project report released today reveal high injury rates among Amazon workers and underscore the urgency of federal intervention. Despite Amazon’s claims of prioritizing safety, evidence suggests a pattern of underreporting injuries and willful violations of safety regulations.

Amazon’s Outsized Role: The Injury Crisis in U.S. Warehouses and a Policy Roadmap to Protect Workers - National Employment Law Project This report aims to shed further light on the injury crisis facing warehouse workers and potential policy solutions by examining data from the Occupational Safety and

There is power in our solidarity.

On , we honor the workers joining together to demand a fair return of the profits they create – from autoworkers in Alabama organizing for a voice at work to fishermen in Taiwan demanding safety standards. When we fight together, we win together.

Workers are on the frontlines of the battle to preserve democracy. Our leaders must step up to support them or get left behind. Solidarity to the workers of Daimler Trucks! ✊

Democrats Try to Navigate a Looming Strike in a Swing State More than 7,000 U.A.W. workers at Daimler Truck plants in North Carolina are set to strike at midnight in a labor action that could carry political consequences.

“Erica Smiley from Jobs with Justice said “unions must stop seeing the South as no man’s land” where they can’t win and invest in efforts to organize southern industries.”

READ MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/business/uaw-south-jobs/index.html.

The anti-union South is starting to crack | CNN Business For five decades, the southern United States has been an attractive location for foreign automakers to open plants thanks to generous tax breaks and cheaper, non-union labor.

Congratulations UAW Volkswagen Local 42 on your historic campaign to join the UAW International Union! Workers in Chattanooga have shown us what resilience looks like and their impact will be felt as new organizing continues to gain momentum. Jobs With Justice stands in solidarity with Local 42 as they take the monumental step of negotiating a first contract.

Today, we're sending solidarity and fortitude to UAW Volkswagen Local 42 as they kick off their election to join UAW International Union. Each VW worker's vote to join the union marks a historic leap forward for all Southern workers and their right to stand united!

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Yesterday, JWJ national and organizers from Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee and Atlanta Jobs with Justice joined VW workers in Chattanooga for a community rally!

Workers at the VW plant will cast their votes in a potentially HISTORIC election to join the UAW International Union THIS WEEK. They're ready to fight for what they deserve – quality wages, health & safety standards, and so much more. SOLIDARITY! ✊🔥