Thursday night 2 vans filled with DC Jobs with Justice members and leaders embarked on an overnight road trip to Providence, Rhode Island where more than 1000 labor, community, student, and religious activists from across the United States and the world gathered for the annual Jobs with Justice conference which took place May 2-4.

This month DC JwJ launched a new weekly column in the Central Labor Council's daily publication, Union Cities.

After four years of struggling to organize and negotiate with their companies, the 1,500 security officers who are members of SEIU Local 32BJ in Washington, DC won their first union contract on April 10th.