DC JwJ Launches Take Back DC Campaign

Submitted by dcjwj on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 3:44pm.


This week DC Jobs with Justice Launched the Take Back DC Coalition, a broad-based campaign led by labor and community groups working to protect public services for all District residents, strengthen transparency in the way the City does business and hold elected officials accountable by demanding:
* an immediate halt to the privatization of public services and land
* an impact-assessment of recently privatized services
* honoring of union contracts and bargaining in good faith
* a fair wage for all DC workers, specifically wage parity for cab drivers with other metropolitan areas.

The campaign's co-fouders areAmerican Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Washington Metropolitan Council, Empower DC and the Dominion of Cab Drivers.