by DC Jobs with Justice | Feb 18, 2015 | Walmart: Respect DC
Melinda Gaino has a full-time job in DC, but she struggles to make it. She earns $9.90 an hour as a cashier at Walmart on H Street, NW, bringing home about $20,000 a year. That is too little to support the 45-year old mother and her four children in their SE...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Jan 29, 2015 | Justice At Wings
Yesterday, another worker at Wings Enterprises went on strike to demand an end to racist discrimination and harassment, inadequate training, and unsafe working conditions. Why is a company with Wings’s long track record of wage theft, discrimination, and safety...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Jan 29, 2015 | Minimum Wage Increase
A new report from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute confirmed what we’ve been hearing from workers: wages in low-wage jobs are stagnating, unemployment is lasting even longer, and lots of workers who want to work full-time can only find part-time jobs. Already this...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Dec 1, 2014 | Projects
Last week was a week of “firsts” for Respect DC and Walmart associates in the District. Throughout the week, we witnessed the first-ever Black Friday for Walmart in Washington, DC, the first sit-down strike in Walmart history, the first Walmart worker...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Nov 17, 2014 | Campaigns, Immigrant Rights
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Less than a week after winning their case at the NLRB, Tito workers won their election to bring a union to Tito Contractors after more than a year of organizing. A group of men and women in Washington, D.C., who have been organizing to expose abuse...
