by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 3, 2010 | Projects
“We don’t want a Guantanamo in the Nation’s Capital” said Johnny Barnes, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, before a packed audience during yesterday’s community dialogue at the...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Feb 22, 2010 | Projects, Workers' Rights Board
Workers, advocates, labor leaders, and community activists packed the basement of First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church last Thursday night to examine how “Wage Theft” is impacting local workers. rnrnA board of 10 prominent community leaders, chaired by...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Feb 9, 2010 | Projects
Unity in Dream City: Organizing for Local Justice in 2009 Compiled by Andrew Willis Garcés and Mackenzie Baris INDEX: *The Year in Struggler* Victories Organized by Issue Housing/Gentrification Labor/Workers’ Rights Youth/Education Public Sector & Safety...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Nov 28, 2009 | Campaigns, Justice At Wings, Projects
In late October, a small but committed band of rodmen – construction workers who place the reinforcing steel in the concrete structure of buildings, bridges, power plants, etc – walked off the job at Wings Enterprises. While many of the striker’s...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Nov 28, 2009 | Projects, Student Labor Outreach Project
Cold fall rain did not deter more than 40 students and staff who rallied Nov. 13th at Georgetown University to support campus police officers. Representatives from a variety of student organizations, as well as Georgetown staff, gathered on Red Square to show their...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Nov 28, 2009 | Campaigns, Justice At Wings, Projects, Student Labor Outreach Project
Taking time from cramming for mid-terms, students from the George Washington (GW) University and members of DC Jobs with Justice’s Student Labor Action Project joined striking Wings workers on a delegation to the university to demand that the institution take action...
