by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 27, 2009 | Projects
The Coalition of Labor Union Women, DC Jobs with Justice, and the International Labor Rights Forum invite you to: rnrnA Mothers Day Brownbag with Amanda CamachornColombian cut-flower worker and Union LeaderrnrnTuesday, May 5thrnNoon-1:30pmrnCesar Chavez room, AFL-CIO...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 23, 2009 | Interfaith Worker Justice, Projects
“No matter what has happened in the past, from this day forward we are here to help,” promised Mohammad Sheikh, Assistant Director for Labor Standards at DC’s Department of Employment Services. Sheikh was responding to Jews United for Justice’s...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 14, 2009 | Projects
“THOU SHALT NOT WITHOLD WAGESâ€Deuteronomy, part of the shared scripture of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, has something to say about employer responsibility. “You shall not withhold the wages of poor and needy laborers,†the scripture admonishes. “Pay...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 8, 2009 | Projects
rnMomentum is growing to create an economy that works for everyone, and DC JwJ, along with our national network of local coalitions, is helping to set the agenda. On Saturday, April 25th Global Justice Action and DC JwJ will be hosting an all-day city-wide People’s...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 6, 2009 | Projects
This winter, under the shadows of an economic crisis, hundreds of DC residents packed the DC City Council chamber to listen to the testimonies of health and education workers, parents, students, advocates and leaders of the labor community at a hearing held by the DC...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Apr 6, 2009 | Projects
“This is a community committed to justice,†Chris Zimmerman of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors told a packed room at the Doubletree Crystal City Hotel last Saturday night. More than 100 people turned out for the Community Commission on Worker Justice, to...
