by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 13, 2009 | Projects
Come out and show your opposition to Councilmember Graham’s recently introduced anti-loitering bill on Wednesday, March 18th at 10:00am at the DC City Council building on 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW. rnrnIf you can, stay and testify! Sign up by sending an email to...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 11, 2009 | Projects
rnMen in crisp suits and gleaming shoes stood uncomfortably on the red-carpeted sidewalk outside U Street’s Local restaurant last night as demonstrators swirled past them chanting and waving signs accusing DC mayor Adrian Fenty of selling out to the campaign...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 11, 2009 | Projects
rnIn a victory for immigrant workers across the country, the Department of Justice has announced an investigation of alleged “discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures†by the Phoenix, AZ police. Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 5, 2009 | Projects
By Ramon ZepedarnrnOn Saturday, February 28, 2009, I joined activists and advocates from across the nation in Maricopa County, Arizona to march in solidarity with the immigrant community and to protest the policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. rnrnArpaio has been using a...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Mar 4, 2009 | Projects
Workers at the Sheraton Crystal City hotel publicly launched their fight for justice last Thursday with a delegation to the general manager asking for a fair and democratic process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference.rnrnA dozen...
by DC Jobs with Justice | Feb 18, 2009 | Projects
rnThis month Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio marched 200 chained and shackled immigrants from a detention center to a segregated tent city in the desert surrounded by a recently installed electric fence. Arpaio has cut their access to healthcare and plans to force them to...