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District Officials Ignored Residents and Got Duped By Walmart
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 15, 2016 CONTACT Ari Schwartz, DC Jobs With Justice, (202) 674-3228, ari@dcjwj.org For a PDF of the release, click here District Officials Ignored Residents and Got Duped By Walmart Countless residents knew better than to trust...
Just Hours at the Top of the Agenda for D.C. Council
On January 13, members of the coalition for Just Hours testified at a DC city council hearing in favor of the Hours and Scheduling Stability Act, spearheaded by D.C. Jobs With Justice and introduced by Councilmember Vincent Orange. The proposed rules would usher in...
New poll finds overwhelming support for Just Hours
A survey of 572 D.C. voters conducted by Public Policy Polling on Oct. 28-30, 2015 found overwhelming support for giving working people more stable and predictable work schedules at retail and food service employers. The survey, sponsored by DC Jobs With Justice and...
In D.C., a Call for Just Hours
This week, employees of companies like Marshalls, McDonald’s and Macy’s told nearly 100 Washington, D.C. residents gathered at Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church how unstable hours and so-called “just-in-time” scheduling practices take a toll on their families and...
Introducing our 2015 Workers’ Rights Board
On July 14, we are bringing back the DC Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board to discuss the need for Just Hours! The Workers’ Rights Board is a board composed of community and religious leaders, prominent members of the community, and public officials who support...
Foro comunitario: La lucha por horarios justos
Todos merecen un pago digno, horarios estables, y horas suficientes para que puedan llegar a fin de mes. Pero demasiados trabajadores en restaurantes, en tiendas al menudeo, y en la limpieza no reciben las horas que necesitan con bastante aviso previo. Ademas,...
RSVP to our Report Release on Hours and Scheduling
Please join us for a briefing and release of our groundbreaking report on hours and work schedules in the DC service sector. This event will be co-hosted by DC Fiscal Policy Institute and Georgetown University Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor....
10 Days Until DC Jobs With Justice Day
Today marks the 10 day countdown to our first-ever DC Jobs With Justice Day! I’ve been with DC JWJ for three years, and that’s been long enough to see the broad and indispensable role we play in the struggle for a more just Washington, DC. Our coalition has a duty...
Finding My Voice: Yanely Perez on a Summer with DC Jobs with Justice
Reposted from Georgetown Kalmanovitz Initiative Blog My time with the Kalmanovitz Initiative Summer Organizing internship not only let me grow as a person but also use that growth to make deeper connections with DC workers and organizers. I am humbled to have worked...
Working Full-Time But Left Behind in DC’s Prosperity
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...
EVENTS
6 Ways to Celebrate May Day
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the need to imagine alternatives to our rigged system. We hope you can join our allies in the movement on May Day for one or more of these socially distanced solidarity actions and educational events. Shut Down DC - International...
DC JWJ COVID Webinars – April 2020
English Webinar: DC JWJ's most recent webinar with Bread for the City, Working Families Party, Legal Aid Society of DC, DC Kincare Alliance, and DC Fiscal Policy Institute. video Recent federal and local legislation have made important changes such as: Expanded...
Open Letter to Mayor Bowser: cash assistance urgently needed
Dear Mayor Bowser, Our residents need assistance. Our organizations touch thousands of workers who are being left to fend for themselves as part of a community response to the deadly and fast-moving Coronavirus. Cash assistance now will stem a humanitarian disaster...