jobs with justice

  • Oregon Unions Save Services, Tapping Voter Anger to Tax Wealthy
    by Margaret Butler
    Feb 18 2010 - 4:45pm

    Faced with more public services blood-letting, Oregon voters chose to tax those most able to pay. It’s given union activists hope that relentless organizing can settle bulging state deficits by targeting recipients of the bubble economy's billions.

  • Unable to Cut Hourly Wages to $8, Hugo Boss Tries to Flee Overseas
    After unsuccessfully demanding workers take a 33 percent pay cut, Hugo Boss gave notice of their intent to shutter their plant and lay off 400 workers. Cleveland Jobs with Justice is standing with the workers and their union in a fight to save the last clothing manufacturer in the city.
  • No Patience Left for InkStop's Wage Theft

    InkStop, a chain of ink cartridge and small electronics stores, closed its 152 locations nationwide on October 1—without warning. InkStop’s owner Dirk Kettlewell had predicted profits by the end of this year thanks to over $80 million from private investors. Now he and the company’s board have shut it all down, bilking those investors and leaving 550 employees without pay for their last three weeks of work.

  • Philadelphia Museum Guards Finally Win Their Own Union
    Warren Davis
    Oct 27 2009 - 1:00am

    Seventeen years after security guards at Philadelphia’s Museum of Art lost their union in a Democratic mayor’s privatization spree, they joined students and Jobs with Justice to beat long odds and vote in an independent union.

  • Red Cross Pricked for Labor Problems
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:08am

    Management disrespect for workers at Red Cross is spoiling the reputation of one of America’s largest humanitarian organizations, according to a report by Jobs with Justice.

  • Jobs with Justice Backs Hyatt, Verizon Workers
    Jane Slaughter
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:02am
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    Jobs with Justice’s Week of Resistance and Recovery September 24-October 1 brought out thousands of workers and allies to chastise bailed-out bankers and agitate for jobs. In 20 cities across the country, JwJ chapters attempted to spark a fight for economic recovery.

  • Student Labor Week of Action Hits the Streets

    Matt Abbott, Sameerah Ahmad, and Laura McSpedon

    The "Resistance and Recovery" week of action burst with 250 events in early April. As the corporate attack on workers intensifies with the economic crisis, Jobs with Justice and Student Labor Action Project activists took the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination as occasion to push back.


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  • Is Fighting for Justice at Smithfield Racketeering?

    Jane Slaughter

    Is it illegal for an activist group or union to criticize a company’s business practices? Is it a “conspiracy” if advocates call for boycotts, organize rallies, or press for resolutions from elected bodies? Smithfield Foods, the largest producer of pork products in the world, is hoping so, after a lawsuit it filed last October passed an initial court challenge. . . .


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