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By jwjnational, on August 20th, 2010 Federal Stimulus Funds & Tennessee Tax Dollars Pay for Human Trafficking, Forced Labor: Call on the Obama Administration to hold employer accountable
Late in the night on August 10, Mexican guestworker Hilario Jimenez escaped from company housing to expose his employers. Hilario and other guestworkers were recruited from Mexico and brought to the U.S. on H-2B visas by Vanderbilt Landscaping LLC.
This morning Hilario blew the whistle on a Tennessee scandal: Vanderbilt Landscaping, LLC is receiving millions in federal stimulus money and state contracts put together. And the company is importing guestworkers – cheap, captive labor – into public jobs even as local communities are suffering from record unemployment rates.
Now we ask you to stand with Hilario Middle Tennessee Jobs with Justice and members of the Alliance of Guestworkers of Dignity to fight human trafficking, forced labor, and a company that gets millions in state and stimulus money.
TELL THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE VANDERBILT. Call 202 353 1555 and tell Attorney General Eric Holder, “The Department of Justice should investigate and prosecute the employers for criminal conduct including but not limited to labor trafficking, forced labor, unlawful conduct with respect to documents, and other crimes in coordination with the F.B.I.”
TELL
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By jwjnational, on August 4th, 2010  The big banks thought they killed financial reform last year, but through the efforts and activism of JwJ members and allies across the country, we were able to overcome $1.5 million a day of bank lobbying and we won the first round of the fight to take back our economy from Wall Street and the corporate agenda.
Now these same big money interests want to undo that victory by blocking appointment of Elizabeth Warren as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Elizabeth Warren has served as the chair of the Congressional Oversight panel created to investigate the bank bailout, acting as an advocate for accountability and transparency. Warren was also one of the original advocates for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
TELL OBAMA TO APPOINT WARREN!
Why do the banks want to block her appointment? Because they are afraid she might actually protect consumers at the expense of bank and corporate profits.
There is certainly more to do in democratizing our banking system and making Wall Street Pay for causing the economic crisis, but if the banksters and corporate greed crowd succeeds
Continue reading Don’t Let the Big Banks Steal Our Victory
By jwjnational, on July 19th, 2010 Unemployment benefits expired for 2.5 million long-term jobless back in May. Since then, the Senate has almost restored unemployment benefits three times, but each time Republicans have blocked the votes with procedural delays.
Tomorrow, the unemployment benefits extension is expected to come to a vote. Tell your Senators not to fall for GOP scare-tactics about the budget deficit — or their offensive assertions that the unemployed are “spoiled” brats who are just “sitting there” collecting unemployment benefits.
One job for every five people looking for work is a jobless emergency, and we need emergency action now!
TAKE ACTION
By jwjnational, on July 16th, 2010 They said we couldn’t do it, but they were wrong. JwJ and our partners out-organized the big banks!
On Thursday, two years after the financial meltdown that has spiraled into the worst economic crisis in a generation, the Senate finally voted to approve the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act. This financial reform bill takes some key steps towards breaking the control that Wall Street has over our country.
This important victory is just the beginning. We will continue organizing to hold the big banks accountable and work to ensure that the banks who profit from our money benefit our communities.
By jwjnational, on July 13th, 2010 They said we couldn’t do it. But they were wrong. JwJ and our partners overcame $1.5 Million PER DAY of banker lobbying!
On Thursday, the Senate plans to vote on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act. This financial reform bill that takes some key steps towards breaking the control that Wall Street has over our country — and we need everyone to ACT NOW to pass it!
Last summer, insiders pronounced banking reform “dead.” They said ‘everyone’ had forgotten about the Wall Street bailout and the obscene bonuses — and that Congress was too dependent on bank money as it approached election season to do anything that would actually make a difference. But a series of mobilizations across the country kept the heat on Congress and an important step towards breaking the power of the banks is within our grasp.
Let’s be real: The Dodd-Frank bill, already passed by the US House, is not the end of the struggle. The big banks are still too big. They still need to be broken up and reined
Continue reading ACT NOW to Hold Banks Accountable
By jwjnational, on June 18th, 2010 Fifteen million jobless are still waiting for our Senators to finish the job and pass unemployment insurance extension. Millions more are waiting for COBRA health subsidies and aid to states.
CALL NOW: 1-888-854-1978
Tell your Senator to vote for the American Jobs & closing Tax Loopholes Act:
extend unemployment insurance benefits through November 2010
extend State Fiscal relief (FMAP) for 6 months
fund the emergency TANF fund through 2011
vote YES on the amendment to reinstate the COBRA subsidy that the House stripped from the bill
This jobs crisis is deeper and longer-lasting than even the Reagan recession of the 1980s. State and local governments are starting to lay off thousands of teachers, and experts predict a loss of nearly one million jobs in the coming months if Congress fails to help the states now.
So what’s the hold up?
Many Democrats seem to be falling for right-wing scare tactics about the budget deficit and some are even buying into the ridiculous argument that getting jobless benefits keeps the unemployment rate higher.
But defecits are necessary in a jobs crisis. Just imagine what forcing one million more onto the
Continue reading CALL NOW! The Jobless Can’t Wait Any Longer.
By jwjnational, on June 9th, 2010 For over a year, JwJ has been sounding the alarm that we are in an economic crisis calling for bold action and that there is no such thing as a “jobless recovery.” But leaders in Washington DC still don’t get it.
What we really need is a major jobs creation program, but the 15 million jobless Americans need support – NOW!
Tell your Senators to support jobless workers!
There are still nearly 6 people looking for every job opening, and even optimistic projections suggest it will take 5-6 years before the unemployment rate drops to pre-recession levels. If all the jobless Americans stood shoulder to shoulder, they would stretch across America — twice.
Unless Congress acts, 300,000 people will run out of unemployment benefits next week. Unless Congress continues jobless benefits, like the subsidy for COBRA payments, 144,000 per month will likely lose health coverage.
Tell your Senators to act now!
By jwjnational, on June 2nd, 2010  14.6 million U.S. workers unemployed. One in ten without work. Only one job opening for every 5.6 people looking.
Congress just doesn’t get it. Joblessness is an emergency, and requires bold, emergency action. Tell Congress they must ACT NOW to create jobs and protect jobless benefits!
This jobs crisis is deeper and longer-lasting than even the Reagan recession of the 1980s, but many Democrats seem to be falling for right-wing scare tactics about the budget deficit and buying into the ridiculous argument that getting jobless benefits keeps the unemployment rate higher.
 Wall Street has recovered. Corporate CEOs are back to their greedy ways. Meanwhile, even if trends reverse today, workers will have to wait four to six years to close this job gap. The House voted last week to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed, but only through November, and they removed money to help people keep their health care coverage.
No matter what the conservative number crunchers say: there’s no such thing as a jobless recovery! Congress must act now to save and create jobs, starting with
Continue reading They Still Don’t Get It
By jwjnational, on May 20th, 2010
By jwjnational, on May 17th, 2010 We are closer than ever to winning meaningful reform of Wall Street. The work of Jobs with Justice members, activists, and allies is starting to add up to a national movement that is changing the debate in Washington, and our momentum is building.
The Senate is close to finalizing a banking reform bill, and the big banks are trying desperately to weaken or kill banking reforms that might prevent another meltdown, even threatening to filibuster.
Click here to take action and then CALL YOUR SENATORS at 1-888-854-1978
Today, Jobs with Justice and allies will join National People’s Action, SEIU, and the AFL-CIO for a ”Showdown on K Street” in Washington, DC, ground zero for Wall Street’s corporate lobbyists, as the Senate is voting on important amendments to the banking reform bill.
An important amendment to SUPPORT is the Merkley-Levin amendment, which would prevent banks from gambling with government-insured deposits and reduce the kinds of conflicts of interest the Goldman Sachs was involved in. There are also several attempts to weaken regulation of derivatives and swaps, which were a central cause of the financial meltdown.
Please CALL YOUR SENATORS at 1-888-854-1978 with the following message:
It’s time to stand with the people before Wall
Continue reading Support a STRONG Financial Reform Bill
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