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STLtoday.com has a great piece on Missouri JwJ director Lara Granich. She’s a community organizer – and proud of it! The article looks at: * An economy “that has stripped away 130,000 jobs locally and 15 million nationwide” The Missouri Jobs with Justice Workers’ Rights Board released a report today on the steps of the Red Cross Blood Services headquarters in St. Louis that raises concerns about donor safety and the security of the nation’s blood supply at the country’s largest supplier of blood and blood products. Take Action Now! Send an email OR Sign our petition on twitter The investigative report, which also details the treatment of Red Cross employees and the impact this has on the organization’s work, underscores the need for a new round of reforms at the troubled organization. “Few national institutions have a prouder name or a more storied history than the American Red Cross,” writes Philip Dine, an award-winning labor reporter and the author of the report. “But many frontline blood workers see the Red Cross as an employer that is increasingly determined to cut expenses and increase revenues, even to the potential detriment of donor safety, employee wellbeing and the security of the nation’s blood supply.” Among the practices detailed in the report that jeopardize donors’ safety and the integrity of the blood supply detailed are: Continue reading Tell Red Cross: Don’t Cut Corners with Our Blood Supply Yesterday, hundreds of community, faith, student leaders came to Washington to tell their elected officials why they support the Employee Free Choice Act. Jobs with Justice activists from Pennsylvania, Missouri, Maine and Indiana joined others in a jam-packed 36 hours of training and lobbying.
With the appointment of Harkin to lead the HELP Committee and President Obama’s Labor Day address reconfirming his support for the Bill, activists were energized to go out and meet with their Senators and Congressional Representatives. You can see Continue reading Lobby Day for the Employee Free Choice Act A sampling of what Jobs with Justice coalitions worked on from August 22-September 7.
Jobs with Justice was one of 521 organizations that signed an open letter to Obama criticizing the Presidents inactivity on immigration reform. The letter demands the “immediate termination” of the 287(g) program which allows local law enforcement agencies to essentially act as proxies for federal agents who investigate, apprehend, transport, and detain people who are suspected of being undocumented. The national debate on health care continues to be front-and-center, and JwJ coalitions remain engaged on the ground. Continue reading Quick Hits: Labor Day Edition Cross-posted from St. Louis JwJ.
The workers and their union had an “all star” cast of support on hand, including actor Danny Glover (pictured here). Also on hand were members of the St. Louis Workers Rights Board, elected officials, and area union leaders from throughout the labor movement.  |
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Security Guards at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, after 
On Sunday, August 9 workers from the Lumiere and President Casinos had reason to stand tall as they learned the National Labor Relations board handed down a scathing ruling against their employer, Pinnacle Entertainment. The rulings call on Pinnacle to finally begin bargaining with the workers’ union, Workers United Local 74. 