Help build the movement!

By , on July 7th, 2011

Over the years Jobs with Justice (JwJ) has emerged as the leading national network bringing together diverse allies to win the fight to protect the rights of workers.  The Jobs with Justice’s movement building model continues to thrive because we engage in solidarity through real action.  The more people we bring to our Jobs with Justice table to work in solidarity, the more power we build and the bigger our victories are.

One of the most important ways JwJ has been able to strengthen our network of partners has been through our National Conference.  This year’s conference August 5-7 in Washington, DC will bring together hundreds of labor, community, student, and faith leaders and activists from across the country and beyond to learn, strategize, celebrate, and renew their commitment to worker justice.

Please give today to help bring low income, striking worker, and student participants to the Jobs with Justice national conference.

While many of our partners would like to send representatives to the 2011 National Conference, financial limitations hinder their ability to be a part of this exciting and memorable event. A generous contribution from

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July 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Conference | Comments are closed

Change Cannot Happen Without You.

By , on January 21st, 2010

During his election victory speech Obama said, “This victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.”

Over the last year there have been some steps forward in the struggle to build a more just society, and unfortunately some missteps along the way.  Corporate interests are manipulating frustrations over lack of progress in fixing health care, the economy, labor law, Wall Street and the financial sector.  Wall Street and the Chamber of Commerce are attempting to deflect their own responsibility for the economic crisis and use grassroots anger to block the very reforms we need for a new economy.

This last year has served as an important reminder that it takes a movement to make real change.  The transformation of our country will not come from Capitol Hill, but from people like us taking action to demand change.

We have the opportunity to create positive change for working people in this country.  We know that the road to a

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January 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Campaigns, Economy | Comments are closed

Sustaining the Movement for Jobs with Justice

By , on December 14th, 2009

Rev. Jim SessionsFran Ansley and I have been involved with the JwJ network since 1995 when our local Central Labor Council invited us to help organize our local East Tennessee JwJ. For the past several years, we have made a monthly automatic contribution to both the Jobs with Justice Education Fund (national JwJ) and to our local JwJ coalition, JwJ of East Tennessee.

Early on, we got to witness the power and significance of union/community solidarity in the Mineworkers’ strike against Pittston Coal Company in the hollows and on the ridges of Southern Appalachia.  We saw what the union and its members meant to the community and what the community, its churches and civic organizations brought to the struggle for labor justice and workers’ rights.  To win that fight, it took national and even international support, and I think most fundamentally, the shoulder-to-shoulder daily support of neighbors, pastors, and local community organizations.  Across the board Solidarity of material support and mutual reinforcement was necessary to win.  We have seen those lessons multiplied in years since.

That is why Fran and I give regularly scheduled contributions

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December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Everything Else, Leaders | Comments are closed