The fight-back is growing

Whirlpool refrigerators.  Hugo Boss suits.  Toyota Corollas. What do they have in common? 

They’ve all been made by U.S. workers who will soon lose their jobs — if the corporate CEOs get their way.  All these major corporations work hard (and spend a lot) to promote a positive corporate image.  But they all plan to shut down their U.S. plants and shift production overseas — devastating our communities and taking advantage of workers abroad – even though these plants are profitable.  If Corporate America gets its way, good jobs with benefits and economic security will be a distant memory.

But the fight back is growing.  Jobs with Justice coalitions and our partners vow to make every plant shut-down costly and to challenge every major lay-off until we win Full and Fair Employment and a New Economy that Works for Everyone.

Last week, JwJ joined the AFL-CIO and IUE-CWA in challenging corporate greed at Whirlpool in Evansville, IN.  Thousands of workers and community residents delivered 70,000 petitions to Whirlpool, protesting Whirlpool’s plan to send these jobs to Mexico — after taking millions of dollars in federal economic stimulus funds.

“We’re sending a message to Whirlpool and the

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