2011

The Jobs with Justice National Conference is just a few weeks away!  We have some exciting program pieces coming together. Check it out:

Last chance for early bird registration! Register by FRIDAY, JUNE 24th TO SAVE

The Jobs with Justice National Conference will be held in Washington, DC August 5-7, with a Student-Labor Pre-Conference on August 4th.

The conference draws a diverse cross-section of labor and community activists who are working on some of the most innovative campaigns in the labor movement. Some of the campaigns you can expect to learn more about include:

Were you inspired by the pro-democracy movements in the Middle East this winter? Were you moved by the outpouring of support for workers’ rights in the Midwest? Are you wondering what’s next in building a people’s movement to take back our democracy?

Join us August 5-7 at the Jobs with Justice National Conference!Click here to register by June 24th and save on the registration cost.

Come to the Jobs with Justice National Conference to learn from and strategize with labor leaders, rank & file workers, students, religious leaders, community activists, workers excluded from labor law protection, and many, many more about how to build a powerful movement of working people to defeat the corporate agenda.

JOBS WITH JUSTICE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
AUGUST 5-7, 2011 IN WASHINGTON, DC

Corporations want to use the failing economy as an excuse to reverse every worker protection put in place over the last century, but we are standing together and fighting back!

Come to the Jobs with Justice conference to learn from and strategize with labor leaders, rank & file workers, students, religious leaders, community activists, workers excluded from labor law protection, and many, many more about how to build a powerful movement of working people to defeat the corporate agenda! Join us as we explore:

More than three hundred Vermonters converged at the Statehouse on January 5th to deliver more than four thousand petition signatures to lawmakers Shap Smith, John Campbell, Claire Ayer and Mark Larson.  The petition demands that Vermont lead the nation in the adoption of universal healthcare. The petition also builds on last year's passage of Act 128 the "Universal Access To Healthcare Act," which mandates that Vermont create a healthcare system which meets the human rights principles of universality, equity, accountability, transparency, participation and healthcare as a public good.  The rally also comes in anticipation of the release of the state mandated universal healthcare system options, designed by Dr. William Hsiao, expected on January 19th of this year.