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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:

Highlights from the Dec. 15 National Day of Action…

Over the past several years, Rite Aid executives have made a number of serious missteps that have hurt the company’s business.  The nation’s third-largest retail drug store chain has not made a profit in more than three years, causing investors to suffer heavy losses. Instead of working with employees to help turn the company around, Rite Aid executives are trying to make workers pay for management’s mistakes. At Rite Aid locations across the country, the trend is same: the company is demanding concessions from hardworking employees, while increasing executive compensation.

For example, while CEO John Standley recently doubled his own compensation, Rite Aid is: