JUSTICE @ VERIZON

Justice @ Verizon —Your Support Needed

CWA and IBEW returned to the bargaining table with Verizon on August 31. This “reset”of the company’s bargaining position was made possible by the tremendous strike and mobilization efforts of union members and allies like you across the country. Jobs with Justice coalitions,union members,and allies continue to leaflet at Verizon stores across the country to let Verizon know that we won’t let them get away with gutting good jobs —especially on the heels of news that Verizon pays their CEO more than they pay in U.S. taxes!

But this fight is far from over. Verizon workers need OUR SUPPORT to keep the pressure on! How you can help:

• LEAFLET: There is a new leaflet available for download &distribution at your local Verizon Wireless store. Download a new flyer and organize a group to leaflet. We are particularly focusing our efforts on Wireless Wednesdays from 12-2pm and 5-7pm and Saturdays.
• ADOPT A STORE: Can you commit to coordinating activities at a store near you? Can you commit,at a minimum,to activities on Wireless Wednesdays from 12-2pm and 5-7pm and/or Saturdays? Adopt a Store!
• FIND A LEAFLETING ACTION NEAR YOU: Find stores that are already “adopted”and join planned activities.
• REPORT YOUR ACTIVITIES: Please use the form on the JwJ website to report on your activities.

For background on the situation at Verizon, see Stop Verizon Greed! 45,000 on Strike

Thank you for all you have done and all that you will continue to do!

JUSTICE AT HERSHEY’S

Student Guestworkers Sit-In at Hershey Factory –Your help needed!

On August 17, over 300 students from across the globe walked out of the Hershey’s packaging plant in protest. The students paid $3,000-$6,000 each to come to the U.S. this summer for what they thought would be a cultural exchange program through the State Department’s J-1 visa. Instead,they found themselves packing chocolates at the Hershey’s plant in deeply exploitative conditions. After automatic weekly deductions for rent in company housing and other expenses,they net between $40 and $140 per week for 40 hours of work. The workers talked about their struggle and asked for our support at the JwJ national conference. TAKE ACTION NOW!

• Hershey’s J-1 student workers rally at Times Square store to break Hershey’s wall of silence
• After triggering federal investigations,Hershey’s offers guestworkers paid vacations
• Week 2 of Justice at Hershey’s

JOBS WITH JUSTICE CONFERENCE

JwJ Conference: Building a Transformative Vision to Expand Workers’Rights

From August 5-7,2011, Jobs with Justice held our National Conference in Washington,DC. The Conference,which was attended by nearly 700 activists from across the country, re-energized and recommitted workers’ rights activists and advocates to working together in solidarity to address the rights of workers everywhere and to collectively engage in strategy discussions around the economy, corporate accountability, and strengthening grassroots organizing base around a variety of issues. Most importantly the event allowed Jobs with Justice,our network,partners,and supporters to reflect on two critical questions:how do we protect and expand the right to organize and collectively bargain in this critical moment in our labor movement;and what is the role of Jobs with Justice in mobilizing the network, its allies, partners, and everyday workers around workers justice issues during this period. Read more...

• Photos from the conference
• Watch the conference plenaries
• JwJ Highlights Video
• Jobs with Justice Conference Attendees Rally Outside Walmart D.C. Lobbying Office
• Organizing Workers and Women:Domestic Workers and OUR Walmart Organize Exchange
• An Opportunity to Reflect and Outline a Way Forward
• Recommendations for organized labor, and the implications for JwJ
  

CARING ACROSS GENERATIONS

The Care We Imagine

On July 12^th,over 700 participants gathered to launch the Caring Across Generations campaign at the inaugural Care Congress in Washington,DC. The Caring Across Generations (CARE) campaign calls us to transform the direct care industry by providing the space to re-imagine care. Grounded in the ”Five Fingers of the Caring Hand” the members of the CARE Campaign believe that the fight for job creation, job quality, training and career pathways, comprehensive immigration reform and support for individuals and families is central to creating an industry where care-givers and care-receivers are mutually respected. Read more...

• Toward an Abundance of Care, Not a Debt Crisis
• San Francisco Holds Care Congress

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