Jobs with Justice
{{Short description|American labor rights organization}}
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Jobs With Justice (JWJ) is a labor rights organization in the United States, focused on the vision that all workers should be able to collectively bargain. It was founded in 1987 and is made up of individuals and affiliated organizations. As of 2022, Jobs With Justice coalitions existed in over 30 cities or states in all regions of the country.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2013-11-08 |title=Our Network |url=https://www.jwj.org/about-us/our-network |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Jobs With Justice |language=en-US}} In 2012 Jobs With Justice announced a merger with American Rights at Work, another U.S. union advocate organization.{{cite web|last=Gupta|first=Sarita|title=Announcing a New Chapter for Workers' Rights|url=http://www.jwj.org/blog/announcing-new-chapter-workers%E2%80%99-rights|publisher=Jobs With Justice blog|accessdate=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928233239/http://www.jwj.org/blog/announcing-new-chapter-workers%E2%80%99-rights|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead}} Jobs With Justice is based in Washington, D.C., and is led by Executive Director Erica Smiley.
History
Jobs With Justice was founded in 1987.{{Cite web |last=Justice |first=Jobs With |date=2022-05-31 |title=Jobs With Justice at 35: The Birth of Jobs With Justice – Jobs... |url=https://www.jwj.org/35years/jobs-with-justice-at-35-the-birth-of-jobs-with-justice |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Jobs With Justice |language=en-US}}
In 2012, Jobs With Justice merged with fellow labor rights group American Rights at Work forming a single organization under the Jobs With Justice banner.{{Cite web|last=admin|date=2013-12-07|title=Our History|url=https://www.jwj.org/about-us/our-history|access-date=2022-01-27|website=Jobs With Justice|language=en-US}}
Projects
TESA Collective and Jobs With Justice funded a labor organizing game on Kickstarter. In STRIKE!: The Game of Worker Rebellion, players grow their ranks, mobilize workers, and organize strikes around their city. The campaign for the game ran during a union drive at Kickstarter.{{Cite web|title=This Board Game About Labor Revolts Is Protesting Kickstarter on Kickstarter|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-board-game-about-labor-revolts-is-protesting-kickstarter-on-kickstarter/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Vice.com|date=22 October 2019 |language=en}}
See also
{{Portal|Organized labour}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.jwj.org/ Jobs With Justice]
- [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv33679?q=Rick%20Rice%20Papers Rick Rice Papers.] circa 1960–1999. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
- [https://www.thefutureweneed.com/ The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century]
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Category:Workers' rights organizations based in the United States
Category:1987 establishments in Florida
Category:501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations