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KY JwJ is dedicated to protecting the rights of working people and supporting community struggles to build a more just society. KY JwJ accomplishes this goal by building a diverse coalition of labor, community, and religious groups that work together, mobilizing the strongest possible base of support for workers' social and economic rights. Auction 'Em Off! Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, etc ... May 14 - 5:00PM @ Jefferson Square Park, Louisville [TENTATIVE] The Delta to Detroit folks will be in Louisville for a stop along the March to Fulfill the Dream and we are going to make a weekend of it! This is part of Kentucky's work to build the road to Detroit and take back the land on our way. Spoken word artist JD Hanley will serve as auctioneer and you get to bid on Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo and other entities that are contributing to the high foreclosure rate in Louisville. March to Fulfill the Dream 2010 - People's Fest May 16 - 1:00PM @ Victory Park, Louisville Join the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Women In Transition, Kentucky Jobs with Justice and the KY Social Forum at the 2nd Annual People's Fest during the March to Fulfill the Dream 2010's Louisville stop! Local hiphop, spoken work, etc., artists will be on the stage along with others. Stop in, show support for your local artist and the March to Fulfill the Dream. Special Performances by Real, Father Jah, Amore the King, Sincere, Jay Doub, Goodbar of SkyScaper Stereo, C.R.ash, Nacerima, Shamako Noble, Mr. 2Drinks, Jalin Roze and more. YNG Steve on the wheels of steels. For more info, contact Women In Transition @ 636-0160. Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip to the US Social Forum 
June 13-26, 2010 Come experience food justice as we visit church and community initiatives in KY, TN, NC, VA, WV, OH & MI along the way to Detroit for the 2010 US Social Forum. Celebrate the food justice and grassroots sustainable food revolution that is sprouting up everywhere. Join with college students, farmers, musicians, bloggers, and other adventurous souls. Hosted by the Presbyterian Hunger Program and rooted in the agrarian heart of the Bible. Visit www.pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip for details; call 502.569.5388 to sign up. Application form and flier are attached. (Possible to join trip segments.) Who are the "who" of the Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip? * You are young and/or young at heart. (College age / young adults especially encouraged to join.) * You are jazzed about the local food movement. * You want to see how healthy local food can reach more low-income peoples and communities. * You want to see what congregations and communities are doing, and to celebrate that good work. * You want to bring back lessons, stories and skills to strengthen your own church and community's work around food justice. * You are Presbyterian. * Or you are not Presbyterian. * You are intrigued about the US Social Forum. 1) Go to the website http://pcusa.org/hunger/roadtrip.htmand apply. Questions? Call Andrew @ (502) 569-5388 2) And please spread the word... Where exactly are we going? - See the Heaven on Earth map and click on the markers for links to some of the stops. The trip starts in Louisville, Kentucky and heads southeast through Tennessee to North Carolina before turning north through, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio to Detroit, Michigan. US Social Forum follow the Kentucky Social Forum on twitter to get updates on the US Social Forum happening in Detroit (June 2010): http://twitter.com/KYSocialForum 
The energy is amazing as the road is being built to Detroit for the US Social Forum in June. The Delta 2 Detroit march kicked off this month and you can listen to Khalilah Collins of Women In Transition on Tavis Smiley's radio show talking about her experiences with the kick-off in New Orleans: Our take back the land action will be May 14-16 during the time that the Delta 2 Detroit march will be in Louisville before it heads to Lexington. We need your help to plan this auction of the banks & mortgage company action and to get your colleagues, family members and friends to the US Social Forum. Click here for more info JOBS WITH JUSTICE ANNOUNCES NEW BLOG Jobs with Justice seeks to build a strong, progressive labor movement that works in coalition with community, faith and student organizations to build a broader global movement for economic and social justice. Toward that goal we are providing a space for Jobs with Justice staff, leaders and allies who are building the movement for workers’ rights and economic justice to write about and discuss the campaigns and issues we are working on locally, nationally and globally. Visit our new blog at http://www.jwjblog.org. Sign-on to Support Workers' Rights Kentucky Jobs With Justice signed an important petition to help get our country back on track, and we hope you'll join us. In this economy, we believe good union jobs are more important than ever. Secure jobs with good pay and benefits are what built the middle-income households in the United States, and they're just what we need to rebuild it. That's why we support the Employee Free Choice Act—a bill making it easier for workers to join unions and bargain for better health care, pay and job security. We joined more than 1.5 million folks in signing a petition supporting the bill. The new goal is 2 million signatures. Will you take a moment to sign, and pass this along? Go to: http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/s/jwj?source=e&subsource=5f. Some CEOs just go too far. They rake in millions while cutting back health benefits and raises for their employees. It's time to bring back some balance in this economy. This bill would help all of us by giving workers more muscle to raise living standards, improve health care and stop outsourcing. We're all in this together. Help us get to 2 million signatures! 
Employee Free Choice Act Have you signed the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act? What is the Employee Free Choice Act? The Employee Free Choice Act is critical legislation that would help protect the rights of America’s workers to organize and form unions. The law would give more workers a way to form unions and negotiate for better wages, health care and working conditions. Why do we need it? A robust middle class. Economic growth and shared prosperity. The American Dream. None are possible without good union jobs that protect workers. Today’s workplaces are tilted in favor of lavishly-paid CEOs, who get golden parachutes while hardworking families struggle to get by. Workers need a fair shake and a chance to get ahead – but employers intimidate, harass, and even fire workers who try to form a union. The Employee Free Choice Act can restore the balance, giving more workers a chance to form unions and get better health care, job security, and benefits – and an opportunity to pursue their dreams. What are we doing about it? We’re teaming up with hundreds of groups and unions to launch a massive campaign to show the new President and Congress that there are one million people who want to give hardworking families a chance to get ahead by passing the Employee Free Choice Act. One million people demanding a fair deal for workers. It’s a powerful grassroots call for change. Toyota Owners for Fairness Do you own a Toyota? Be counted as a Toyota Owner for Fairness, and put your values into action! Submit your e-mail below and it will take you to a page with more information and a sign up form. 
Thank you for your support! KY JWJ has won many victories this year because thousands of people like you have taken the following pledge: I’ll Be There... ... standing up for our rights as working people to a decent standard of living. ...supporting the right of all workers to organize and bargain collectively. ...fighting for secure family-wage jobs in the face of corporate attacks on working people and our communities. ...organizing the unorganized to take aggressive action to secure a better economic future for all of us. ...mobilizing those already organized to join the fight for jobs with justice. During the next year, I WILL BE THERE at least five times for someone else’s fight, as well as my own. If enough of us are there, we’ll all start winning. Please make a commitment to financially support this pledge and workers’ rights by donating online at http://www.kyjwj.org/donate.htm, you’ll join the more than 2,800 people in Kentucky who have signed the Jobs With Justice pledge. Here’s what you can expect as a donor to Kentucky Jobs With Justice: weekly GetActive email updates on economic justice and workers’ rights, quarterly newsletters about our growing state-wide work, and a commitment from us that we will stand up for working people in Kentucky. Thank you for taking this important step for justice. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming actions!  Jobs with Justice - A Coalition on Behalf of Working Families: A Faith Perspective
By Frank Schwartz, Faith Co-Chair, KY Jobs With Justice The Jobs with Justice Pledge card that people are asked to sign is the initial step that commits new participants in the coalition for workers rights. This singular act takes a new member on a journey of solidarity and activity that strives to: improve working peoples standard of living, fight for justice, security and protect workers rights to organize. When faith communities join Labor unions and Community organizations to support working families they bring valuable witness to the effort. This can counteract some of significant anti-worker position that is voiced by the business community and governmental bodies. Simply said, the Jobs With Justice Pledge is a pledge to be there, when you are needed. The pledge to be there for five times for someone else?s fight as well as your own is the corner stone for coalition building and worker and community solidarity. During the past years Congregations were encouraged to speak out for worker justice during Labor Day Weekend. Labor in the Pulpit is the effort by Jobs with Justice to bring the various issues of workers justice to members of congregations. Speakers, including the clergy, highlight the issues of the day to their congregants: working on behalf of a living wage, health care justice for all workers, Global Justice and fair trade that protects workers here and abroad. The faith community can use the ethical and moral teaching of their tradition to support economic and social issues that demand action from civil society. They and their members can provide a voice for fairness in the workplace. During the past few years many tomato-pickers were able to get improved wages and safer working conditions due to the boycott of several national faith groups. In conclusion, when you belong to Kentucky Jobs With Justice you are part of a coalition that strives to improve working peoples lives. So if you have not taken the "I'll Be There" pledge, this is your time to join! And you can do so on-line at: http://www.kyjwj.org/support.htm . Did you know that you can donate on-line to Kentucky Jobs with Justice? Why, sure you can! Make your gift at: https://secure.ga6.org/08/KentuckyDonate . Please visit our myspace page and become our friend today! Last updated: May 4, 2010 |
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