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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. 
Action Alerts KY SOCIAL FORUM Show Your Stuff @ the 2009 Kentucky Social Forum! Share your stuff and make some money by setting up an exhibitor/vendor booth at the KY Social Forum. Show us what you got! Download an exhibitor/vendor registration form @ http://kentuckysocialforum.org/?p=412. But why a KY Social Forum, anyway? To bring together folks from rural and urban parts of our state to fight for our basic human rights more collectively. To create strong, grassroots coalitions across the expanse of KY. To become more educated about such issues as housing, hunger, homelessness, poverty, environmental justice, workers' rights, youth advocacy and organizing, mountaintop removal, reproductive justice, immigrant rights, queer advocacy and organizing, media justice, non-partisan political mobilizing, economic justice, and more. And how will we do this? We'll develop viable communications networks, clear outreach strategies, and we will be intentional about representation, using arts and culture, providing space for healing and spirituality, and more. Kentucky Jobs with Justice is following the Kentucky Social Forum on twitter @KYSocialForum because that's where it's "at!" Keep up with the latest developments in the KY Social Forum process by subscribing to the newsletter TODAY @ http://kentuckysocialforum.org/?page_id=7 (enter your email addy in the ?subscribe? box in the top, right-hand corner). 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! 
KY JwJ Fall 2008 Newsletter Extra! Extra! Read all about it! KY JwJ Fall 2008 Newsletter 
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. 
KY JwJ Sweet Sixteen KY Jobs With Justice celebrated it's Sweet 16 on September 16th with a presention of Solidarity Awards to leaders in community, elected, faith, labor and student activism and a Keynote Address delivered by Stewart Acuff, Assistant to the President, AFL-CIO. Acuff's highest priority is passing the Employee Free Choice Act which is also a priority of Jobs With Justice -- locally and nationally. You can view a copy of Stewart Acuff's remarks 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. Women Building Power Check out the planning meeting report back from the first meeting! You can also view the 2nd report back from the April 2008 meeting and the most recent report from the August 2008 meeting. From Senator Denise Harper Angel’s legislative survey 2008: “Should non-violent convicted felons have their voting rights restored once they have served their prison sentences?” Yes - 76% No - 16% Unsure - 7% No Answer - 1% The full text report and Executive Summaries of "Beginning the Dialogue to Understand the Strengths and Unmet Needs of the Hispanic/Latino Community in Louisville Metro" report is available in English and Spanish online at: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/OFW/Reports.htm. This report is based on the Cross-Cultural Community Conversations Project which consisted of a series of 'platicas' (conversations) with Hispanic/Latino men and women to assess their unique strengths, needs and perspectives and to enhance our ability to provide equal access to and quality of services in Louisville Metro. This project was based on collaborations with a number of community partners. 
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: June 30, 2009 |
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