WHO WE ARE
National Jobs with Justice engages workers and allies in campaigns to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live. JwJ was founded in 1987 with the vision of lifting up workers’ rights struggles as part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice.
We believe in long-term multi-issue coalition building, grassroots base-building and organizing and strategic militant action as the foundation for building a grassroots movement. We believe that by engaging a broad community of allies, we can win. Nearly 100,000 people have signed the Jobs with Justice pledge to “Be There” at least five times a year for someone else’s struggle as well as their own.
In more than 40 cities in 25 states across the country, we are building coalitions of labor, religious, student, and community organizations that are committed to each other for the long haul.
Atlanta Jobs with Justice was founded in 1988 as a committee of the Atlanta Labor Council. In 2002, a process began that led to the formation of our chapter. We are committed to playing a leading role in building various movements in Atlanta that address the root causes of economic and social injustice.
We apply a human rights framework to our organizing which takes into account the intersectionality of oppressions and the multiple issues people must deal with in their lives. Inspired by Ella Baker, we also believe that the leadership of the people most affected must be developed.
In 2005, we formed the Transit Riders Union to deal with the particular issues facing transit riders. The demands of the “Save MARTA” campaign are: labor and community control of transit, state funding, and no to state takeover and privatization.