On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, Jobs with Justice alongside East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy and San Francisco Rising convened Bay Resistance, a powerful new organization preparing to defend our communities, our movements, and our planet. The mission of Bay Resistance is to advance racial, economic, climate, and gender justice by activating individuals Read More ...
With the tech-driven spike in housing costs, evictions and displacement, JwJ supports the multi-faceted struggle to protect tenants, working class communities and the soul of our city. JwJ is currently leading an effort to introduce a San Francisco tax measure to the November 2016 ballot that will make big tech corporations pay their fair share Read More ...
JwJ is working with AFT 2121, the San Francisco Labor Council and a broad coalition of student and community groups on an exciting campaign to make City College free for all San Francisco residents and workers, like it was before 1984. San Francisco City College serves a diverse community, and rather than down-sizing the college, Read More ...
JwJ San Francisco brings labor and community together to win bigger victories than we can win alone. JwJ has provided strategic support to ongoing coalition campaigns including San Franciscans for Healthcare, Housing, Jobs and Justice, Campaign for a Healthy California, Close the Gap (K-12 education), POWER Campaign (immigrant workers’ rights), Debt Free Future, Change Walmart and Read More ...
By Gordon Mar and Ken Tray Originally published in San Francisco Examiner, June 18, 2017 The housing affordability crisis continues to be a defining issue for maintaining stable, diverse communities, not only in the Bay Area but also statewide. Throughout California, many communities also lack housing opportunities for the growing workforce of union members and Read More …
On May 1st, 2017, International Workers Day, JWJ joined with the Progressive Workers Alliance, Bay Rising, San Francisco Labor Council and other groups to organize a vibrant, powerful morning action at the San Francisco headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action, which included a blockade of ICE deportation buses and painting of a giant street Read More …
The defeat of Trumpcare has been one of the resistance movement’s biggest victories so far, but we know that our health and very lives will continue to be threatened by the right-wing corporate forces in power. And, even the status quo means spiraling healthcare costs and corporate profits while millions of working families and immigrants Read More …
Jobs with Justice San Francisco Job Announcement Posting Date: March 27, 2017 Position: Campaign Coordinator Employment Type: Full-time Location: San Francisco with occasional travel Organizational Overview: Launched in 2010, Jobs with Justice San Francisco is a long-term strategic alliance of community and labor groups working together to build the movement for workers rights and economic justice Read More …