[Antiracism] [Workers' Rights] Faith-Based Activism

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

From: Kim Bobo info at iwj.org

 
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Dear friend,

The election offers opportunities for Interfaith Worker Justice to move
forward an agenda that can help workers now and put in place structures that
can support workers in coming decades. 

With your help, we will:

1) Pass the Employee Free Choice Act. We have an opportunity early in the
new Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. This important, although
strikingly simple, bill would make it easier for workers to join unions and
get first contracts. We will be asking you to contact your Senators in the
New Year. To learn more, click here
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MwBzlEauPIPxpA%2BvlT
4xLdONLx6RnU9F> .

2) Stop Wage Theft. Interfaith Worker Justice is putting the issue of wage
theft on the national agenda, both through the incredible work done by
workers centers, the policy work in Washington, D.C. and my new book, Wage
Theft in America. We'll send order information about the book next week, but
you can begin talking with your congregation about a Spring congregational
study using the book. A congregational study guide is included with the book
and available on line here
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GmlDvs%2BjDPKgqH8veB
gqFdONLx6RnU9F> . It is critical that we support a reinvigorated Department
of Labor that will aggressively enforce labor laws and deter wage theft. 

3) Stop the Workplace Raids. We are calling upon the Bush administration to
stop the workplace immigration raids - immediately. Send a letter to Michael
Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and cc Nicolas
J. Smith, Chief of Staff of Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 245 Murray
Lane Building, Washington DC 20528; Fax # 202-282-8401. When President-elect
Obama has chosen his team, we will ask you to contact them as well. Click
here
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wQJTmChov8oVdVl07P9n
nNONLx6RnU9F>  to read the Interfaith Worker Justice Board of Director's
statement condemning workplace immigration raids

4) Create and support Living Wage Jobs. It has been so long since the
federal government played a visible role in helping create and support
living wage jobs that we've almost forgotten that this is an appropriate
role for the federal government - to support, encourage and enable job
creation and a raising of standards throughout the society.
    
It feels like the best of times and the worst of times. It is an exciting
time in terms of new opportunities and new leadership. It is also a scary
time in terms of overall conditions for working families. Our work is more
important than ever.

Let us pray for our nation's new (and old) leadership and do our share to
lift up the concerns of working families.

Praying for the future,
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Kim Bobo
Executive Director
Interfaith Worker Justice   

 

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