Agency Details:

Jobs With Justice Education Fund Of Washington State

Jobs with Justice's mission is to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. Jobs with Justice's core belief is that in order to be successful, workers' rights struggles have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice.

Description:
Individual activists sign the Jobs with Justice pledge to be there five times a year for someone else's struggle as well as their own. By creating strategic alliances locally and among organizations nationally and developing a broad base of support, Jobs with Justice coalitions are re-building the infrastructure that gives communities a sense of their own power. To that end, Jobs with Justice has created a network of local coalitions that connect labor, faith-based, community, and student and youth organizations to work together on workplace and community social justice campaigns.

History:
Local community and labor leaders founded Washington State Jobs with Justice in 1993 to unite diverse organizations in a multi-issue coalition that has grown to include more than 142 organizations and over 4800 individuals. In the early years, Jobs with Justice organized local participation in national campaigns to defend our social safety net, for immigrant rights, and to Boot Newt. Jobs with Justice has consistently supported numerous unions in strike struggles and contract campaigns, the fight for the right to organize, and building mutual support between community and labor.

Contact person: Washington State Jobs With Justice, Staff Organizer, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (206) 441-5059

Address:

2620 3rd Ave Seattle, WA 98109 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.wsjwj.org

Directions:

The JwJ office is located in Belltown in downtown Seattle. We are 3 blocks south of the Seattle Center, on the corner of 3rd and Cedar. The Musicians’ Union donates space for our office in their building, so you’ll see. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 16, 74, 0-5 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	No

Last updated on October 5, 2009