Chicago Jobs with Justice

(TOMORROW) WEDNESDAY MARCH 10th
9:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Support two pieces of legislation in the city council to demand accountability in the use of TIF funds: mandating creation of affordable housing (Sweet Home Chicago) and living wage jobs (Good Jobs Chicago.)

Chicago Jobs with Justice is organizing the Emergency Campaign for Jobs in conjunction with our national JwJ network and the AFL-CIO.

Here's what we are demanding:

1. Immediate extension and expansion of access to jobless benefits for the duration of this unemployment crisis (including COBRA or Medicaid and food assistance.)

2. Immediate federal financial assistance to states like Illinois to prevent further layoffs and service cuts, precisely when the need is the greatest in our communities.

3. Federal spending on direct job creation for improving and enhancing our public infrastructure: mass transit, schools, roads and more.

4. Federal investment in green technology, manufacturing and energy conservation.

5. Paying for it all by taxing the individuals and practices on Wall Street that created this recession so we can begin to balance the books, place the tax burden where it belongs and discourage reckless and excessive speculation.

Join Chicago Jobs with Justice for an action about unemployment: we will be demanding federal action to create jobs!

Watch footage of the The Senate Soup Kitchen
Serving soup in Federal Plaza highlighting the need to tax Wall Street to pay for jobs!
http://www.progressillinois.com/posts/content/2010/03/03/activists-deman...

To find out more or get involved in the Emergency Campaign for Jobs, call (312) 738-6161 or send an email to Susan at susanh@jwj.org!

EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS!

“HEY WALL STREET: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!”

CHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE IS ORGANIZING FOR A FEDERAL JOBS PROGRAM PAID FOR BY WALL STREET SPECULATORS AND WE NEED YOU!

JOIN US FOR AN ACTIVIST ORGANIZING & TRAINING MEETING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH
10:00 A.M. -12:00 P.M.
333 S. ASHLAND.

HELP US PLAN OUR NEXT EVENT: MOBILE SOUP KITCHEN IN FEDERAL PLAZA

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (312) 738-6161 OR SEND AN EMAIL TO SUSANH@JWJ.ORG!

Chicago Jobs with Justice is seeking interns for the following positions:

Internship: Community Organizing

Terms: Spring 2010, March-May

Summer 2010, June –August

Fall 2010, September-November

Winter 2010-11, December-February

Schedule: 15 hours per week

Chicago Jobs with Justice’s mission is to build a strong and progressive labor movement that works in coalition with faith, community and student organizations to win important fights for worker rights and social justice.

Chicago Jobs with Justice is seeking an intern to learn the art and science and of community organizing. Community organizing has been credited as the powerful weapon behind the successful Obama presidential campaign. You can learn these skills and apply them to whatever path you take in life.

A NEW NEW DEAL

Obama Year One!
Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?

Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Roosevelt University
Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan), Room 232

Join hundreds of community members, congressmen, and elected official, labor leaders, faith leaders, and community organization leaders in honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to affirm our committment to rebuild our cities.

Date: Saturday, January 16th
Time: 1:30-2:30 P.M.
Place: First Baptist Congregational Church
Address: 1613 W. Washington

We need to join together for a just and humane immigrastsion reform and jobs program that will reach all Chicagoans.

500 people turned out on November 17th to challenge the insurance industry to get out of the way of health care reform. Lead by William McNary and Lynda DeLaforgue from Citizen Action/Illinois, Roberta Lynch (AFSCME31), Tom Balanoff (SEIU1), Henry Tamarin (UNITE HERE) and Ron Honse (CWA), 400 people marched, including a busload from Wisconsin, from the Blue Cross HQ to the Renaissance Hotel, where AHIP (the insurance lobbyists) was holding their National Convention. READ MORE FOR LINKS TO NEWS COVERAGE....

Marchers joined up with folks already picketing outside the hotel, the small business folks inside the AHIP, and the media. Finally, William McNary held a rally to make sure the insurance companies heard us loud and clear.

The Labor Committee on Immigrant Worker Rights, a project of Chicago Jobs with Justice, are hosting a formal launch meeting and breakfast for labor leaders in the Chicago metropolitan area, featuring Esther Lopez of UFCW discussing the latest in immigration reform legislation. The breakfast will be hosted by Ron Powell of UFCW and Tom Balanoff of SEIU at SEIU Local 1 offices at 111 E. Wacker in Chicago. For more information, contact Susan at 312.738.6161 or susanh@jwj.org.

Greetings Brothers and Sisters-

Thanks to all of you who were able to join us yesterday, Tuesday October 27th for a landmark mobilization for a protest of the greedy big banks, bailed-out with trillions of our tax dollars, who were hosting their annual convention at the Sheraton Hotel right here in Chicago! You can see footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImrtaUpJYQ (special thanks to Chicago Jobs with Justice volunteer Karyn McGroarty for taking and uploading the video!)

View all the news coverage:

NBC Nightly News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#33499611

ABC 7 in Chicago
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7085050

CBS Channel 2
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=64050@wbbm.dayport.com

WGN
http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-bank-protests-downtown-oct27,0,5397284.s...

FOX NEWS BUSINESS interviews American Bankers Association CEO Edward Yingling by Jeff Flock.