Meet the DC JWJ "Scrooge" Nominees
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Nominees for DC Jobs
with Justice’s 2013 Scrooge of the Year award are DC Mayor Vincent Gray, Metro
CEO Richard Sarles, Restaurant Association CEO Kathy Hollinger, Tito Contractors
and the entire corporate management at Giant and Safeway. Click here to vote and if you can’t decide, no problem, votes are $1
each – the contest is a fundraiser for DC JWJ -- so vote for as many as you
like! Mayor Gray got the nod for "vetoing the Large Retailer Accountability Act
and putting Walmart ahead of workers" and for "spearheading the privatization of
our public transit"; Hollinger got it for "lobbying against decent wages and
working conditions for restaurant workers"; Sarles for "discriminatory
background checks and policies against hiring returning citizens", Tito
Contractors for "repeatedly using immigration threats and intimidation to
exploit workers" and management at Giant and Safeway for the nomination for
"refusing to offer a fair contract".(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)