DC Jobs with Justice Corner: DC JwJ Opens Award Nominations
Thursday, May 1, 2008
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
DC Jobs with Justice is looking
for a few great activists. For the first time, DC JwJ is opening up the
selection process for the annual “I’ll Be There” Awards, and is looking
for nominations of individuals or organizations that have “demonstrated
exceptional solidarity over the past year, or victories that should be
celebrated.” The “I’ll be There” awards celebration, scheduled for June
12th, “is an opportunity to celebrate the many JwJ victories won in this past
year,” says DC Jobs with Justice Organizer Mackenzie Baris. A coalition of
more than 30 labor, faith, community and student organizations, JwJ helped win
strong new contracts for grocery workers and security officers, the passage of
Paid Sick and Safe Days legislation and more. Click
here by May 15 to submit your nomination. To place an ad in the “I’ll Be
There” Awards program book, click
here to download the form. Look for more DC JwJ updates every Thursday
in UNION CITY!
- report by Ruth Castel-Branco