Workers at WGBH have been struggling to negotiate with management for over two years. WGBH has taken a hard line in bargaining
Organizing Campaigns We Support
Jobs with Justice supports numerous campaigns across Massachusetts that affect workers locally, nationally, and globally. Below is a listing of some of the campaigns we currently help (see past campaigns).
On August 31 Hyatt fired the entire housekeeping departments of its three Boston area hotels. Many of the fired housekeepers had worked at their hotels for over 20 years. Some Hyatt workers were required to train their replacements and reported that their managers told them that the temp workers would only be used to cover vacations and weekends. Their replacements are being paid minimum wage — $8 an hour about half of what the Hyatt employees made, with no health insurance and a larger workload.
Support Comcast Workers in their fight to bring the company to the table!
In Bangladesh, the workers who sew clothing for big-name companies like Walmart earn a stark poverty wage — US$43 a month. On the job they face verbal and physical abuse, extremely long hours, and dangerous conditions.
Just Communities is a grassroots campaign led by Centro Presente and other immigrant rights organizations in Massachusetts. They have formed a coalition to fight back against the anti-immigrant, enforcement-only program called "Secure Communities."
Workers who are sent to jobs by temp agencies are often denied their basic rights. They are sent off to work not knowing where they are going, the type of work they will be required to do, their rate of pay or even the name of their employer, who is often referred to by a nickname.
Although they work hard and long, these workers often never receive their earned wages or are injured without compensation at hazardous work sites. Since many temporary jobs are low-wage and characterized by high turnover, these workers constitute some of the most vulnerable members of the workforce.
Everybody gets sick sometimes and when you are sick, you should be able to stay home and recover. Unfortunately, many workers in Massachusetts are unable to stay home and rest because they are not provided with paid sick days by their employer. If they are struggling to pay their bills, there is no way they can take a day off. So, many are forced to go into work even when they are still ill, which is dangerous for their own health and for the health of their coworkers and customers.
Over one million immigrants have been deported under the Obama administration. The enforcement-only strategy has manifested itself in numerous policies and programs that target innocent workers who are here to simply provide a better life for themselves and their families.
One such program is called E-Verify, which is an electronic system that employers can use to see if a worker has legal status to work in the U.S. In addition to being both error-ridden and costly, E-verify also criminalizes our immigrant brothers and sisters and makes them a target for racial profiling.
Currently, many of the uniforms and other clothes bought by the Massachusetts government are made in sweatshops. That means our tax dollars are supporting companies that abuse their workers to make cheap goods. We need to change this!
