December 2009
Some recent highlights from IWJ's campaigns and projects.
40 Events Across the Country on IWJ's National Day to Stop Wage Theft!
 
On November 19, workers, allies, faith leaders and public officials in communities from coast to coast mobilized for IWJ's National Day of Action to Stop Wage Theft! In Houston, 40 people rode a Justice Bus, stopping at employers that have stolen wages. In Ohio and Florida, elected officials announced new legislation to combat wage theft. At a contractor's work site in Chicago, religious leaders and workers announced a lawsuit for back wages; rallies were held in El Paso, at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison (pictured above, left), and Denver (pictured above, right). A press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington brought Muslim, Jewish, and Catholic leaders together with workers, union allies, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Other actions were held in Detroit, Arkansas, Maine, and elsewhere. "A great deal of work remains to be done to stop wage theft, but Thursday's National Day of Action was a watershed moment in this campaign," said IWJ Executive Director Kim Bobo, author of Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid And What We Can Do About It.
Shine a Light from Coast to Coast
IWJ is joining with the national New Sanctuary Movement and other faith-based organizations and congregations from December 10-18 for the National Week of Interfaith Action in support of just and humane immigration reform. We invite local congregations and organizations to host prayer vigils or posadas that week, or light a candle in their homes or places of worship. We also encourage you to meet with your members of Congress. For more information, contact Kristin Kumpf, IWJ's Assistant Director of Organizing, at kkumpf@iwj.org and look for an organizing toolkit to be released soon at www.iwj.org.
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Buddhist and Muslim Perspectives on Wage Theft
In a piece that Tikkun magazine describes as "beautiful, well said and right on," Ven. Sevan Ross of the Chicago Zen Center offers a thought-provoking Buddhist perspective on wage theft and worker justice. And Imam Mahdi Bray of the Muslim American Society makes a compelling case against wage theft from a Muslim perspective. In the coming weeks, IWJ will publish a series of interfaith perspectives on wage theft. Stay tuned for Hindu, Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant reflections on this critical moral issue. back to top
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