By Sarianna Sabbarese (Field Organizer for the Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force and the National Jobs for All Network) The Connecticut Jobs and Human Rights Task Force (JAHRTF) serves as Connecticut’s chapter of the National Jobs for All Network, responding to unique challenges within the state’s economic, employment, social and political landscape from… Read More Good Jobs Are a Human Right!
Hello Friend, Spring was a season of both action and reflection for the National Jobs for All Network (NJFAN). Last month we celebrated May Day, International Workers’ Day, established in 1889 to honor workers’ struggles, following the Haymarket events in Chicago tied to the fight for the eight-hour workday. This year’s May Day theme, “Workers… Read More Beyond May Day: Standing Together for Good Jobs
What will the future look like? Who gets to decide? We’re living through extremely difficult and uncertain times. The issues we now face are the predictable culmination of unrestricted neoliberalism, imperialism, corporate greed and impunity, the steady erosion of investment in public welfare, and the entrenchment of power and privilege along class lines: one set… Read More LIBERATING THE FUTURE: 3-25 Virtual Panel and Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Jobs, Peace, and The Way Forward!
Sixty-two years ago, 250,000 people convened in Washington, DC to demand “meaningful and dignified jobs at decent wages” for all workers. The March on Washington was not merely a moral appeal to the nation, but also an economic one. Today, that dream of full employment remains unfulfilled. Join the Center for Economic Policy Research’s webinar… Read More 8/27 WED @ 1 PM Webinar > Is Black Full Employment Possible Without Affirmative Action and DEI?
By Sarianna Sabbarese November 21, 2023 In our lifetimes, we have seen the rapid deterioration of once robust union protections. Even as social conditions have improved for many, economic disparities grow. Despite artificially low criteria for poverty, the threadbare American social safety net creaks and groans. We watch in anxious horror as a new cast… Read More Good Jobs Are A Human Right!
