{"id":12007,"date":"2021-09-01T01:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T05:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/?p=12007"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:12:41","slug":"raising-consciousness-to-reframe-employment-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/01\/raising-consciousness-to-reframe-employment-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Consciousness About Employment Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 2021 \u201cGood Jobs for All\u201d Virtual Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

By SARIANNA SABBARESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a profoundly unjust and unequal society, people with the fewest resources are taxed for their poverty\u2014both in economic and social terms.<\/p>\n

The notion that individual accountability\u00a0determines one\u2019s lot in life obscures how an individual\u2019s social and economic position is often\u00a0restricted while\u00a0it is\u00a0preserved for others who possess wealth and access.\u00a0To combat conventional wisdom,\u00a0we must\u00a0reflect honestly on\u00a0the past.<\/p>\n

Challenging all Americans to\u00a0question if decent jobs or basic health care are unreasonable demands\u00a0in the world’s wealthiest nation\u00a0stands to shake the premises upon which capitalist bloat rests. The assumption that all Americans are entitled to rewarding work at livable wages could mean busting the myths upholding neoliberalism.<\/p>\n

A Virtual \u201cJobs for All\u201d Town Hall<\/strong>
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On Sept. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m., the National Jobs for All Network (NJFAN) is hosting a virtual \u2018Good Jobs for All\u201d Town Hall to raise consciousness about policy that will reframe gainful employment as a federally-guaranteed human right\u2014rather than a privilege held for the lucky few.<\/p>\n

In his keynote presentation, National Jobs for All Network veteran Phil Harvey will explain in accessible terms why New Deal-style federal job-creation programs are so much more effective at advancing social and economic justice than those focused on stimulating job creation in the private sector\u2014and why we should care about knowing the difference. Supporting speakers plan to share their thoughts and experiences about the intersections of the federal job guarantee and a range of other causes, such as health care, the peace movement, and environmental, racial, and immigration justice; with several live music performances by Frank Panzarella (aka the \u201cLabor Movement Troubadour\u201d) to add even more flavor to the night\u2019s itinerary.<\/p>\n

This town hall, which follows others in Memphis, Tenn., and Dayton, Ohio, is free to attend and open to all. Email ssabbarese@gmail.com<\/a>, and visit us on Twitter at #GoodJobs4All!<\/p>\n

Sarianna Sabbarese is a student at\u00a0the Southern Connecticut State University’s graduate program, pursuing\u00a0master’s degrees in social work and women’s and gender studies.\u00a0She is a member of the NJFAN outreach committee and an\u00a0organizer of\u00a0the 2021 Good Jobs For All! Virtual Town Hall on Sept.\u00a029.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 2021 \u201cGood Jobs for All\u201d Virtual Town Hall By SARIANNA SABBARESE In a profoundly unjust and unequal society, people with the fewest resources are taxed for their poverty\u2014both in economic and social terms. The notion that individual accountability\u00a0determines one\u2019s lot in life obscures how an individual\u2019s social and economic position is often\u00a0restricted while\u00a0it is\u00a0preserved… Read More Raising Consciousness About Employment Justice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12197,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12007\/revisions\/12197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njfac.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}