Jobs With Justice

We’re thrilled to announce that the 2026 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards Celebration will be happening on the evening of May 16 at the Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 2026 Awards Celebration will close out our three-day 2026 National Conference: Workers Revive Democracy—which means this celebration will be bolder and bigger than ever. Join us for an evening that will honor a diverse community of movement leaders and worker organizers.

Honorees include:
🏆 Carl Rosen, the co-founder of Chicago Jobs with Justice and retiring President of United Electrical Workers (UE)

🏆 Warehouse Life Amazon workers who brought the corporation to the table demand protections for pregnant workers.

🏆 United Steelworkers Local 697 members for their union victory at the Georgia school bus manufacturer Blue Bird.

🏆 And Alphonso Mayfield, former President of Florida Public Services Union, will be posthumously honored with the Reverend James Orange Award for Movement Leadership.

🎟️ Grab your tickets at www.jwj.org/2026-conference.

MEET US IN ATLANTA! Registration is officially open for the 2026 National Conference: Workers Revive Democracy, happening May 14–16, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza and Atlanta Convention Center.

We’re partnering with SEIU and International Union of Painters and Allied Trades to throw a high-impact gathering for three days of shared learning, strategy-building, and connection. Now, more than ever, must support and cultivate bold solutions that further our movement for democracy.

Early registration ends soon! Learn more and register at www.jwj.org/2026-conference.

Nurses, teachers, vets, caregivers, soccer moms, small business owners, and countless other community leaders are on the frontlines in the fight for democracy, safety, and community. It's past time for Congress to step up alongside our neighbors in this fight.

🔗🔥 ACTION LINKS IN COMMENTS

Across the country, hundreds of thousands of working people have taken to the streets to denounce ICE and Krisi Noem’s out-of-control Department of Homeland Security. Communities are leaning on their neighbors to deliver groceries, organizing ICE patrols, boycotting complicit corporations, and countless other small acts of resistance.

This is true courage in the face of authoritarian violence. And it’s costing more and more innocent lives each day. It’s past time for Congress to join working people on the frontlines. Tell your senator to STEP UP: Vote NO on ICE Funding!

Tell your senator to STEP UP: Vote NO on ICE Funding Across the country, hundreds of thousands of working people have taken to the streets to denounce ICE and Krisi Noem’s out-of-control Department of Homeland Security. Communities are leaning on their neighbors to deliver groceries, organizing ICE patrols, boycotting complicit corporations, and cou...

Today, Minnesotans are saying no work, no school, no shopping in one of the biggest concentrated mass economic shutdowns our country has seen. Working people across the country are choosing to show up in solidarity. Take action and demand ! 👇

Corporate complicity is out. Accountability is in. As a major employer and leading corporate citizen in MN, Delta's silence is loud. Tell Delta 🗣️ ICE OUT: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-delta-ice-out-now/

Hit the streets. Find a National Day of Solidarity near you: https://iceoutforgood.org/

All eyes on Minnesota! ICE has rented over 1,000 vehicles to carry out kidnappings from Enterprise in Minnesota, and even more nationwide. Stand with ICE Out MN! Tell Enterprise 🗣️ ICE OUT: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-enterprise-ice-out-now/