{"id":10785,"date":"2014-05-29T11:03:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?page_id=10785"},"modified":"2014-06-12T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:00:37","slug":"worker-advocacy-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/worker-advocacy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker Advocacy Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WorkerPower\"<\/a>Worker Advocacy Resources<\/h1>\n

Denominational and Interfaith Organizations<\/h2>\n

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Recognizing that workers\u2019 rights are human rights, UUSC is committed to defending and supporting living wages, fair trade, and workers\u2019 right to organize.<\/p>\n

Interfaith Worker Justice<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0. . . a leader in the fight for economic and worker justice in the United States since 1996.<\/p>\n

Faith Advocates for Jobs<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0. . .\u00a0is a major new interfaith campaign initiated by Interfaith Worker Justice along with forty other organizations to address the severe suffering being endured by millions of unemployed workers.\u00a0The campaign is organizing a nationwide network of congregations committed to supporting the unemployed and their families both spiritually and materially.<\/p>\n

Secular Organizations<\/h2>\n

The Job Opportunities Task Force<\/a> (JOTF) works to develop and advocate policies and programs to increase the skills, job opportunities, and incomes of low-skill, low-income workers and job seekers in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Casa de Maryland<\/a>\u00a0advocates for immigrant and day laborer workers<\/p>\n

Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations<\/a>\u00a0advocates for immigrant and day laborer workers<\/p>\n

Farmworker Justice<\/a>\u00a0a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice.<\/p>\n

Shirlington Employment and Education Center<\/a> \u00a0Arlington, VA<\/p>\n

Campaigns<\/h2>\n

Ban the Box<\/a>\u00a0The campaign challenges the stereotypes of people with conviction histories by asking employers to choose their best candidates based on job skills and qualifications,\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0past convictions.<\/p>\n

Books<\/h2>\n

Nickeled and Dimed,<\/span>\u00a0 2001,\u00a0<\/span> by Barbara Ehrenreich<\/p>\n

Behind the Kitchen Door\u00a0<\/span> , 2013,\u00a0 by Saru Jayaraman<\/p>\n

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Unitarian Universalist Economic Justice Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Income Inequality Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Money in Politics Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Occupy Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

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Worker Advocacy Resources Denominational and Interfaith Organizations Unitarian Universalist Service Committee\u00a0 \u00a0Recognizing that workers\u2019 rights are human rights, UUSC is committed to defending and supporting living wages, fair trade, and workers\u2019 right to organize. Interfaith Worker Justice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0. . . a leader in the fight for economic and worker justice in the United States since 1996. … Continue reading Worker Advocacy Resources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10785"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10937,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10785\/revisions\/10937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}