Jobs With Justice ― 25 Years, 25 Voices

Through a series of interviews and essays, this compendium gives voice to the community, labor, immigrant, student, and faith activists that have built Jobs with Justice (JwJ). The book speaks on both the core principles of the organization for workers’ rights and the experiences since its founding in 1987. Though the discussion reflects on the last 25 years of the JwJ coalition, it also looks openly and optimistically at the next 25. It includes the perspectives of longtime national leaders, like founder Larry Cohen, newcomers like Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and the locally based, working-class men and women who have built JwJ from the ground up.

Eric Larson is a lecturer of history and literature at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Larry Cohen is the president of the Communications Workers of America and the Jobs with Justice founder. He lives in Washington, DC. Rev. Calvin Morris, PhD, is a member of the Jobs with Justice National Board of Directors and the former executive director of the Community Renewal Society in Chicago. He lives in Chicago. Sarita Gupta is the executive director of Jobs with Justice. She lives in Washington, DC.