David Sirota Speaks at today's Showdown @ HIGH NOON

Thank you to everyone who showed up to the rally today. Footage of Scott Kwasny and Jessie Ulibarri will be posted soon. PLEASE call your representative and tell them NO TAXPAYER FUNDED BAILOUT OF WALL STREET!

Congressional Phone Numbers:
1-800-473-6711
1-800-828-0498
1-202-224-3121

Messages to Congress.

• Don’t be stampeded into a bad bail-out plan. Bush/Paulson were cooking up their ‘blank-check’ bail-out scheme for months before dropping it on everyone.

• Don’t just bail-out a reckless, unaccountable system; build one that works!
o Adopt a short-term, emergency credit plan that includes public ownership ($1.25 in equity for every $1 of public cost) for public assistance or support to the institutions seeking help
o Restructure our financial system from the Fed on down, including
• Create or expand public and community-owned alternatives to the reckless privatized system (e.g. govt banks, social investment funds, community development financial institutions)
• strong public oversight and re-regulation of the private system, to protect consumer, worker and pensioner interests

• Make the people that caused and benefited from the crisis pay for it
o Enact a financial transactions tax
o Adopt a tax on accumulated wealth over $10 million
o Cap executive pay
o Eliminate tax-deductibility of executive compensation more than 25 times the lowest paid worker

• Address the foreclosure crisis and the bursting of the housing bubble so as to prevent people from being evicted, through bankruptcy reform and ‘right to rent’ provisions.

• Commit to fast tracking an economic recovery plan including the following:
o A new tax system that favors work over wealth
o Overhauling the pension and health care system to protect workers and retirees
o An economic recovery plan that promotes ‘green collar’ jobs, good wages, the right to organize, infrastructure … and a bunch of other measures that would make our economy work for everyone

SHOWDOWN @ HIGH NOON - NO WALL ST. BAIL-OUT

Come and let the banks and politicians know that our tax dollars are not for bailing wealthy people out of bad gambling debts. Wear cowboy hats, boots, bandanas etc for this SHOWDOWN @ HIGH NOON. Jessie Ulibarri of the Colorado Progressive Coalition and nationally syndicated columnist and author, David Sirota, will speak at this event.

When: Wednesday, October 1, NOON
Where: Federal Reserve Bank 1020 16th St in Denver (16th St. Mall between Arapahoe and Curtis).

One Million Mobilization for the Employee Free Choice Act

America's workers are struggling to make ends meet. But when workers are free to choose to join a union, our economy can work for everyone again.

That's why we need the Employee Free Choice Act—a bill in Congress that would help level the playing field and give workers the freedom to choose a union.

We’ve teamed up with the award-winning team at Brave New Films on a hilarious new video about why we need more good union jobs. Watch the video, and then sign the petition in support of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Colorado Jobs with Justice is working to help get one million signatures and postcards to the new congress and administration urging them to pass this important piece of legislation. Go here to sign the petition.

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Happy Labor Day from Colorado Jobs with Justice! We're looking for a few real, working class heroes.

Alliance for Real Democracy - Tent State - JWJ

Colorado Jobs with Justice will have a booth in Cuernavaca Park during the DNC (August 24-28). We are a member of the Alliance for Real Democracy. We will have materials for all of the campaigns that JWJ and our allies are working on. There will be classes, art, rallies, marches, and concerts that will be free to the public. Please continue to check this website for information and blog posts during the DNC. We hope to see you in Denver during the DNC.

HUNGER STRIKE ACTION ALERT

Hunger striker Christopher Glory shortly before being taken to George Washington University Hospital

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
Tell them to grant the hunger strikers continued presence status, which is commonly granted to victims of human trafficking.
Tell them to join Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, and open an investigation into this and other claims of H2B visa human trafficking.

It only takes a few minutes of your time. These courageous workers have been striking for 17 days now!

For more information click here.

HUNGER STRIKE SOLIDARITY VIGIL

On Friday, May 30, at 12:00 pm, Colorado Jobs with Justice will have a vigil to show solidarity with "guest" workers from India who are engaged in a hunger strike in Washington DC. We will also discuss similar cases of human trafficking happening in Colorado. Read about one case here. More info about this local action will be posted here soon. For more information about the hunger strikers, visit the hunger strike blog here. This is day nine of the strike and there has already been one hospitalization. Keep these courageous workers in your thoughts.