JUFJ will have a table at the Adams Morgan Day Festival on September 13!  If you will be at the festival, please come by and say hi.

If you'd like to volunteer to help, contact elizabeth@jufj.org  

MITZVAHstock: A day of service and celebration for Jewish young professionals in the greater DC area! Be a part of the President's United We Serve initiative. In collaboration with more than a dozen Jewish organizations, we will actively work to repair the world and celebrate our commitment to giving back to our community.    

For more information, go to http://www.washingtondcjcc.org/MITZVAHstock  

Training: Building a Strategic Campaign
Tues, Sept. 24th
6:30-8:30pm
St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church
1525 Newton St NW

Trainings are free and open to the public, pre-registration required.To register for upcoming trainings clickhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditorPage.aspx?sm=tTeOXY0nDfkJyvIOqqwfc0oTChAzxVB3d2aGlwFITxw%3d. Snacks will be provided.

The Gerry Brittain Education Project is an initiative of DC Jobs with Justice designed to strengthen local organizing and build power among working people in the District of Columbia. It incorporates skill building and political education into 2-hour long monthly trainings.

For more information contact Ruth at 202.974.8281, email rcastel@dclabor.org or visit www.dcjwj.org.

HEI Hotels and Resorts, owner of the Sheraton Crystal City, is one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the US yet employees have experienced reduced hours and layoffs, shortages in cleaning supplies and basic materials, and increased workloads - especially in housekeeping.

Now, HEI workers are fighting back! Supported by student activists and local community leaders, workers presented their general manager, Pradeep Bobba, with a demand for a air and democratic process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference. ow, HEI managers have fired union leader Ferdi Lazo and Hermen Romero. Support workers' right to organize!

Learn the facts about wage and hour rights in DC and develop tools to
help fight Wage Theft in our community. Interactive workshop will focus
on knowing our rights... and how to stand up for them. Part of the
on-going Gerry Brittain Education Project. Free and open to the public.
Snacks provided. Register online at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=bdAvdFc2_2bP7TBKN2m08OLA_3d_3d

See the flyer here.

Now is the Time for Action! During his campaign, Adrian Fenty promised
to usher in a new era, bring us together and put the needs of the people
over petty political agendas. But now, he is pursuing an agenda to
privatize city services increasing the burden on DC residents through
excessive fees. DC workers want to work with the Mayor, but his style of
governance and his penchant for placing powerful moneyed interests over
the public good are not what are best for DC or its residents. In these
tough times, DC residents need a leader who will fight to save public
services, not sell them out. Join us Weds to take back DC!

Stand in solidarity with the hotel workers of Northern Virginia this Thursday, July 30th from 4:30-6:30pm at a rally and picket at the Sheraton Crystal City.  Workers at this hotel are fighting back against the hotel management company HEI in response to reduced hours, layoffs, increased workloads, and the recent firings of union supporters, one who was fired five days after leading a delegation to the hotel manager.

Please come and support the hotel workers this Thursday!  The Sheraton is located at 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.  The closest metro stop is Crystal City.    With further questions, please call DC Jobs with Justice at 202-974-8281.

Stand with workers at the Sheraton Crystal City hotel as they demand the reinstatement of fired union activist Ferdi Lazo and a free and fair process for deciding about unionization. More info:http://www.heiworkersrising.info

Speak Out by uninsured and under-insured patients, doctors, nurses, political & community leaders including Rev. Hagler and Audri Scott Williams. Music and performances. Sponsored by Labor Campaign for Single-Payer, Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO, Healthcare-Now, and Spirit of Truth Foundation.  For more info visit www.Healthcare-Now.org.