Labor on the Bimah is coming!  Every Labor Day weekend JUFJ puts the Labor back in Labor Day by highlighting a local issue that affects the most vulnerable members of the community.  Every year thousands of area Jews in dozens of congregations take action and make a crucial difference.

This year we will be highlighting wage theft -- when people work but are not paid by their employers.  This is a crime that robs from those with the least -- the working poor, many of whom either do not know their rights or are afraid or unable to assert them. Day laborers and other contingent workers are more vulnerable to this type of exploitation because they have less formal working arrangements and therefore less recourse when they are not paid. 

Once again, local rabbis, JUFJ volunteers and other community leaders will be educating congregations and giving them the tools they need to take action.

JUFJ needs your help!  Labor on the Bimah is dependent on JUFJ volunteers to make it a success.  Volunteers help create materials, develop a message, recruit speakers and more!  To find out how you can help, email Darya Mattes at darya@jufj.org.