Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Get Up to Date on your Tenants Rights!

How well do you know the rights you have at home? The recent passage of the RENTAL Act may have changed what rights apply to you. Dear Friend,   Do you understand your rights as a tenant in DC? Do you know how our tenant rights in DC will ch…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM

An attack on DC is an attack on Democracy

Over 150 Organizations Call on Congress to Commit to Defending DC’s Autonomy Signatories include civil rights, labor, faith, policy, and grassroots organizations representing DC and allies nationwide   Washington, DC – 151 organizations sen…

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  Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

September 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Have your rights as a DC tenant changed?

Do you know your rights as a tenant? Last week's Council vote may have changed your tenants rights and protections. Dear Friend,   Your tenant rights and protections may have changed following last week's passage of the RENTAL Act. Do you kn…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Rally this Wed 9/24 with SEIU 32BJ!

Dear Friend,   Join us this Wednesday, Sept. 24 to rally with SEIU 32BJ Security Officers in their fight for a fair contract!   SEIU 32BJ Security Officer Contract Rally When: Tuesday, September 24 at 4:00 PM Where: Franklin Park (14th &…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Corrected link Save the Date *I'll Be There Awards*

Dear Friend,   Once a year, DC JWJ brings our community together to celebrate our collective passion, tenacity, and solidarity. This year's I'll Be There Awards comes at a time of great pain and turmoil - as workers, neighbors, and family members. It feels…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Save the Date *I'll Be There Awards*

Dear Friend,   Once a year, DC JWJ brings our community together to celebrate our collective passion, tenacity, and solidarity. This year's I'll Be There Awards comes at a time of great pain and turmoil - as workers, neighbors, and family members. It feels…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM

We love and protect one another

Dear Friend,   For the last 30 days, DC neighbors have stepped up and are taking even greater care of each other. School communities gathered to get kids to school safely, restaurant workers built networks of support, volunteers help detained residents and their families,…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM

See you tomorrow: We Are All DC

Bring the whole family!   Dear Friend,   Tomorrow we're joining with our neighbors and people from all over the country to stand up to the Trump take over of our beloved home. We reject the harassment and detention by ICE and National Guard…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Este domingo 7/9: ¡Regístrese en Alliance!

This Sunday 9/7: Sign Up for DC Healthcare Alliance! ¿Necesita registrarse en la Alianza de Seguro Medico de DC o verificar si aún tiene cobertura?   La Alianza de Seguro Medico de DC es un programa crucial que ofrece seguro médico gratuito a residentes de D…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

September 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Two events to refuse, resist, rebuild...together!

Town hall Thurs. Rally Sat. We can win but only if we do it together.   Town Hall on Refusing, Resisting, and Rebuilding Thursday, Sept. 4 | 6–9 PM John Wesley AME Zion Church, 1615 14th Street NW  Free dinner by Busboys and Poets at 6pm  Childcare, ASL &am…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

August 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM

TOMORROW, THURS 8/28: Rally for Worker Power!

Dear Friend,   Workers make DC run — and we deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation.   The Trump administration has caused DC to have the highest rate of unemployment in the nation. He has taken away co…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM

CORRECTED NUMBER: Know Your Rights/Conozca sus derechos con MPD/ICE

español abajo Dear Friend,   Our friends at Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid (MSMA) have released important new guidelines on their Instagram page for DC residents when interacting with the federal agents that are swarming our city. …

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

August 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Know Your Rights with MPD/ICE // Conozca sus derechos con MPD/ICE

español abajo Dear Friend,   Our friends at Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid (MSMA) have released important new guidelines on their Instagram page for DC residents when interacting with the federal agents that are swarming our city. …

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

August 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM

DC Council Repealed Initiative 82. Here's What This Means For Tipped Workers.

Dear Friend,   Initiative 82 is gone. Despite being passed overwhelmingly by DC voters twice, the DC Council has repealed it—and with it, the fair wage increases that thousands of tipped workers were promised. Share our explainer on Instagr…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

August 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM

The fight continues for the Alliance

Alliance: la lucha sigue En español abajo Dear Friend,   On Monday, the Council passed the annual District budget and failed to restore full funding for the DC Healthcare Alliance. The Alliance is a program with a 25-year history …

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM

The DC Council just repealed Initiative 82.

Send a thank-you to the 5 members who voted to save it. Dear Friend,   Yesterday, the DC Council voted to repeal Initiative 82.   Councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen introduced a last-minute amendment to overturn the will of…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM

CALL TODAY: Don't pause or repeal I-82!

Councilmembers Allen and Henderson are up to no good... Dear Friend,   We just learned that Councilmembers Allen and Henderson are planning to introduce an egregious repeal of Initiative 82 for Monday's second budget vote. Their proposal inc…

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  Alex Samuels · [email protected]

July 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM

CALL TODAY: Support DC Healthcare Alliance!

(español abajo) On Monday July 28th, the Council will have its final vote on the DC budget. Right now, the budget includes reduced Alliance healthcare services for low income residents, cuts people off from care as soon as October 1st, and …

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  Alex Samuels · [email protected]

July 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Tell the Council to Support Healthcare for Low-Income Residents!

Hi Friend,   The budget before the DC Council right now would dismantle the DC Healthcare Alliance, which provides critical health care coverage to residents with low incomes who do not qualify for Medicaid, most of whom are immigrants. Sen…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM

TAKE ACTION: Stop McDuffie's $10 "freeze" on tipped wages

We need your voice to prevent this potential attack on Initiative 82 Dear Friend,   Last week, Councilmember McDuffie shared his proposal with other Councilmembers to permanently freeze the tipped minimum wage at $10 an hour. While he ultima…

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  Alex Samuels · [email protected]

July 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM

DC Budget Update

Dear Friend,   This year, the Mayor created a budget that makes it harder to be a worker in DC. DC Jobs With Justice and our allies were able to roll back many of the most anti-worker attacks: we protected good construction jobs, the rights…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM

We won! I-82 repeal defeated in the budget

A major win for DC’s tipped workers and voters Dear Friend,   We won!   Thanks to your hard work the attempt to repeal Initiative 82 was struck from the budget.   On Sunday, Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced a version of the FY26 DC Budget …

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

July 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM

No Backroom Repeal of I-82! Email DC Council TODAY

DC Council is about to override the will of the voters by gutting Initiative 82 and lowering the tipped minimum wage. And they’re doing it behind closed doors, with no input from the workers who will be affected. We can’t let that happen.   Email Councilme…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

July 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM

CALL TODAY: Stand With Tipped Workers & Protect I-82!

On Monday July 14th, the Council will vote on the DC budget. Right now the budget includes repeal of Initiative 82, bringing wages for tipped workers down to $5.95. We have to stop this. Call our targeted list of Councilmemb…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

July 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Rally for a Fair Budget Monday 7/14!

Dear Friend,   On Monday July 14, DC Council will hold its first vote on the DC budget. The budget as it stands now is deeply inequitable, with cuts hitting working-class and low-income Black and Brown communities the hardest, including sev…

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM

CORRECTION: Tipped Worker Bar Crawl

The Fair Price Fair Wage "Save Our Raises" Bar Crawl will start today at 5pm at Aslin Beer Company on 14th St! Join us, ROC-DC, and tipped workers as we spread the word about the attacks on Initiative 82. …

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM

Minimum Wage Increase TODAY + Tipped Worker Bar Crawl

The DC minimum wage goes up TODAY, July 1, 2025 from $17.50 per hour to $17.95!   Unfortunately, in June, the DC Council voted to freeze this year's tipped minimum wage increase; the tipped minimum wage will REMAIN $10/hr. Employers of tipp…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

June 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Save the Alliance//Salva la Alliance

espanol abajo Friend, The budget before the DC Council right now would dismantle the DC Healthcare Alliance, which provides critical health care coverage to residents with low incomes who do not qualify for Medic…

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM

We are fighting back

Working Washingtonians deserve better Dear Friend,   Last week, we rallied against Bowser's Big Beautiful Budget. This budget is an attack on working people. It cuts tipped workers wages by $4.05. It strips 25,000 people of their health insurance under the …

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Tell DC Council to Reject the RENTAL Act

Dear Friend,   Please take a moment today to take TWO actions to keep renters in their homes. Send an email to stop the RENTAL Act and make a call to invest in ERAP.   Email Action to Reject the RENTAL Act …

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

June 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM

WEDNESDAY: HUGE Rally for the DC Budget!

Dear Friend, Bowser's "Big Beautiful Budget" is a direct attack to DC's working class residents. Join us on Wednesday, June 18th, 8:30 AM at the Wilson Building as we rally to demand a budget for the people, not the owners! We're …

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM

URGENT ACTION: Stand up for DC today!

ALERTA DE ACCI?N URGENTE español abajo Tell Congress to keep their hands off DC’s sanctuary laws!   As the country watches LA bravely fight off ICE and the military, Congress is quietly attempting to strip away DC’s sanctuary laws that keep us saf…

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  Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Tell Council: Budget for Tenants, Not Developers

Budget season is upon us, and it is up to you to tell the Council what we need to see in FY26! Dear Friend,   Show up for tenants and affordable housing in the DC budget! Mayor Bowser is pushing her anti-tenant legislation she…

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

June 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM

Stop the Repeal 🚨 Tell DC Council: Hands Off I-82!

Final Hours to Register: Show Up for Tipped Workers at Wednesday’s Hearing Dear Friend,   🚨Today (Monday) at 12:00pm is the final deadline to register to testify at Wednesday’s DC Council hearing. This is the most important thing you can do …

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  Elizabeth Falcon · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM

ACT NOW: Save DC's Sanctuary Protections for Immigrants

register today! Dear Friend,   DC’s status as a sanctuary city for immigrant families is under attack. In the DC budget that was introduced on Tuesday, Mayor Bowser snuck in legislation to repeal the District’s sanctuary city laws that were…

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

May 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM

TESTIFY next Wednesday for I-82!

Defend tipped workers in the DC budget Dear Friend,   It's time to stand up for tipped workers and the will of DC voters! Check out our new complete step-by-step guide on how you can testify to defend Initiative 82 at the DC Council June 4th…

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  Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

May 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM

TODAY: TOPA Town Hall!

español sigue   Dear Friend,   Have you RSVPed for today's TOPA Town Hall?! Join us tonight at 6PM at 1500 16th St NW to show your support for tenants rights! The mayor's proposed budget is officially out and full of cuts to vital programs …

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  Eduarda Serafim · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Defend Tipped Workers in the DC budget

Stop Bowser's attacks on I-82 Dear Friend,   Mayor Bowser is using her budget to try to overturn Initiative 82, taking the side of the restaurant lobby over hard-working tipped workers. We need to tell the Council: stop the attacks on tipped…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Tomorrow: Remember George Floyd and demand Target action

This week marks five years since the murder of George Floyd, a moment that sparked a global movement for racial justice and corporate promises of change. One of those promises came from Target. In 2020, Target pledged to support Black communities through DEI initiatives, partn…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM

TODAY: RALLY POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Due to potential inclement weather forecasted for tomorrow, the rally to demand justice and due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been POSTPONED out of concern for the health and well-being of attendees. A rain date will be announced as soon as possible A new event page w…

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  Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM

SAVE TOPA: We need YOU to testify!

DearFriend,   Mayor Bowser is trying to make changes to the housing landscape in the form of a massive, anti-renter bill called the RENTAL Act. And she wants to quietly push it through the budget process. This bill would strip TOPA rights f…

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  Damiana Dendy · [email protected]

May 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM

RSVP: TOPA For All Town Hall!

español abajo   Dear Friend,   TOPA is under attack! (again)   The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, or TOPA, is a District law that gives protections to renters when their homes are put up for sale. For over forty years, DC residents hav…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Justice for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Join us as we rally with our union siblings to stop illegal and unjust deportations. Join SMART General President Michael Coleman, SMART members, labor leaders and union workers from across the DMV on Thursday, May 22 at 5 p.m. for a rally demanding justice and due process …

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM

Mayor Bowser moves to kill I-82

Rally with us tomorrow morning at the Wilson Building UPDATE: Last week, we sent you this email. All of it remains true, except today, Mayor Bowser announced her plan to repeal Initiative 82 - which gradually phases out the tipped minimum wage - in her upcom…

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  Elizabeth, DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM

ICYMI: May Day is for People Power

Dear Friend,   You don’t celebrate May Day - you organize it.   Today is International Workers’ Day - May Day. Workers have always been on the front lines in the battle for democracy. Whether federal civil servants or restaurant workers or …

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  Elizabeth, DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM

May Day is for People Power

Dear Friend,   You don’t celebrate May Day - you organize it.   Today is International Workers’ Day - May Day. Workers have always been on the front lines in the battle for democracy. Whether federal civil servants or restaurant workers or …

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM

No attacks on tipped wages!

Protect Initiative 82 today! Dear Friend,   The tipped minimum wage is under attack. We need you. As you know, DC is on a path to raise the minimum wage to the full minimum wage by 2027. This the result of the overwhelming win at the ballot …

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Family Know Your Rights Training April 30

Dear Friend,   EmpowerEd, MLOV, and DC JWJ are co-hosting a virtual Know Your Rights training on Wednesday, April 30th, at 6pm for immigrant families and school communities. We know that many school communities, especially in DCPS, are stil…

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  Eduarda, DC JWJ · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM

✊ Solidarity in the Streets: Join Us This May Day!

Dear Friend, This May Day, working people across the DMV are taking their demands to the streets — and we’re proud to stand with them.   From transit workers to restaurant staff, teachers to federal employees, we are uniting behin…

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  DC Jobs With Justice · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM

ATU 689 on STRIKE today!

Solidarity with Martz Gold Line Bus Operators! As of midnight today, ATU Local 689 members have walked off the job at Martz Gold Line, a major part of the MTA Commuter Bus network serving the DC suburbs. The company is not bargaining in good faith, and workers are sufferi…

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