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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. …
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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 …
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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 …
  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 …
  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 …