Jewish Labor Committee

Jewish Labor Committee

• A 2010 Labor Day message from the Jewish Labor Committee
  Stuart Appelbaum, President This year, Labor Day falls during the same week as Rosh Hashana. While Labor Day may be considered by many to be the summer’s last hurrah, or another shopping day, its original purpose was to honor the...
  
  
• Protesters Call on Trader Joe’s to Adopt Humane Conditions for Tomato Pickers
  [l-r: Educators' Chapter member Matias Wolkowicz, Volunteer Helen Murphy, Associate Director Arieh Lebowitz. Photo courtesy Next Left Notes / Bud Korotzer] August 19th, NYC: JLC joined nearly 100 people at a demo in front of a newly opened Trader...
  
  
• In Support of the Cordoba Initiative / Park 51 / Muslim Cultural Center
  August 16, 2010, New York, NY: Stuart Appelbaum and Martin Schwartz, President and Executive Director, respectively, of the Jewish Labor Committee, today issued the following statement. We join the many voices in our support of the planned Cordoba Initiative, a...
  
  
• JLC at Phoenix demo against SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial new immigration law.
  Floyd Glen-Lambert, president of the Western Region of the Jewish Labor Committee, and Elissa Barrett, executive director of California's Progressive Jewish Alliance, join hundreds of demonstrators outside the state capitol in Phoenix. JLCers from a number of states participated...
  
  
• JLC activists, Rabbis, Join Protest for Hyatt Workers
  Thousands protest how Hyatt management and owners take unfair advantage of tough times. Chicago JLC Area Director Eli Fishman [center, in blue shirt] joining Hyatt Demo. July 22, 2010: Rabbis, cantors and other Jewish communal leaders were among thousands of...