Central Indiana JwJ is an organization of labor, faith-based, community, and student organizations and individuals building a broad and long-term coalition to support worker rights and social justice. We are building a movement...More 

I am for living wages, health care for ALL, fair trade, immigrant rights, global justice, fair wages, safe working conditions, equal pay, unions, Worker POWER, corporate accountability, climate justice, green jobs, racial EQUALITY, student power, refugee rights, public transportation, job security, International Solidarity, organizing the unorganized, and JOBS WITH JUSTICE. 

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We know there is a JOBS CRISIS

and the DATA PROVE IT!

The Institute for Policy Studies had released their annual report on executive compensation, and the details are painful.  This report details the top 50 companies laying off workers and the extraordinary CEO wages and compensation packages.  36 of these companies laid off workers in a time of profit.  Read More.

The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that Corporate America is sitting on records amount of cash, like $8.4 trillion on March.  Read More.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 2
One Nation March on Washington
Locally, join JwJ, CWA, UAW, SEIU and the NAACP in a march on Washington because we all deserve a just and fair chance to achieve the American Dream. Our national identity is rooted in the ideal that all people – regardless of race, class, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, heritage or ability – should have the opportunity to fulfill their potential.  More info on the movement. 
If you are interested in going to DC, contact Allison.

Tuesday, September 14
6:00 p.m.
Workers Rights Board Hearing #2 for Marsh Workers
Location TBD

Wednesday, September 8
5:00 p.m.
JwJ Steering Committee

Tuesday, September 7
4:00 p.m.
Marsh Campaign Committee Mtg
Join the community support for Mark Workers.  The NLRB has scheduled a union election for September 17th, so we have just a few days to rally around the workers.  Join us for a strategy session at the JwJ office.  RSVP to Allison.

Saturday, September 4, 2010
9:00 a.m.
2010 Labor Day Parade
Entertainment and Community Booths start at 9:00.  Parade steps off at 11:00 at the corner of North & Pennsylvania.
Click here to download a flyer.

Thursday, September 2nd
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Stand with Hyatt hotel workers in the spirit of labor day.  Hyatt is taking unfair advantage in this economic downtown and trying to keep all workers in a recession.  Click here for a flyer.

Current Fights

Worker Rights:  Central Indiana Jobs with Justice is currently supporting the hotel workers, Marsh employees, janitors and security officers in their efforts to organize a union in their workplace.  This means we call on management, attend and organize rallies, write letters to the editors and form special campaign teams to strategize how the community can get organized and WIN!

On Thursday, July 22, 2010, Central Indiana Jobs with Justice stood with Indianapolis hospitality workers in civil disobedience action as part of nationwide Hyatt protests
For the first time in Indianapolis’s recent history, 43 participants staged a mass civil disobedience in front of the Hyatt Regency downtown.  Hospitality workers and community supporters of the hotel workers were there to stand up for the Hyatt workers who have been asking management to stay neutral since November of 2008.  Among the 43 were two JwJ staff members, seven steering committee members and many other JwJ pledge signers. 

On June 16, reports surfaced that the Hyatt had plans to sell the
 Hyatt  Regency in Indianapolis, adding to the uncertainty that Hyatt workers in Indianapolis already face.  Over the past decade, taxpayers in Indianapolis have invested $1 billion into the development of the local hospitality industry.  The hotel and convention industry in Indianapolis is booming yet at the Hyatt Indianapolis, a non-union hotel, subcontracting of jobs is rampant, hours have been reduced in recent months, and workers earn some of the lowest wages of any Hyatt workers in North America.  Housekeepers at the Hyatt Indianapolis, clean up to 30 rooms in an 8-hour shift.

“I’ve worked at the Hyatt for 29 years and if the Hyatt sells our hotel, I’m faced with starting all over again losing benefits that I’ve worked hard for,” said Jackie White. 

Joanne Sanders, minority leader of the City County Council stated; “Every taxpayer in Indianapolis is providing Hyatt management with corporate welfare.  Every time Hyatt cuts a worker's hours, they are expecting taxpayers to provide some form of assistance in order for Hyatt workers to survive.  This is why I’m standing with the workers today.”

Many other JwJ members were among the one hundred bystanders witnessing the civil disobedience.  In addition to educating the public about the hotel workers' struggles, Central Indiana Jobs with Justice has also started a community conversation about the billions of tax dollars invested in downtown Indianapolis in exchange for low paying jobs with no benefits, and continued corporate profit.

Social Justice:  We started a new blog:  www.wheresthemoneyindiana.blogspot.com to follow how our tax payer dollars are being used in the community.   This is part of a larger community-wide campaign to Put Communities First.  Our elected officials should be putting the needs of the community over the influence of corporate greed.   See the calendar above for the next meeting dates and activities.  Meetings are open to the public.

Challenging The Corporate Agenda
The movement for social justice and economic justice takes place within a society where powerful interests are constantly seeking to take control of public policy to create a world that raises money over the well-being of people and protects their profits and narrow interests.  Jobs with Justice helps people understand how this "corporate agenda" opposes our values, organizes to secure its self-interest and how it impacts both working people and the Jobs with Justice mission.  The corporate agenda also utilizes government, the media, socio-economic security and religion to feed working people narratives that divide us, to keep us insecure so that we will work in ever more slave-like and unjust conditions that elevate profits over people and prevent us from exercising our values. 


For years we have been fighting for health care for all, that includes protests in front of the WellPoint headquarters on Monument Circle, visits with Senator Bayh and his staff, rallies to thank Congressman Carson for his fight for health care, letters to the editor, and education of the community.

Vote No to Property Tax Caps in the Indiana Constitution:  In November, Hoosiers will vote on a property cap tax referendum to add the current laws to the Indiana Constitution.  Adding the caps to the constitution will not give us more tax breaks, and will put an unjust burden on many Hoosiers who will not even benefit from the caps.  Read this issue brief from Indiana Institute for Working Families. 
Dowload a myth/fact handout about the Property Tax Referendum.  Check the calendar above for the next meeting dates and activities.