Jobs with Justice Forms Worker Justice 1987 In addition to Chinook Fund’s creation in 1987 – the national organization, Jobs with Justice, also forms in 1987 with [...]
The Civil Rights Restoration Act Passes Worker Justice 1991 The Civil Rights Restoration Act passes which expands the rights of employees who sue their employers for discrimination. [...]
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Worker Justice 1993 The FMLA federally requires employers to provide employees with job-protexted and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family re [...]
PATRIOT Act Passes Worker Justice 1997 The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passes which directly affect immigrants’ abilities to obtain and [...]
SIEU Worker Justice 2000 SIEU builds coalition nationally to hold a healthcare benefits strike. Grantee Changemakers: 9 to 5 Colorado, Action for [...]
Making Change at Walmart & OUR Walmart Worker Justice 2005 Making Change at Walmart & OUR Walmart form to to persuade Walmart into being a more responsible employer, and to improve the [...]
POWER Act Introduced Worker Justice 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is signed into law by President Obama which rolled back severe restrictions on the time-period for fi [...]
Occupy Movement Worker Justice 2011 The Occupy Movement picks up steam across the United States and in Denver. The movement speaks out against the vast economic ineq [...]
Surge in Grassroots Organizing Worker Justice 2012 Fight for 15 is created to push for $15 minimum wage across the U.S. The Debt Free Future Campaign begins campaigning for mechanis [...]
COJWJ for $12 minimum wage Worker Justice 2015 Pressure from 9 to 5 and Colorado Jobs with Justice causes the state to create a Strategic Planning Group on Aging through the Ca [...]
