There is a lot to be mad about. Labor knows it. The unemployed know it. You and I know it. And I genuinely believe that this occupation has the potential to be the opportunity we need to connect together and build our movement.

Will you join us in realizing that potential for true solidarity?

Occupy Philly begins
Thursday, October 6th, 9 am
City Hall, Philadelphia

In March 2011, fifteen student and young adult activists from Philadelphia Jobs with Justice infiltrated the "Paradigm Awards," (a Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce event supposedly honoring strong local female leaders) to protest the honoring of Sunoco CEO Lynn Elsenhans. The Chamber selected Elsenhans as the recipient of the award despite an abysmal labor record, including mass layoffs and the reduction of health benefits for at-risk retirees.

Watch the video above to see what happened!

Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. has cut at least 200 family-sustaining living wage stevedore jobs unionized under the International Longshoremen's Association Local 1291 at the Port of Philadelphia and is moving its business to a privately owned terminal that pays its workers barely minimum wage. These workers have served Del Monte loyally for twenty-two years; Del Monte gave them four days' notice before finalizing the details of their abandonment of these folks.

Meanwhile, Del Monte has posted record profits in each of the last two years.

Philly JwJ continues our work in solidarity with Local 1291’s fight against corporate greed in the New Year. Join us--make boycotting Del Monte Fresh Produce’s products your New Years' resolution!

Want to know more? Check out the Call to Action put out by Friends And Family of Local 1291, then download pdf flyers about the boycott.

Our deepest thanks to President Gary Kapanowski of AFSCME Local 1723, for hosting a wonderful and successful fundraiser for us at the Drake in downtown Philadelphia.

Thanks to Gary, and thanks to you, our generous supporters, we quintupled the amount contributed to us every month by sustainers.

If you missed the party, don't worry! You can still become a sustainer. Just visit our donation page and fill out the form--it only takes five minutes!