THIS IS HUGE. When workers fight, they win 🔥💪🏾 the whole Local Progress network is thrilled for UAW and the VW Chattanooga workers!

Even in states that are hostile to labor, workers organizing across the South can still win fair pay, benefits, and more power on the job

🌟 Join us & SV@Home for their Affordable Housing Month 2024 Housewarming! 🏡 Celebrate our housing heroes and converse with an insightful panel of inspiring leaders on a pivotal upcoming bond measure 🏆

RSVP today at eventbrite.com/e/svhomes-affo…

#AffordableHousingMonth

NEWS: Petitions for union elections rose by 35% in the 1st half of fiscal year 2024, compared to the same period last year, according to the NLRB.

nlrb.gov/news-outreach/…

We are excited to be here w/ our #CareCantWait partners and President Biden to celebrate the care champions working to expand access to affordable, quality care for millions. thehill.com/homenews/admin…

'...that is how you build a strong community. It’s 1,500 units close to jobs and transit — it doesn’t get much better than that.” -Jen Klose, Executive Director of Generation Housing.

Read more below 👇👇

The next time you hear someone blame inflation on stimulus checks that Americans got four years ago or workers finally getting much-needed pay bumps, kindly remind them that corporate profits are at a 70-year-high. Hello?

Care workers are showing up and showing out in D.C. to celebrate the power we have built and the caring future we are fighting for! #TheCareEconomy

We're thrilled to announce the Bill Leininger Summer Justice Internship Program!

This 8-week experience offers deep community engagement and hands-on work in Santa Clara County, open to anyone with a passion for change.

Apply now! bit.ly/wpusaintern

Um, yes? No one should be paid less than minimum wage.

The long and dark history of excluding Black and immigrant workers from minimum wage protections makes this comment even more sickening.

“The reason you’re seeing people falling off every month is because people’s month of enrollment came up and that’s the time you’re supposed to be re-enrolling and if there’s a problem, that’s when it manifests.” - Working Partnerships

At our Racial Justice and Poverty Town Hall, Maria Noel Fernandez, Executive Director of Working Partnerships, says the tech industry’s lack of diversity is in part a symptom of a rise in outsourcing, which blocks out Black and Latinx workers from entering and mobilizing within the sector.

Excellent town hall on racial justice and poverty today with Ash Kalra 🌱. 
We appreciate the insightful questions and comments from our attendees and we vow to continue working on solutions that bring greater equity and fairness to Silicon Valley and across California.

Racial Justice & Poverty Town Hall hosted by Senator Dave Cortese and myself, highlighting the results of the Silicon Valley Pain Index. Appreciate the panelists who added greater context on the interplay between economic justice, housing access and criminal justice policy.

🌟 Working Partnerships USA is bringing together the biggest voices and change makers in labor, community, business, law, government, and philanthropy to celebrate at our 2024 Champions for Change gala. 🌟

Add this to your calendar: addevent.com/event/sQ207839…

#C4C2024

This #WomensHistoryMonth , honor women fighting for fair treatment in fast food! Sign the petition for #SanJose 's Fast Food Fair Work Ordinance & stop corporations keeping workers in the dark: go.siliconvalleyrising.org/a/fast-food-wo…

#WorkersRightsAreWomensRights