AB 1245 just passed Committee! This bill strengthens CA's sweat-free procurement law to ensure public dollars are not used for forced labor, human trafficking, child labor, or other forms of exploitation.
Support #AB1245 and help CA lead the way on ethical public purchasing.
Workers power everything.
This #MayDay, we’re calling for public dollars to support good jobs—not companies that violate workers’ rights.
Respect labor. Invest in people. Build an economy that works for all. ✊
🚨 Big news! @NationalCOSH names Hyundai-Kia's U.S. supply chain to its 2026 #DirtyDozen list—a shameful designation only a few companies manage to achieve each year.
Learn more & sign up to get involved here: recallinjustice.org/#get-inv…
⚠️ Join JMA & the UC San Diego Labor Center 5/30-31 for a workplace safety training. Earn your OSHA 10-hour card upon completion! Attendees must attend both sessions.
RSVP: bit.ly/4mBDtsk#Imperialvalley#OSHAtraining#OSHA10hour
⚠️ Join JMA & the UC San Diego Labor Center on 5/30-31 to learn how to recognize, avoid, and prevent safety hazards in your workplace. Complete this training and receive your OSHA 10-hour card!
RSVP: bit.ly/4mBDtsk#Imperialvalley#OSHAtraining#OSHA10hour
👏 👏 👏 @CD13LosAngeles for policies you introduced today calling for public dollars to be spent responsibly, so they do not support exploitative labor practices, including child labor, forced labor, and unsafe working conditions.
From the U.S. to Canada, we all share a responsibility to ensure our public dollars uphold good job standards. That’s why JMA is proud to endorse @UofTJackmanLaw’s complaint calling on @CanBorder to investigate Alabama auto suppliers for potential forced and prison labor.
Read this report about the impact of Hyundai-Kia’s use of coercive prison labor in the company's U.S. supply chain, based on surveys from workers themselves that JMA conducted. laborlabcu.org/index.php/inc…
The Obsidian Butte lies on the southern edge of the bluish-green Salton Sea in an expanse of thousands of acres that California wants to dot with clean energy power plants, wastewater facilities, data centers, battery factories and more. capitalandmain.com/newsom-pr…
Data centers & lithium extraction projects look set to increase their water use in Imperial County as the Colorado River, the region’s only water source, is drying up.
Meanwhile, farmers – the area’s largest water users – are anxious about a drier future. #ColoradoRiver
“The carceral system is a labor market institution.”
On April 3rd, we brought together labor leaders, organizers, and workers from across the country to ask:
What would it take to build a labor movement serious about ending mass incarceration? 🧵
Micron is receiving $20B in public subsidies. Central New York deserves enforceable guarantees in return.
This week we launched CNY United for Community Benefits — calling for good jobs, environmental protections & real accountability.
centralnyunited.org/
Central New York United for Community Benefits Coalition tell WIRED that they welcome the project. But the coalition members believe oversight is lacking and that Micron could get away with polluting the environment and worsening the region’s economic inequality.