The rally outside the Freedman Seating Company followed a report published this week by Jobs to Move America in which three-quarters of company workers surveyed reported struggling to pay for utilities, food or housing in the last year.
Workers and residents advocate for community benefits agreements (CBAs) to secure a seat at the table and ensure public planning, procurement, and development processes guarantee community benefits. CBAs counter systemic harms and inequities and promote more equitable economic development. Jobs
A new coalition of community organizations and environmental experts is calling on Micron to ensure Central New Yorkers see a return on the 20 billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the project.
Contact: Manny Rivera, manny@riveracomms.com Complaint Alleges Companies Misled California by Certifying Compliance with “High-Road” Labor Standards While Benefiting from Exploitative Practices Pasadena, CA — November 13, 2025 — Jobs to Move America (JMA), a national nonprofit advocating for good jobs
Jobs to Move America condemns the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid conducted this week at the Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia. Yesterday, a reported 475 workers, hardworking parents, loving neighbors and community
Community benefits agreements, once primarily used for real estate development projects, are increasingly used in the manufacturing space as a tool to ensure that public investments yield measurable results for the public. The case study by Athena Nicole Last, PhD,
Organizations including Jobs to Move America signed onto a letter against the recent budget reconcilliation bill in Congress that raises costs for American families, pollutes our communities, and eliminates hundreds of thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs to deliver massive tax
By Troy Newsome, Assistant Director of Media Juneteenth is more than a moment in history. It’s a living promise—a declaration that freedom must be felt not just in body, but in opportunity. On June 19,1865, freedom from slavery finally reached
Madeline Janis, who co-founded the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, helped drive the city’s metamorphosis into a Democratic-led municipality driven by immigrant-centered unions. She is now a co-director of Jobs to Move America, a nonprofit that works to
by Larry HodgeSenior Alabama Organizer As we celebrate Black History Month, we recognize that African Americans have always been on the front lines of labor struggles —whether in the factories, on the docks, in government jobs, or in domestic work.
