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As G-20 Meets, DC JwJ Targets Financial Services Committee

DSCN2364.jpgOne year after the government bailed out Wall Street, activists plan to protest a meeting of the Financial Services Roundtable Thursday in Washington. DC Jobs with Justice, unions and consumer protection groups organized a demonstration outside the meeting of the Roundtable -- a group of 90 finance and insurance companies -- to demand accountability for the bailout money, a halt to anti-worker and anti-consumer lobbying, and to demand real economic recovery for working families.

DC Residents Rally Take Back DC, Council Legislates to Save Childcare Centers But Mayor Ignores Law

Calling Mayor Adrian Fenty a “rogue Mayor,” more than a hundred District workers, labor activists and community allies gathered outside the DC City Council September 22nd to demand an end to Fenty’s anti-worker and anti-family behavior.

Cabbies Unite to Take Back DC

DC cabbies will join child- and healthcare workers, parents and community members on September 22nd for a rally at the DC District Building. The Take Back DC rally, which coincides with the Council's first legislative session, is part of a broader campaign to protect public services for all District residents, strengthen transparency in the way the City does business and hold elected officials accountable.