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Organization
Interfaith Worker Justice
History
engaged 1996 by religious leaders passionate about justice for workers. Kim Bobo had founded the organization using her bedroom as an office and a $5,000 bequest from her grandmother. Today IWJ includes a national network of more than 70 local interfaith groups, worker centers and student groups, making it the leading national organization working to strengthen the religious community's involvement in issues of workplace justice.
City
Chicago, Illinois
Website
http://www.iwj.org
Values
Rights, action, justice
Vision
IWJ calls upon core religious tenets and traditions in support of workers’ rights
Mission
to call upon religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and conditions for workers, and give voice to workers, especially workers in low-wage jobs.
Goals
To engage, organize and mobilize the religious community on worker rights issues.
Approach
IWJ engages clergy, lay people, and future religious leaders of diverse faith traditions to participate fully and creatively in these partnerships. It provides opportunities to engage clergy and religious leaders, students, faculty and people of faith directly in organizing, education and mobilizing on issues and concerns of low wage workers and worker justice.
Structure
Board diverse by faith and location. Professional staff. Membership.
Scale
Larger
Scope
National
Activity
Labor in the Pulpits. Religious Perspectives on Work Student Opportunities. IWJ Summer Internships for Students
Religion
Christian, Islam, Judaism, Catholic
Words
grassroots, justice
Acronym
IWJ
Contact
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Email
info@iwj.org
Twitter
http://twitter.com/IWJNational
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