ABOUT US

Central Illinois Jobs with Justice (CIJWJ) was founded on April 22, 2006 to address growing labor rights concerns in Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas. The chapter is composed of unions, labor rights groups, religious and community organizations, and interested individuals. Since its founding, CIJWJ has worked in solidarity with unions on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus as they negotiated new contracts, supported mine workers in Vermillion county, participated in the campus movement to get Coca-Cola off of the U of I campus, and much more!

 

 

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones worked on many social justice issues, including standing up for mine workers as a union organizer for UMW. She is buried in Mt. Olive, Illinois alongside the miners killed in strike-related violence in the Virden Riot of 1898. Her life is an inspiration to Central Illinois Jobs with Justice and in honor of her work, especially in central Illinois, and in her spirit, Central Illinois Jobs with Justice adopted the title, "The Mother Jones Chapter," on August 26, 2007.

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Central Illinois Jobs with Justice Steering Ctte. Mtg.
10am-12noon, Illinois Education Association, 2110 Clearlake, Champaign, IL 61821