Jobs With Justice (JWJ) is a labor rights organization in the United States, focused on the vision that all workers should be able to collectively bargain. It was founded in 1987 and is made up of individuals and affiliated organizations. As of 2022, Jobs With Justice coalitions existed in over 30 cities or states in all regions of the country. In 2012 Jobs With Justice announced a merger with American Rights at Work, another U.S. union advocate organization. Jobs With Justice is based in Washington, D.C., and is led by Executive Director Erica Smiley. History Founding Jobs With Justice was founded in 1987, with its inaugural convening in Miami, Florida, on July 29, 1987, where 11,000 people gathered and recited what became known as the "Jobs With Justice Pledge." The pledge is a commitment to show up for workers' fights at least five times each year. Well over 100,000 have since taken the Jobs With Justice Pledge which urges signatories to: Stand up for our rights as working people to a decent standard of living; Support the rights of all workers to organize and bargain collectively; Fight for secure family-wage jobs in the face of corporate attacks on working people and our communities; Organize the unorganized to take aggressive action to secure a better economic future for all of us; and, Mobilize those already organized to join the fight for jobs with justice. Merger with American Rights At Work In 2012, Jobs With Justice merged with fellow labor rights group American Rights at Work forming a single organization under the Jobs With Justice banner. Projects Jobs With Justice works on a variety of campaigns, research projects, and policy work. Here is a sampling of their current projects: Advancing Black Strategists Initiative The Advancing Black Strategists Initiative (ABSI) is a joint project of Jobs With Justice Education Fund, Institute for Policy Studies' Black Workers Initiative, and Morehouse College International Comparative Labor Studies. Always Essential Always Essential emerged in late-2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic after millions of workers across the United States were suddenly deemed "essential," but often lacked the health and safety protections they needed. Always Essential collaborated with local and national partners on a variety of campaigns and as of early-2022 remained active. Caring Across Generations Founded in collaboration with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and in partnership with 200 other organizations, Caring Across Generations is a "national initiative to