kentucky jobs with justice newsletter - april-june 2012

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Kentucky Jobs with

Justice 1800 W Muhammad Ali Blvd

Suite 2ELouisville KY 40203Phone: 502.582.5454

[email protected]

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Bon Voyage Attica

Bank vs. America

Revamped Website

Voter Registration

Director’s Report

Kentucky Jobs wi th Just ice—a campaign for economic j ust ice and workers’ ri ghts

SteeringCommittee

Jackie FloydWanda Mitchell-Smith

Tim Findley, Jr.Kay Till ow

Tommy Til lman

Maria SchrengerBryan Burns

Donald DuncanTom Pearce

Lillian Williamson

StaffFlaco Aleman, DirectorHoney Dozier, Intern

APRIL—JUNE 2012 Upcoming Events

June 1st — Release of 2011

Annual Report

June 2nd — 22nd Annual

Americana World Festival

June 8-9 — Steering Committee

Retreat & Training

June 8th — 8th Annual Hispanic/

Latino Health Fair

June 23rd — Faith, Labor, &

Community Breakfast

June 23rd — Official Release of

“Wage Theft Report”

New Director, Same Vision

Kentucky Jobs with Justice would like

to give a warm welcome to our new Exec-

utive Director: Bonifacio Flaco Aleman!!!

Flaco became Director as of March 1st,

2012. Flaco, has been on Staff with Ken-

tucky Jobs with Justice since August 2011,

first as the Administrative Assistant, then

as the Capacity Building Fundraiser.

Flaco will continue to lead Kentucky

Jobs with Justice with the same vision and

goals that make us who we are: to ensure

that our values guide our work: puttingPEOPLE OVER PROFITS! Through this

lens, we will continue the fight for work-

ers’ rights, economic justice, and social

justice.

Flaco has a background in community

organizing. He holds an Undergraduate

Degree in Social Work from Spalding Uni-

versity, Summa Cum Laude.

You can find Flaco in the office most

days, so feel free to drop in and say hello.

You can connect with Flaco via social me-dia: www.facebook.com/flacozbrain,

www.twitter.com/flacozbrain, and fla-

[email protected].

Bon Voyage Attica

As many of you may already know,

Attica Scott, who has been the Director

of Kentucky Jobs with Justice, as of

February 29th, has moved on to fulfill

her role on the Louisville Metro Council,

representing District 1.

On February 27th, we had a Bon Voy-

age Attica celebration. Many folks came

out to celebrate with us as we wished

Attica good tidings. It was an emotional

day, as we took turns sharing our favorite

“Attica Memories” while taking photos

with the newly appointed Councilwom-

an!

Here at Kentucky Jobs with Justice,

we are extremely proud of Attica for her

appointment to Metro Council. We are

also grateful for the 7 1/2 years of work

as Director. Under Attica’s leadership,

Kentucky Jobs with Justice was able to

achieve many tremendous goals, prepar-

ing us for the fight work economic jus-

tice and workers’ rights in 2012 and be-

yond!

Attica Scott, Outgoing Director

Flaco Aleman, Incoming Executive Director

Photo property of Kentucky Jobs with Justice

Thank YouWe would like to give a big THANKS

to Afrykah WubSauda and Press Forward

Media for redesigning our logos!!! As

you can see, they did an awesome job!

http://pressforwardmedia.com



Building a Movement for Economic Justice and Workers’ Rights (1)

THANKS TO OUR APRILSUPPORTERS:

Frank Schwartz

AFSCME Council 62

Jeff erson County Teacher’ sAssociat ion

ATU Local #1447

Greater Louisvil le Central LaborCouncil AFL-CIO

Greater Louisvill e BuildingConst ruct ion Trades Council

RESIST, Inc.

Carol Cantwel l

James Flynn

Laura McSpedon

Harold King

Attica Scott

Donald Duncan

Steering Committee

We would like to say Farewell &

Thank You for your years of service tothe following folks who have rotated off

of the Steering Committee recently:

Shameka Parish-Wright

Lorena Marin

Kay Tillow.

We would also like to welcome the

folks who have joined the Steering Com-

mittee recently:

Tim Findley, Jr.

Bryan Burns Donald Duncan

We look forward to what these new

Steering Committee members will bring

to the table as we move Kentucky Jobs

with Justice into 2012 and beyond!!

Voter Registration

The primary elections are critically

important to the process of democracy.What is also critical is to ensure that

everyone

who is

eligible to

vote is

registered

to vote!

Between

now and

the election

in Novem-

ber you

will see usout in the

community doing what we love to do:

talking with folks about what matters to

them! At the same time, we will be

getting folks REGISTERED to vote in

November!!! Keep an eye on our web-

site, and we will keep you updated on

where we will be with our Voter Regis-

tration Tables this summer!

Wage Theft

Wage theft is all too common in Ken-

tucky. Here at Kentucky Jobs with Jus-tice, we are committed to bringing about

the systemic changes that are needed to

prevent wage theft in Kentucky. There

will be many facets that we will have to

address as part of this campaign, such as:

expanding Kentucky's theft of labor stat-

ute, enacting Wage Theft Ordinances

across the State, streamlining the com-

plaint process, creating employer ac-

countability, reforming government ac-

tion, and protecting workers from retalia-

tion. This will take time, effort, commit-

ment, and resources; and together, WEcan make Wage Theft nonexistent in

Kentucky.

You can read our Wage Theft Report

on our website: www.kyjwj.org.

Be sure to sign up for our email alerts

so that you can stay up to date on our

Wage Theft Campaign!

Faith, Labor, & Communi-

ty Breakfast

On June 23rd, Kentucky Jobs with

Justice will be hosting our first Faith,

Labor, & Community Breakfast. The

theme for this:

“Wage Theft: It

Steals our Rights

at Work”. We will

be bringing togeth-

er leaders and rep-

resentatives from

the three sectors of

our membership

base (faith, labor, & community) to talk

about how Wage Theft directly affects

our Rights at Work. We will also have a

few awards to give out. It wouldn’t be a

breakfast without great food!

The exact details and the registration

link will go out through our email alert

system. Make sure you are signed up

with your current email address:

www.kyjwj.org

8TH Annual Hispanic/ Latino Health Fair

We are happy to announce the:

8th Annual Hispanic/Latino Health Fair

When June 9 — 9:30 am—3:00 pm

Where: Americana Commu-

nity Center, 4801 Southside Drive,

Louisville, KY 40214

Cost: Free to public

Contact : Thomas J. Gu-

rucharri

Hispanic/Latino

Coalition

Health Fair Chair

502-499-0421



Building a Movement for Economic Justice and Workers’ Rights

Affix PostageHere

Revamped Website

Have you visited our website lately?

If not, you are missing out on all of thenew and improved features that we have

available!

You can read our Facebook and

Twitter updates right from our

webpage

You can sign up for our e-mail alerts

You can make an on-line donation

You can read our past e-updates

You can look at our Annual Finan-

cial Reports

You can keep up with our campaigns

And, you can take the Pledge!

Director’s Corner

I am filled with gratitude to have the

opportunity to work for Kentucky Jobs

with Justice. Give me a second to tell

you why...

One of my core values is that people

should always come before profits. I am

more important than my paycheck; you

are more important than the donation that

you can make.

Kentucky Jobs with Justice is an or-

ganization that embodies this same value,

and they always put PEOPLE OVER

PROFITS. Here we fight to protect our

Rights at Work, to ensure that immigra-

tion legislation is fair, and to hold Corpo-

rate America accountable by putting peo-

ple over profits!I look forward to many years here at

KY JwJ, and I hope that you will join me

along the way in the fight for social and

economic justice.

In Solidarity,

Bonifacio Flaco Aleman,

Executive Director

Kentucky Jobs with Justice

Support our Work

Make your investment in the work

that we do here at Kentucky Jobs withJustice now! You have two options to

do this:

Become a Sustaining Supporter by

setting up a recurring investment

online, by going to www.kyjwj.org

and click on the “Donate” button

Mail your check or money order

to: Kentucky Jobs with Justice,

1800 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd, Ste

2E, Louisville, KY 40203

Kentucky Jobs with Justice

1800 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd, Ste 2E

Louisville, KY 40203

502-582-5454 (office)

http://www.kyjwj.org

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/kyjwj

www.twitter.com/kyjwj

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