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- We’re hiring a Worker Justice Field Organizer!In 2022, Philly Jobs With Justice is launching a campaign to build worker power and fight for safe and healthy workplaces in Philadelphia. The Workplace Justice organizer will play a critical role in this campaign by recruiting developing worker leaders in the warehouse and logistics sector to take action to win new workplace health and safety legislation. This is a base building position, and applicants should be prepared to spend a majority of their time recruiting, maintaining, and developing worker leaders.
- Opinion: The call for PILOTs is a call for wealthy nonprofits to invest in justice rather than charity | 4/5/2021
Opinion: The call for PILOTs is a call for wealthy nonprofits to invest in justice rather than charity | Generocity PILOTs have the power to “shift wealth from powerful and privileged institutions to the neediest and most marginalized communities,” says guest columnist Angela Chan. - The demand for PILOTs from Penn and Drexel heats up in West Philly as schools remain underfunded | 4/1/2021
The demand for PILOTs from Penn and Drexel heats up in West Philly as schools remain underfunded | AL DÍA Hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on March 30, to call on the higher ed institutions to provide more funding to Philadelphia schools. - Over 100 protesters march through University City demanding Penn, Drexel pay PILOTS | 4/1/2021Over 100 protesters march through University City demanding Penn, Drexel pay PILOTS | The Daily Pennsylvanian More than 100 educators, students, and activists marched through University City on March 30 to urge Penn and other property tax-exempt universities to pay Payments in Lieu of Taxes to Philadelphia. The protest, called #PhillySchoolsDeserve: A March for PILOTs, …
- Protesters again push Drexel, Penn to pay PILOTs to Philly public schools | 3/30/2021Protesters again push Drexel, Penn to pay PILOTs to Philly public schools | WHYY Over 100 students, teachers, and community members marched through Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania’s campuses on Thursday evening calling on both schools to make payments in lieu of taxes to support the School District of Philadelphia. A drumline led the …