In March, we welcomed Lara Aumann as our new Administrative Assistant. In May, we welcomed Fernando Tormos-Aponte as our new Policy Lead.
Author: Nona Chai (Nona Chai)
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Worker-Community Solidarity in the Struggle for a Zero Waste Future
Forging this partnership with the Teamsters will be crucial to shaping a zero waste future in the wake of recent historic shifts to California’s waste management sector...
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JTA Attends the First Congress of International Alliance of Waste Pickers
During the IAWP congress, José and Ananda participated in tours of various recycling facilities run by waste worker cooperatives...
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Exciting Developments in Building a Just Transition for Adelanto
JTA joined a toxic tour of the Adelanto immigrant detention facility organized by the Shut Down Adelanto coalition where we learned about the use of a toxic pesticide inside the facility and the myriad chronic health conditions afflicting those exposed.
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Meet Chris Furino, Central Florida Jobs with Justice’s Newest Co-Executive Director!
Central Florida Jobs With Justice coalesces the power of labor unions, community based organizations, faith based and student groups to organize for worker rights.
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Reflections and Future Visions from the 2023 JTA Strategic Planning Meeting
JTA remains committed to supporting frontline workers and fenceline communities to organize just transition pathways away from harmful, extractive industries.
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Local Food Solutions and the Campaign for Healthier Solutions Meet in Albuquerque
We staunchly support the teams’ efforts to facilitate a just transition to localized economies that center healthy solutions over irresponsible corporate growth.
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Teamsters History of Standing in Solidarity with Civil Rights and Environmental Justice
According to Karin Jones, the Teamsters’ historian, the organization was “always ahead of the curve” in terms of civil rights...
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Celebrating Our Roots, 3
This Labor Day and every day, the Just Transition Alliance stands with all workers, unionized or not. We focus on the workers who go unseen...