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This Passover: What Must Be Done to Safeguard Democracy and the Right to Vote?
1911-2026: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Its Relevance Today
Antisemitism, Unions, and the
Fight for Democracy Today
Join us at our 2025 Annual Awards Gala December 18th!
Horror, Sorrow, Condolences: On the Antisemitic Terrorist Attack on the Jewish Community Event in Bondi Beach
JLC celebrates the return of hostages, and an end to the war, and what promises to be the first step toward a permanent peace.
JLC Calls for Gaza Emergency Relief
Mourning the Death of Lenore Miller
On Wednesday's Murders at Washington DC’s Capital Jewish Museum
We Categorically Oppose the Trump Plan for Gaza
JLC joins over 100 Jewish groups voicing deep alarm over recent attacks on democratic norms and values
You can help those affected by the catastrophic fires in Greater Los Angeles
Happy Hanukkah from the JLC!
Join us at our Annual Human Rights Awards Gala!
On Rosh Hashana: A New Year's Message from the JLC
"Work, Workers, Workers' Rights, and Unions" - a Jewish Labor Committee - Uri L'Tzedek program
JLC on the March at NYC Labor Day Parade!
Jewish Labor Committee supports Histadrut’s call for a General Strike in Israel
A Counter-Olympics that Challenged Tyranny:
Labor's Response to the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: From 1911 to 2024
JLC and other Conference of Presidents Members Rebut COP Statement on Majority Leader Schumer Meeting
A Special Bond: Martin Luther King, Jr., Israel and American Jewry
Confronting Hate
Join us at our Annual Human Rights Awards Gala!
JLC Statement on Horrific Hamas Attack from Gaza against Israel
August 1963 – August 2023: March On Washington
1936: Anti-Nazi World Labor Athletic Carnival Held in New York City
US Union Leaders: We Continue to Support the Fight for Democracy in Israel
The Jewish Community and Labor: Passover 2023
US Union Leaders: We Support the Fight for Democracy in Israel
President Stuart Appelbaum at NYC's Rally for Democracy in Israel
You're Invited:
Jewish Labor Committee's Annual Human Rights Awards Gala - December 19th, 2022
Recording of
"Common Ground: Jews, Labor, Democracy, and Voting"
On Rosh Hashana: A New Year's Message from the JLC
What does labor want? Thoughts for Labor Day 2022
Special talk on Starbucks unionizing across the map!
JLC @ Mass Poor Peoples and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington
Hamantashen for Ukraine
You're Invited:
Jewish Labor Committee's Annual Human Rights Awards Gala - December 16th, 2021
Labor Day and Rosh Hashana Greetings!
Healthcare workers in NJ nursing facilities need your help!
Mourning the Passing of Richard Trumka
After Gaza: Toward a Just Resolution of the Conflict.
April 29th: Viirtual Workers Memorial Day Program
The Matzah of Affliction, Amazon Workers, and a special Passover Haggadah
JLC Condemns Anti-Asian Violence in Wake of Killings in Atlanta-Area Spas
"A Jewish labor leader on his union's battle with Amazon"
You're Invited:
Jewish Labor Committee's Annual Human Rights Awards Gala - 12/17/2020
Jewish Communal Statement Denouncing White Supremacy
Rosh Hashana: A New Year's Appeal from the JLC
A tune for our times, and for USA's Labor Day Weekend, 2020
Philly Demo: Save the U.S. Postal Service!
Online Memorial Event for Workers Killed by COVID-19
JLC Joins in Outrage against the Murder of George Floyd; Calls for Change against Systemic Racism in the U.S.
Yom HaShoa, Labor and the Holocaust
Health Care Workers Need Personal Protective Equipment!
109th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Call your Senators NOW re Emergency Stimulus Bill.
National Jewish Policy Agency Conference
Supports Government Workers' Right to Unionize
Jewish Labor Committee Responds to Trump Plan
JLC Calls for Solidarity & Inter-communal Cooperation Against Anti-Semitism
JLC Joins 12 other U.S. Organizations in Call to Israeli Political Leadership to Oppose Support for Annexation
JLC in Solidarity with Temple Association of University Professionals
Best wishes for the New Year!
Against the Nomination of Eugene Scalia as U.S. Secretary of Labor
Have Jews Become Detached From Labor's Goals?
This Labor Day, Jews Must Recommit To Workers' Rights
56 Years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
1936: Anti-Nazi World Labor Athletic Carnival Held in New York City
Israeli Barring U.S. Representatives Omar and Tlaib is a Mistake
JLC Stands with the Temple Association of University Professionals
We Support Wayfair Workers Walkout
JLC joins with nine other progressive pro-Israel groups in urging House of Representatives leaders to pass resolution opposing West Bank annexation
Kahanists: A Danger to Israelis and Israeli Democracy
National Jewish Umbrella Agency Calls for Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 / Hour
STOP THE SHUTDOWN: Tell the Senate to re-open and fund the government.
Jewish Labor Committee's 47th Human Rights Awards Dinner
On the Carnage in Pittsburgh
You're Invited!
Best wishes for the New Year!
National American Jewish Organizations Call on President to Admit 75,000 Refugees in 2019
Israeli Identity Politics vs. a Democratic Israel
JLC, ADL and Penn State University Start Anti-Bias Educational Program in Philadelphia
JLC Deplores Supreme Court's Janus v AFSCME Council 31 Decision
National Faith-Labor Leadership Passover Seder Held in Memphis, TN
Happy Passover and Good Friday!
Jewish Labor Committee Denounces Janus Court Case against Public Sector Workers
"Let My People Stay"
Jewish Organizations Call on Senate to Advance Burma Sanctions to Address Crisis of the Rohingya People
JLC and Anti-Extremism Workshop in St. Louis at AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention
Human Rights Awards Dinner November 2nd, 2017, in NYC
Best wishes for the New Year!
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns President Trump Rescission of DACA
JLC Marches in Chicago on Labor Day 2017
Happy Labor Day!
"Philly is Charlottesville"
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Bigotry, Prejudice, Racism, and Anti-Semitism in Wake of Violence in Charlottesville
JLC Supports Bloomingdale's Workers' at Rally for Fair Contract
JLC Condemns United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia's Report
"How to Become a Labor Lawyer" - Rutgers Law School Program
CALL TO ACTION: Urge your senators to reject Friedman as U.S. Ambassador to the State of Israel
Jewish Labor Committee Opposes Israel's Settlement Expansion
JLC Opposes President Trump's Executive Order on Refugees
JLC Opposes the Nomination of Andy Puzder to be U.S. Secretary of Labor
JLC Opposes the Nomination of David M. Friedman to be the United States Ambassador to the State of Israel
Philadelphia: Panel Discussion on "Immigration, Xenophobia and Labor"
JLC at NYC Rally and March for Immigrant Rights
Philadelphia JLC at Fight for $15 Demo in Center City
Open Letter to President-elect Donald Trump from Jewish American Organizations
Human Rights Awards Dinner November 14, 2016 in NYC
Professors Over Profit: Philadelphia JLC Support Pennsylvania's Faculty
Enough is Enough! New England JLC Supports Harvard Dining Services Workers
Best Wishes for the New Year
On The Passing of Shimon Peres
New England JLC joins demo for a good contract for MA & RI janitors
Happy Labor Day!
A Step Back for Palestinian Workers' Rights and for Israeli Democracy
1936: Anti-Nazi World Labor Athletic Carnival Held in NYC
Massachusetts Passes Most-Comprehensive State Equal Pay Law
Chicago educators visit Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Mass Shooting In Orlando
JLC, other Activists, back Brookline, MA teachers
JLC Supports RWDSU Local 1-S Macy's Workers in their Battle for a Fair Contract
The International Refugee Crisis: Experts Examine the Challenge at Washington DC Forum
With Striking Verizon Workers in Boston
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
The International Refugee Crisis
Labor Seders Across the Country
Jewish Labor Committee Supports Verizon Workers
JLC Western Region Speaks Out at Hindenburg Park Sign Debate
Challenging Racial and Economic Injustice
With Support from JLC Western Region, AFM Local 47 Signs New Agreement Reached With Amazon's "˜Transparent'
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire And Its Relevance 105 Years Later
Celebrating Bessie Abramowitz Hillman
Celebrating Rose Schneiderman
Today's JLC's 82nd anniversary
"How to Become a Labor Lawyer"
MLK, Jr., JLC and Marching for Workers' Rights
JLC: in Support of Fair Share Fees in Public Sector Jobs
Confronting Poverty: Affordable High-Quality Early Childhood Care and Education
Paid Sick Leave: A National Priority
Jewish Labor Committee Joins #GivingTuesday
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Recent Massacres in Beirut and Paris
Public Education: National Values and National Need
Jewish Labor Committee Dismayed
by PM Netanyahu's Statement on the Holocaust
A Sabbath of Solidarity
NE JLC reaching out for MA's Fair Share Amendment
Jewish Labor Committee Joins in Welcome of Pope Francis to the United States
Best wishes for the New Year
New England JLC Supports Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill Hotel Workers
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Hate Speech against Members of Congress for Positions on Proposed Iran Nuclear Deal
Please sign this petition to U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour
Why the Fight for 15? Why JLC? Why Me?
The Israeli Labor Movement: Focus on the Histadrut
JLC Extends Condolences to Families of Victims of Shooting at AME Church;
Calls for Removing all Public Manifestations of the Confederate Flag
Income Inequality and Labor Unions: A Program for Progress
Please help the people of Nepal!
JLC Reaffirms Commitment to Two-State Solution to Israel-Palestine Conflict
Happy Passover and Good Friday!
Senator Elizabeth Warren Addresses 2015 JLC Human Rights Awards Dinner
The Only Hope for Peace is a Negotiated Two-State Solution
Human Rights Awards Dinner March 19th 2015 in NYC
A Grand Alliance to Save the U.S. Public Postal Service. Please sign the pledge now!
JLC Urges Prime Minister Netanyahu to Reconsider Invitation to Address U.S. Congress
Solidarity with workers at Sheraton hotels in Ethiopia and Maldives!
Carrying Forward the Dream
On the vote of University of California Graduate Students on BDS
JLC Supports President Obama's Efforts to Reform "Severely Flawed" U.S. Immigration System
Philly Rallies for Public School Teachers and Schools
Victory for the "Hyatt 100" - $1 million to the fired housekeepers and ...!
JLC turns out to support Philadelphia's McDonald's workers
It's Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
Unprovoked Rocket Attacks from Gaza Must Cease
Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Passes!
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Murder of Palestinian Teenager
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Murders of Three Israel Teenagers
Israeli President Peres receives Congressional Gold Medal
At Jewish Labor Committee Human Rights Awards Dinner, Al Sharpton calls for healing
Human Rights Awards Dinner June 19th 2014 in NYC
JLC Regrets Conference of Presidents Rejection of J Street Membership Application
One year after Bangladesh factory collapse, Chicago-area activists demand safer conditions for Walmart workers
JLC Condemns Attempts to use Ukrainian Jews as an Excuse to Destabilize Ukraine
Your help needed re Perelman Jewish Day School
Philadelphia JLC Statement on the Perelman Jewish Day School Situation
"Raise the Federal Minimum Wage" Resolution Adopted at National Jewish Communal Affairs Gathering in Atlanta
2-25-1934: JLC is formed - first goal is to oppose rise of Nazism in Europe
In Support of University of Illinois at Chicago United Faculty Local 6456
A Special Bond: Martin Luther King, Jr., Israel and American Jewry
2013 11-Month Activity Report & Membership Form
In Opposition To Academic Boycotts
JLC Opposes Draft ASA Academic Boycott Resolution
JLC Western Region President Arrested at L.A. Protest against Poverty Wages
A Remedy for Inequality
Friday, Oct. 25: Calling Eric Cantor for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The High Holidays are the Time to Help Domestic Workers
Justice means raising NJ's minimum wage
Join the Campaign to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage!
On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Stay at Unionized Hotels and ...
Jewish Labor Committee Endorses New Jersey's "Raise The Wage" Campaign
JLC President Appelbaum Signs onto Letter to PM Netanyahu;
Jewish Labor Committee Supports Kerry Peace Initiative, Opposes European Union's New Guidelines
Labor unions' Iranian opportunity and responsibility
A Petition to the Management of Walmart: Join Major Clothes Retailers in a Combined Worker Safety Agreement Now!
Chicago Teachers at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Philadelphia JLC at June 25th Rally to demand adequate funding for public education across the Keystone State.
JLC Presents 2013 Human Rights Award to Bob King, President of the UAW, and Chris Shelton, VP of the CWA District 1
Please vote NO - online poll re academic boycott of Israel and Stephen Hawking
A Posthumous Medal of Freedom for Bayard Rustin
Jewish Labor Committee opposes Irish Teacher Union's academic boycott of Israel
Philadelphia JLC's 2013 Labor Seder
13th New England JLC Annual Labor Seder
JLC President Appelbaum Discusses Anti-Semitism in France During U.S. Jewish Solidarity Mission
New England JLC protests for fire-safety program in Bangladesh
"U.S. Labor Law: A Political Battlefield"
2012 Program Highlights
Jewish Labor Committee Condemns Anti-Union Action by Michigan Government
Philadelphia JLC, Walmart, and Black Friday 2012
Vladka Meed 1921-2012
Concerning Announced Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
Statement on the Israel-Gaza Situation
Australia, a staunch supporter of Israel, wins seat on U.N. Security Council
New England JLC Supports LeMeridien Cambridge Workers!
Voter ID Panel Discussion in Philadelphia
Boston: Yom Kippur Solidarity Action for 14,000 Janitors
Jewish Labor Committee Supports Teachers Striking in Chicago
New England JLC at Bread and Roses Centennial Festival
"˜Labor on the Bimah'in Greater Boston:
Labor Day 2012 and Jewish Values
Hyatt housekeepers are launching a global boycott of Hyatt
New England JLC activists at Boston rally for hotelworkers.
Chicago Teachers at Illinois Holocaust Museum
Bed, Bath and Beyond workers organizing in New Jersey
Collective Bargaining Resolution Passes Big at JCPA Plenum
Labor Haggadah available; Labor Seders across the USA
Stuart Appelbaum's Remarks at our 41st Human Rights Award Dinner
Human Rights Awards Dinner January 12th in NYC
Marching with NYC's "March for Jobs and Economic Fairness"
Philadelphia JLC launches Jewish Labor Series
New England Jewish Labor Committee @ Occupy Boston
JLC In support of the Occupy Wall Street protestors
Jewish Labor Committee Western Region Welcomes Tentative Contract between management and grocery workers in Southern CA
Philadelphia JLC Supports Verizon Workers
Jewish Labor Committee Supports Hyatt Workers
Labor On The Bimah, 2011
The Rules of the Game Must Change -- and the Settlement Enterprise Must End
How YOU Can Help Support Verizon Workers
Jewish Labor Committee Tells Verizon to Play Fair, and Negotiate in Good Faith
Rabbis step up pressure on Hyatt
Jewish Labor Committee Responds to Remarks by President Obama Concerning the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Seder That Also Tells The Story Of Labor
New England JLC hosts 11th Annual Labor Seder
The Latest Wisconsin Decision is a Disgrace!
From the Triangle Fire through Madison Wisconsin: What is to be done?
Labor Pains Throughout the United States: A New York Jewish Week Q & A with Arieh Lebowitz
Support collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin's public sector employees!
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Centennial
New England JLC joins Boston Workmen's Circle Shula 5th graders in Brookline, MA, Stop & Shop. Call for parent company, Ahold, to improve conditions for farm workers.
Park 51 / Muslim Cultural Center supporters gather in Lower Manhattan to show their support
A 2010 Labor Day message from the Jewish Labor Committee
Protesters Call on Trader Joe's to Adopt Humane Conditions for Tomato Pickers
In Support of the Cordoba Initiative / Park 51 / Muslim Cultural Center
JLC at Phoenix demo against SB 1070, Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
JLC activists, Rabbis, Join Protest for Hyatt Workers
JLC on the Gaza Flotilla / Israel Defense Forces confrontation
New England JLC supports warehouse workers at Shaw's Supermarkets' Methuen Distribution Center
31,000 Deliver Message to Wall Street: Fix The Mess You Made
We Mourn Our Loss: Commemorating the Triangle Factory Fire
Philadelphia's Labor Human Rights Award
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Speaks Out Against Calls to Boycott Israel
Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine launches TULIP Solidarity Fund
Philadelphia-area Labor Leaders Meet to Support Israel
Rally at United Nations: "Stand for Freedom in Iran"
JLC Comments on British Trades Union Congress Statement
JLC Marches in NYC's Labor Day Parade
JLC Fights for Workers Rights in the U.S. and Human Rights in Iran
Celebrate Labor Day by supporting the Employee Free Choice Act
Vigil in Brooklyn for workers at four nursing homes in New Jersey working without contract for two years.
Are supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act like Nazis?
Jewish Labor Committee Congratulates President Stuart Appelbaum for Affirming His Gay Identity
"Rabbis for Workers' Choice" debuts in Philadelphia
TULIP - Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine
Philadelphia-Area Rabbis and Rabbinical Students Speak out for Employee Free Choice Act
Progress by Pesach -- for just and fair immigration reform
JLC Supports Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor
JLC and Empire Kosher Poultry Announce Substantial Kosher Food Donation to NYC's Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty for Community Food Pantries
Jewish Labor Committee Statement on Gaza
Australia: Lighting Chanukah candles on International Migrant Workers' Day
Brookline MA: Students on the March for Workers' Rights
Chicago IL: Republic Window and Door workers sit in, win settlement!
2011 Holocaust & Jewish Resistance Teachers Program
Support the Employee Free Choice Act
JLC Constitution and Bylaws
On the Latest Developments re Agriprocessors
Jews, justice and the workplace
Postville, Iowa, rally to support Agriprocessors workers
Demonstration in Washington DC in support of "Justice for Zimbabwe"
2008 Human Rights Award Dinner Held in NYC
Journalist Philip Dine Speaks at Educators' Breakfast at AFT Biennial Convention in Chicago
Support Workers Fired at Flaum Appetizing Company in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn!
Boston: Jewish labor groups support SEIU Local 1199's efforts to organize
Agriprocessors: JLC Policy Statement
Australian union chief retreats from [anti] Israel advert
American Labor Can Help Right Anti-Israel Left
Labor Seders across the U.S.A.
JLC President Stuart Appelbaum in Israel
German Unions Follow U.S. Labor to Oppose Boycott Against Israel
American Jews owe unions an extra 'thank you' on this Labor Day
Unions and Labor Day
U.S. Labor Leaders Blast British Unions' "Boycott Israel" Resolutions
Statement of Opposition to Divestment From or Boycotts of Israel
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