Employment Justice Center Releases '09 Impact Report

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The DC Employment Justice Center's 2009 Annual Impact Report is now available on the EJC’s website. “Thanks to you, we celebrated many victories on behalf of low-wage workers in 2009,” reports Executive Director Melvina Ford. “We returned over $580,000 [in stolen wages] to low-wage workers in the D.C. metro area, conducted over 1,300 intakes at our Workers' Rights Clinic, educated over 650 workers about their rights and responsibilities on the job, and launched a new organizing group called WAGE –‘Workers Advocating for Greater Equality’ -- to provide workers with the media skills to advocate on the issues that affect their lives. Despite a bleak economic forecast, with your assistance and participation,” Ford continued, “we remain confident of continued success on behalf of low-wage workers in 2010.”