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CEJ Buffalo The Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) wins dynamic campaigns by uniting labor, faith, and communi

CEJ was formed in 1986 when religious and labor leaders organized a campaign together to stop good manufacturing jobs from being outsourced to Mexico by the Trico corporation. Since our founding, CEJ has collaborated with a wide array of partners to win local campaigns for corporate and government accountability, sustainable economic development, and worker justice. CEJ has also taken its fight to

Albany, recognizing that too often decisions impacting our local communities are made at the state level. CEJ is the co-anchor of a statewide alliance of worker and community groups and has been at the forefront of the fight for reform of wasteful economic development programs. As an extension of our issue work we engage in voter education and engagement – registering new voters, encouraging occasional voters to become more active participants in our democracy, and providing all voters with information about where candidates stand on our issues. The Coalition for Economic Justice is one of 42 community-labor coalitions nationwide that comprise the national Jobs with Justice network, as well as the NY State Labor-Religion Coalition.

Operating as usual

11/04/2022

We are gearing up for a snowy winter here in Buffalo! ❄️

The Snow Brigade needs volunteers like YOU to help out neighbors who are unable to clear snow from their residences. This mutual aid effort builds solidarity and resilience networks amongst community members where the city is failing us.

Mutual aid is a two way street; we encourage people to ask for help and to help when able!

Go to bit.ly/snowvolunteer2022 to sign up to volunteer this season!

*Request form coming soon, stay tuned!

10/31/2022
There was a call for transparency and public input at the  press conference Tuesday, and now there will be a public hear...
10/21/2022

There was a call for transparency and public input at the press conference Tuesday, and now there will be a public hearing on Thursday, Oct 27th

Also happens to be Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU birthday! Six years ago on the 27th BTRU's first community meeting was held. Help us celebrate by joining the public hearing and let them know- we need investment in the Public Transit system in the Bills Stadium Deal!

10/19/2022

!!ACTION CANCELED!!Congratulations to Teamsters Local 317 workers at Sysco on a settled contract. No strike support need...
10/17/2022

!!ACTION CANCELED!!

Congratulations to Teamsters Local 317 workers at Sysco on a settled contract. No strike support needed for tomorrow morning.

Those who had the time set aside, please consider joining the SBWorkersUnited workers out at the Elmwood location who are still on strike

Press conference this Wednesday 9:30am at Johnnie B Wiley (1100 Jefferson Ave). Join the  Coalition in calling for Commu...
10/17/2022

Press conference this Wednesday 9:30am at Johnnie B Wiley (1100 Jefferson Ave). Join the Coalition in calling for Community Benefits in the Bills stadium deal! Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU

Sign on to support here: Bit.ly/716playfair

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"Now, the group is about to make its third attempt. On Wednesday, workers at an Amazon facility near Albany, New York, w...
10/12/2022
Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York | CNN Business

"Now, the group is about to make its third attempt. On Wednesday, workers at an Amazon facility near Albany, New York, will begin voting on whether to join the ALU and become the second unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Ballot-casting will take place from Wednesday through Monday, with the vote-count scheduled for Oct. 18, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)."

In April, a grassroots worker group made history by gaining enough votes to form the first US union at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, in what was widely viewed as a "David vs. Goliath" battle. The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell short at a smaller fac...

10/12/2022

Come picket with us and Billy Bragg on Wednesday! Share far and wide, let’s have some fun and show this company we won’t back down. 🪧🎸🎶

Join us Tuesday (10/18/22) from 8-11am at 6495 Transit Road to show support for Teamsters Local 317 workers at Sysco! Wh...
10/12/2022

Join us Tuesday (10/18/22) from 8-11am at 6495 Transit Road to show support for Teamsters Local 317 workers at Sysco!

What do we want?
Fair contract!
When do we want it?
Now!!


WNY Area Labor Federation,AFL-CIO CWA Local 1122

10/11/2022

Strike at the Elmwood Ave. store in Buffalo NY continues until further notice! Come down and show your support. ⭐️

10/11/2022
A Bills Mafia Experience by Black Gems Dive In Podcast



On this week’s episode, Kua and Kendra discuss their experience at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles at the Buffalo Bills vs LA Rams game. The pair welcome Christian Johnson, CEO of Beautiful Brains Consulting Company, which provide business technology solutions through a full lifecycle of services rang...

10/10/2022
CEJ Executive Director, Holly Nowak, and family went out to show support for Teamsters Local 317 drivers on strike at Sy...
10/10/2022

CEJ Executive Director, Holly Nowak, and family went out to show support for Teamsters Local 317 drivers on strike at Sysco.

When asked "what do you need", the immediate response was "to get back to work!" These folks are out here fighting for a fair contract and wages now so they can get back to driving our food to where we can buy it around the city. The company is running at a serious profit. These essential workers that help keep us all fed are certainly worth their fair share. Help them get back to work and let Sysco know the drivers need a fair contract now!!

Join the picket between 6am and 6pm each day until they reach an agreement

10/10/2022

Volunteers needed for Oct 15th

Photos from SBWorkersUnited's post
10/10/2022

Photos from SBWorkersUnited's post

Ongoing strike at Sysco!!! 6495 Transit Road (pictures curiosity of CWA Local 1122)
10/10/2022

Ongoing strike at Sysco!!! 6495 Transit Road (pictures curiosity of CWA Local 1122)

09/16/2022

There is a deadline for this Friday and if a contract is not agreed on, over 115,000 Freight Rail Workers are going on s...
09/15/2022

There is a deadline for this Friday and if a contract is not agreed on, over 115,000 Freight Rail Workers are going on strike. Let that really sink in. Over 115,000 workers are calling attention to the realities of their working conditions, work that helps keep our lives functioning as they are. We have no doubt that this decision was not made lightly, given the impact we know striking will have on the direct families and communities as well as on grocery stores, gas stations, and more across the country. CEJ stands in solidarity with the workers!

Please watch this recent Freight Rail Workers town hall to hear more about their experience: https://youtu.be/fOg9_lPDJQM

Congratulations to the 1199SEIU workers at Elderwood!
09/14/2022

Congratulations to the 1199SEIU workers at Elderwood!

Victory alert! "We are thankful to have settled this contract and get our members up to par so we can start hiring new employees," said April Stonebraker, LPN at Elderwood at Lockport in Niagara County. "We can encourage nursing home workers to come work with us now. We still have some work to do, but this contract is a start to fight for staffing and an upward growth in wages and limiting agency use," said Stonebraker.

"It's a new day in the healthcare workplace, and this new contract is the first step to recognizing and realizing how important we are," said James Funderburk, Housekeeper at Elderwood at Williamsville in Amherst.

The new labor contract for members at Elderwood at Lockport and Elderwood at Williamsville includes significant wage adjustments for experienced workers, 3% pension increases each year of the agreement, increases in shift differentials, a new weekend differential, and increased Paid Time-Off buy back.

Members also secured a $15 per hour start rate for all service workers beginning next year. The contract also includes a retroactive bonus. The for-profit employer has also agreed to Juneteenth as a paid holiday. The new agreement for both Elderwood facilities runs through June 30, 2024.

09/13/2022

We are all the union.

09/13/2022

This Wednesday September 14, 2022.
Open to any and everyone who may be looking for a job hosted by the UAW Local 774. All are encouraged to attend.
Participating businesses to include:
Armstrong Pumps / Fluid Technology
Buffalo Games
Certainteed Corp
Construction Trades Staffing
Delaware Manufacturing Industries Corporation (DMIC)
Eone
General Mills
IUPAT District Council 4
Milk Bone
P&G Steel Products
PCB Piezotronics, Inc.
Power Drives Inc.
Riley Gear Corporation
Sealing Devices, Inc
SoPark Corp
Sumitomo Rubber USA
UBC Millwrights
USPS Business
Zenner & Ritter Heating and Cooling
*Participating businesses are subject to change.
Our membership will also have access to: Executive Board members, Committee people, Benefits Representatives, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Representative, Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) Representative, and the Apprentice Chairman.
This event is hosted by UAW Local 774, Senator Sean M. Ryan , Assemblymember Jon Rivera NYS Assemblyman William Conrad and the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL)

The awards are in!✔️ Food is ordered ✔️ Wine and beer have been purchased ✔️ We're a week out and can't wait to see you ...
09/08/2022

The awards are in!✔️
Food is ordered ✔️
Wine and beer have been purchased ✔️

We're a week out and can't wait to see you all at our CEJ 2022 Annual Award Celebration next Thursday! Tickets are still available at the link below or at the door (virtual attendance is available as well as solidarity tickets)

https://bit.ly/3vfVOBA

09/06/2022

Campaign for NY Health is hiring an Executive Director! As we announced earlier in the summer, our fierce co-directors Ursula Rozum and YuLing Koh Hsu have stepped away. Help CNYH keep the momentum up and across the finish line!

Please consider sharing the job description for an Executive Director of the Campaign for NY Health. Maybe YOU are the next director! Application submission deadline is September 30, 2022.

Job Description here: www.bit.ly/CNYH2022JD

All CNYH matters for now can be directed to the CNYH Board of Directors at [email protected] and [email protected].

Thank a union everyday but especially today! Happy Labor Day!
09/05/2022

Thank a union everyday but especially today! Happy Labor Day!

Join the Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) in honoring the ATU 1342 ATU Local 1342 and SBWorkersUnited at our 2022 An...
09/02/2022

Join the Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) in honoring the ATU 1342 ATU Local 1342 and SBWorkersUnited at our 2022 Annual Awards Celebration on September 15th, 5:30-8pm. We’re pleased to be holding this year’s event at the TriMain Center (2495 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214), the site of one of CEJ’s founding fights. Virtual attendance is available as well as Solidarity Tickets!
Buy your tickets today here: https://bit.ly/3vfVOBA

Contact Holly at [email protected] for more information and follow our event here https://fb.me/e/1Xtx6Xs5e

Starbucks Workers United needs us next Tuesday! Let's show Starbucks what we think of union busting
08/30/2022

Starbucks Workers United needs us next Tuesday! Let's show Starbucks what we think of union busting

Community Giveback Event and Union Career Fair happening this Saturday!
08/30/2022

Community Giveback Event and Union Career Fair happening this Saturday!

We can't wait to put these new signs (and what they stand for, of course) to good use!
08/27/2022

We can't wait to put these new signs (and what they stand for, of course) to good use!

08/27/2022

Refusing to be exploited isn't quitting. It's fighting back. Keep demanding better!

08/26/2022

Congratulations to Chipotle workers in Lansing, Michigan on overwhelmingly voting to unionize! Welcome to the movement!

08/26/2022

10k student debt forgiveness, with up to 20k forgiveness for pell grant recipients, will potentially impact 43 million borrower, wiping out what remains for something like 20 million people. It's good and will help a lot of people. It's not the solution. Real systematic change is needed.

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On this episode of The Public Good, initially aired on February 15, Sarah talks to Teresa Watson, the Housing Justice Coordinator at PUSH Buffalo and Jordan Moore of CEJ Buffalo and PUSH member about the Buffalo Tenants Bill of Rights.

The Tenants Bill of Rights would protect tenants from evictions without good cause, ensure timely repairs, reaffirm the right to language access in housing court proceedings, allow tenants to purchase their home when it goes up for sale, and more. If enacted, these rights would encourage stronger neighborhoods, establish stability for tenants, and prevent displacement.
On today's Public Good radio show, we speak with Simon Husted, long-time member of Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and Holly Nowak, Executive Director of the CEJ Buffalo about transit equity and sidewalk snow removal in Buffalo.

Together with partners, BTRU and CEJ just completed Transit Equity Week, where they volunteered to clear many bus shelters of snow to help ensure bus riders, pedestrians, school children, and neighbors who use wheelchairs or mobility aids have safe spaces to wait for the bus. They're now highlighting a growing call for a municipal sidewalk snow removal program in Buffalo, which would help make sure our neighbors can access sidewalks and safely wait for buses. Too many now are traveling in the street by foot or wheelchair, and with children and strollers, facing dangerous traffic between crowded snowbanks.

We discuss how residents can get involved and add their support for a sidewalk snow removal program in this year's City budget, including participating in a Common Council special meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, February 9) at 5:30pm. More details in the comments.
As snow mounds still surround bus stops in Buffalo, CEJ Buffalo is hosting Transit Equity Week to raise awareness and make change.
We're LIVE to call for a community benefits agreement for the Buffalo Bills stadium. If we're spending public dollars to benefit private interests, we need to see commitments to long-term specific public benefits!

CEJ Buffalo Jericho Road Community Health Center VOICE Buffalo
Monday, January 31 ~ Today in Local Music and Community:

**Exercise caution, maintain personal space, and wear a mask. It takes all of us to keep us all safe and healthy.**

Transit Equity Week: Shoveling Snow Our City Leaves Behind with Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and CEJ Buffalo. Shovel snow that typically goes untouched - bus stops, homeless shelters, community organizations, closed businesses, and neighbor's driveways. Participants are asked to shovel snow at-will. To register as a Winter Warrior and participate in Transit Equity Day and the week leading up to it, go to https://forms.gle/RpDeZKLsbja9LpNd8

Singer / Songwriter Maria Sebastian at Nietzsche's. 530 - 730pm

The Marshall Dillon Band at Hofbrauhaus Buffalo. 6 - 8pm

Blue Monday at The Charter Place featuring April Mazzone joining house band Chicago Jack and the Heptones. 6 - 9pm

Pure Ink Poetry Slam 10 Year Anniversary at TheGypsyParlor. Slam at 630pm - $5

Singer-Songwriter Showcase at 8pm, followed by Buffalo's Longest Running Open Mic with Patrick Jackson at 9pm at Nietzsche's

Comedy Open Mic at Tudor Lounge: F#ck, Mary, Kill Edition. Hosted by Sam Minney. Signup at 8, Show at 9pm

**This post was written in advance and scheduled to publish today. Facebook has changed the way scheduled posts are created, making it impossible to add multiple tags. Tags will be added if I have time after work**
It's been a weird, weird January. The city is working toward a pilot for municipal sidewalk snow removal, but that won't occur until next winter.
In the meantime, sidewalks, bus stops and shelters all over the city are buried, and property owners like CSX and hundreds of others are being negligent. Knowing that a solution is on the horizon is a start, but we're inviting you to get up and outside, shovels and salt in hand, and join the individuals proving we still can be the City of Good Neighbors in more ways than one.
Check out more from Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU and CEJ Buffalo this weekend and next week!
Photos from our Nov.17th press conference on the NY Health Act in Buffalo! Thank you to everyone at Buffalo DSA, CEJ Buffalo, NYSNA, and everyone that worked with us to pull the press conference off.
Every balloted and write-in candidate for Buffalo Mayor was asked to complete a survey about Buffalo's infrastructure and public transit future.
The survey was compiled by us at GObike, Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU, Colored Girls Bike Too, Scajaquada Corridor Coalition, Restore Our Community Coalition - Buffalo, NY, and CEJ Buffalo.
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India Walton For Buffalo and Ben Carlisle provided responses.
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Mayor Byron W. Brown, Taniqua Simmons, Jaz Miles, and William O'Dell did not respond to this questionnaire.
**JOB OPPORTUNITY**

Chorus Foundation is hiring a Network Officer in Buffalo, NY to establish and strengthen connections between funders, philanthropic organizations and the work of Crossroads Coalition. The Network Officer will serve as a primary point of contact and representative of Chorus Foundation and will work directly with members of Crossroads Coalition as they guide funders on a path to support a Just Transition. The Network Officer will serve as a representative of the Foundation in the philanthropic community, develop and establish a funding strategy to support Just Transition work locally, assist in coordinating the work of Chorus Foundation within the local landscape, and develop and steward local grant making efforts.

The right candidate should be familiar with the Foundation’s local grantees, have an understanding of the local and national funding community including Just Transition work in the city and region, be able to work with multiple stakeholders to bridge relationships and language between funders and the field, and be able to travel within and outside of the region as needed.

This is a half-time contract position, paying $50,000 per year, plus a stipend to cover health benefits.

To apply please send a cover letter, resume, and list of references to [email protected]

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PUSH Buffalo, Buffalo Parent-Teacher Organization (BPTO), CEJ Buffalo, Buffalo Transit Riders United - BTRU, Justice for Migrant Families and others hold a press conference to urge Buffalo Common Council to hold a more rigorous, transparent, accessible participatory process to determine fund allocations of the once-in-a-lifetime American Rescue Plan Act (ARP).

The City of Buffalo is poised to receive over $330 million dollars from the federal government through the ARP. This unprecedented investment is to be spent to address lost state and local government revenue, support for essential workers, aid to impacted industries, infrastructure investments, and financial assistance to households, nonprofits, and small businesses. The federal government has encouraged local governments and elected officials to engage communities in an authentic way around how this money can and should be spent, and not to just create the plans in a vacuum.

There is so much at stake in this historic moment. Our faith and trust in government as an engine for equitable economic recovery and shared prosperity for all hangs in the balance.

Are you behind on your rent or mortgage? The City of Buffalo has announced $$$ funding available for rental and mortgage assistance, housing repairs, business assistance, and fair housing counseling!

Call 2-1-1 for rental and mortgage assistance funds. Call 3-1-1 for housing repair funds, business funds, and fair housing counseling. PUSH Buffalo Open Buffalo HOME, Inc. Neighborhood Legal Services Inc. LISC WNY CEJ Buffalo
Now hiring for AmeriCorps VISTA positions in Buffalo New York and San Joaquin California! Serve with us to give back to your community while gaining professional experience at one of our nonprofit partners.

Apply Now: www.tscwny.org/Experience-Service/Current-Opportunities

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