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| 2009 IWJ Leadership Summit |
| Rebekah Evans and James Schwarber, traveled to Tulane University in also attended the summit, joining with National Day Labor Organizing representatives to discuss strategies for addressing worker related issues, particularly wage theft. The workshops held during the Summit covered a wide variety of issues, including theology related to worker justice and issues of race and gender. The well-attended, provocative evening plenaries discussed both current and future campaigns of IWJ with worker representatives presenting their stories to clergy, laity, and representatives of the Department of Labor, including Assistant Labor Secretary Michael Kerr. A highlight of the summit was a video message from new Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis who commended IWJ and its affiliates for their efforts surrounding the issue of wage theft. The Summit ended with a direct action during which participants visited the 9th Ward and held a prayer vigil next to one of the previously broken levees. Afterwards, participants went to the office of Senator Mary Landrieu to hold a prayer vigil and rally in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). EFCA, which will allow workers to more easily organize, is one of the ways in which workers can fight against wage theft in their communities. |
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