Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers. Interfaith Worker Justice:



Protects Worker Rights

IWJ believes workers should have the right to organize and to engage in collective bargaining. Because many U.S. workers are being denied these rights, IWJ has a joint partnership with the Department of Labor to help guarantee and enforce these basic rights.



Engages Religious Employers

Religiously-affiliated non-profit institutions, such as hospitals and nursing homes, should model the highest standard of employer-employee relations. Unfortunately some religious institutions hire union-busting "consultants" and engage in unethical, and sometimes illegal behavior toward workers when they attempt to form a union. IWJ has developed resources to educate people of faith about this issue.



Supports Poultry Workers

More than 200,000 workers are engaged in poultry processing, mostly working in small towns scattered from Delaware to Texas. These low-wage workers, primarily African American and Latino, often toil in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, with few benefits and no union representation