WASHINGTON --- A Washington, D.C., community organizing group held a press conference last week to call out the District government for a lack of transparency and enforcement mechanisms to protect workers and put the city’s residents, who are often victims of displacement and gentrification, to work. “We always hear this rhetoric about
Radical Visions: Failed Jobs Training Programs Inspire A ‘Black Worker Center’ In DC
A failed jobs training program, paid for with taxpayer dollars, gives rise to a movement in D.C. that’s not just calling for accountability from those leading the program — they’re taking labor training and empowerment into their own hands.