Working so closely with Long Island’s faith communities, LIJWJ gets to know many amazing organizations and individuals. We hope you’ll join us to honor one of them who has been front and center resisting authoritarianism and standing up for justice – Bend the Arc!

“Founded in 2012, Bend the Arc is a multiracial, multiethnic, intergenerational movement of Jews, organizing for a just and equitable United States where all people — within and beyond our Jewish community — are free and thriving. Bend the Arc has been the only national Jewish organization focused exclusively on progressive social change in the United States. Jews across the country must be part of the 3.5% of sustained resistance that we need to defeat authoritarianism. We grow the Jewish resistance through mass mobilizations, political education, and organizing arm-in-arm with our partners.

Our Long Island chapter was formed in 2016 and works in coalition with partners to pass legislation for immigrant justice, parole justice and more. We work on political campaigns, partnering with candidates and organizations to get out the vote, to elect candidates who share our values and to call out bad actors and hold them accountable. We lobby Federal and state legislators, participating in days of action, running political education workshops and much, much more!”  

Please join us for an energizing, movement-strengthening, and worker-centered evening on Tuesday July 14th at Captain Bill’s in Bay Shore! Reserve your tickets here!

This dinner also provides important financial support for LIJWJ’s coalition building work. So if you can’t make it but would still like to support please leave a donation!

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

You’re invited to join LIJWJ and scores of others to celebrate and support Long Islanders organizing for justice! To undo and repair all the wrongs imposed on the working people of our region, we need a coalition of labor, faith, and community acting as one.  In this spirit we hope you’ll join us to honor DC9 IUPAT, Mary Dewar, Bend the Arc, and the Long Island Immigration Alliance who have all made important contributions to our local workers’ movement.  

Reserve your tickets here.

This dinner also provides important financial support for LIJWJ’s coalition building work. So if you can’t make it but would still like to support please leave a donation!

We hope to see you on July 14th at Captain Bill’s!

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

We’re proud to share our first 2026 Awards Dinner honoree spotlight! We’ll start with District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (DC9 IUPAT)!

“District Council 9 is a chapter of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, an organization of painters, decorators, wall coverers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge & structural steel painters, civil service painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers & architectural metal glassworkers, paint makers and allied trades represented by over 11,000 members throughout New York State. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades is dedicated to securing and improving wages, benefits, and overall working conditions for its members.

For more information on DC 9’s continuing efforts to provide pathways to the middle class for New York’s residents visit www.districtcouncil9.net or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.“

On Long Island DC9 has been a strong voice for ending corruption and exploitation in the Long Island school construction industry. They were very influential in our most recent Workers’ Rights Board on this issue, and you can read about how to join them in the fight for accountability in our Workers’ Rights Board hearing report here.

Our 2026 Awards Dinner less than a month away! We hope you’ll join us to honor DC9 IUPAT, Mary Dewar, Bend the Arc, and the Long Island Immigration Alliance.  If you can’t make it but would still like to support please leave a donation!

And stay tuned for future spotlights on our other honorees!

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

Please read this request for help from our friends at NYSNA and sign the petition!

“Nurses at Catholic Health/ St. Charles, St. Joseph and St. Catherine of Siena hospitals are united for safe, quality care for our communities. We have deep roots in our Long Island communities. Many nurses were born in the hospitals where we work, had our children here, bring our loved ones here for care, and care for patients over the course of their entire lives.

Right now, we are fighting for fair union contracts that include safe staffing, as well as protections from workplace violence and fair wages. We are fighting for conditions to protect nurses and our patients and ensure there are always enough nurses to care for our communities.  

We are a community that advocates for and supports each other, our hospitals, and our patients. Please show your support by signing our petition urging hospital administrators to protect care at Catholic Health and deliver fair contracts!”

Add your name in support of the nurses here!

LIJWJ Awards Dinner

Our 2026 Awards Dinner is just a month away! Reserve your tickets here to honor DC9 IUPAT, Mary Dewar, Bend the Arc, and the Long Island Immigration Alliance here. If you can’t make it but would still like to support please leave a donation!

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

Join LIJWJ on Tuesday July 14 to honor Long Islanders fighting for justice and workers’ rights! This year our honorees are District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the Long Island Immigration Justice Alliance, Bend the Arc, and Mary Dewar. We’ll be highlighting our honorees over the next few weeks to share all the amazing work these organizations and individuals are doing. In the mean time, head to this link or click the flyer below for tickets and sponsorships!

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

LIJWJ’s latest Workers’ Rights Board report is out now! Click this link or the cover below to read about the exploitation and corruption in the Long Island school construction industry, and what we can all do to bring accountability to the process. Please join us to help make sure our tax dollars aren’t used to steal from workers!

LIJWJ’s 2026 Awards Dinner Honorees Announced!

LIJWJ is proud to announce our four 2026 Awards Dinner honorees! They are District Council 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the Long Island Immigration Justice Alliance, Bend the Arc, and Mary Dewar. We’ll be highlighting our honorees over the next few weeks to share all the amazing work these organizations and individuals are doing. In the mean time, head to this link or click the flyer below for tickets and sponsorships!

NYSNA Petition – Tell Mt. Sinai South Nassau to Do Right by Their Nurses!

Please take a moment and sign this petition! From our friends at NYSNA:

“Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau see every day what understaffing and lack of investment by the hospital mean for our patients and our communities.  

Since Mount Sinai took over our community hospital, administrators have been focused on boosting executive pay and the revenues they send out of our community to the corporate Mount Sinai Health System, not on patients and the nurses who deliver quality care here on Long Island. According to tax filings, in 2025, the net of the revenue transfer out of South Nassau was about $57.6 million – more than three times the 2022 net of $18 million.

When hospitals fail to invest in nurses and safe staffing, patients feel it. These conditions can lead to high turnover, long wait times, and delays in care. Our community deserves better!

Mount Sinai South Nassau nurses have always put Long Island patients first. Sign the petition to demand Mount Sinai South Nassau deliver a fair contract that respects nurses and patients here on Long Island!”

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice

THANK YOU to all our donors and folks who spread the word about our 2026 Spring Match! We reached and surpassed our goal yesterday!!

Don’t worry if you haven’t donated yet – we’re still accepting donations! You can become a monthly sustainer or make a one time donation on Action Network.

Keep on reading for ongoing and upcoming actions you can take to continue supporting the workers’ movement!

Workers’ Rights Board Report Press Conference

On April 16 LIJWJ held a Workers’ Rights Board Hearing focusing on corruption and exploitation in the Long Island School Construction industry. The report written based on testimonies received at that hearing will be released at a press conference on Tuesday May 26 from 12 – 1PM at the Perry B. Duryea Jr. State Office Building, 250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY. If you’re able to attend please be there to show your support!

NYSNA Petition – Tell Mt. Sinai South Nassau to Do Right by Their Nurses!

Please take a moment and sign this petition! From our friends at NYSNA:

“Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau see every day what understaffing and lack of investment by the hospital mean for our patients and our communities.  

Since Mount Sinai took over our community hospital, administrators have been focused on boosting executive pay and the revenues they send out of our community to the corporate Mount Sinai Health System, not on patients and the nurses who deliver quality care here on Long Island. According to tax filings, in 2025, the net of the revenue transfer out of South Nassau was about $57.6 million – more than three times the 2022 net of $18 million.

When hospitals fail to invest in nurses and safe staffing, patients feel it. These conditions can lead to high turnover, long wait times, and delays in care. Our community deserves better!

Mount Sinai South Nassau nurses have always put Long Island patients first. Sign the petition to demand Mount Sinai South Nassau deliver a fair contract that respects nurses and patients here on Long Island!”

Thank you for being a friend of LIJWJ, and we’re glad to be alongside you in the fight for workers’ rights!

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice