News
Justice Catalyst Board Member & Public Justice Attorney Jennifer Bennett Secures Historic Workers’ Rights Victory at Supreme Court
Justice Catalyst Board Member Jenniffer Bennett with Public Justice—along with its wonderful co-counsel, Andrew Schmidt Law and Fair Work Law—won a major victory for workers in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Catalyst Fellow David Nahmias Introduces Impact LGBTQ: Impact Fund’s Newest Initiative for Social Justice
Image of Kim Hively. Cross-posted from Impact Fund Kim Hively probably didn’t think an innocent romantic moment with her girlfriend would change the course of her career. But after they kissed in the parking lot at Ivy Tech Community College
Justice Catalyst Partner Catholic Labor Network Finds Wage Theft and Worker Misclassification in Construction Industry
Catholic Labor Network (CLN), a Justice Catalyst partner organization, released a report, “The Underground Economy and Wage Theft in Washington, D.C.’s Commercial Construction Sector” exposing rampant wage theft in the construction industry in the District of Columbia.
“Unrigging the Market: Convening to Restore Competitive Labor Markets”
Justice Catalyst and Harvard Labor and Worklife Program host a full-day convening to explore how anticompetitve forces are harming American labor markets and workers.
Fellows
Meet the Fellow
Zoe Tucker
Zoe Tucker is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at UNITE HERE Local 11 supporting workers in asserting and expanding their protections against sexual assault and harassment in hotel jobs.
Meet the Fellow
Anita Yandle
Anita Yandle is a 2021-2022 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Public Justice advocating for farmworkers facing forced arbitration clauses through litigation, legislative advocacy, and education using a lens specifically focused on racial justice.
Meet the Fellow
Amy Tamayo
Amy Tamayo is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante working with migrant worker women to challenge discrimination and harassment women face in U.S. employment.
Meet the Fellow
Ramya Sekaran
Ramya Sekaran is a 2018-2019 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the National Women's Law Center working to strengthen workplace sexual harassment policies and protections.
Partner Organizations
Catholic Labor Network
Catholic Labor Network connects Catholicism, social justice, and working people in their struggles for justice.
Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante protects Mexico-based migrants' rights between their home communities in Mexico and their workplaces in the U.S.
Equal Justice Center
The Equal Justice Center provides legal representation to low -income families, workers, and communities in Texas.
Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum
GLJ-ILRF holds global corporations accountable for labor rights violations in their supply chains; advances policies and laws that protect decent work and just migration; and strengthens freedom of association, new forms of bargaining, and worker organizations.
Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School
The Labor & Worklife Program is Harvard University’s center for research, teaching and creative problem solving related to the world of work and its implications for society.