Educating, advocating & organizing for quality jobs with living wages and benefits
The Economic Justice Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Athens, Georgia
The Workers Center at EJC
Our Mission
Our mission is to educate, advocate and organize for quality jobs with living wages and benefits, with an explicit commitment to build worker power within BIPOC communities in Northeast Georgia. We accomplish this through voter registration & civic engagement, case management for workplace grievances, incubating cooperatively-owned businesses, and collective action to support organizing workers. By empowering workers to connect their working-conditions and living-conditions directly to the policy and legislation impacting them, we are bringing about positive change in our communities.
Civic Engagement & Voter Registration
Our team of canvassers has a direct boots-on-the-ground approach to registering voters, helping registered voters update their information, and educating voters on the issues that are important to all of the candidates running in races, from the local races in their hometowns to the national races.
Worker Empowerment & Leadership Development
Through the Workers Center at the EJC, we educate and cultivate worker-leaders who are empowered by their knowledge of their rights and ability to negotiate. The Workers Center assists workers in organizing a union in their workplace, recovering lost wages, or improving their working conditions.
Cooperative Business Incubation
Often, the most marginalized workers look to build their own businesses so that they can implement better working conditions in their industries. We support the incubation of worker-owned cooperatives and offer guidance and assistance in the upstart process for a new business.
Recent News & Updates
Closed for Thanksgiving
Our office will be closed from Thursday, November 28th, 2024, to Friday, November 29th, 2024, in observance of Thanksgiving. We will reopen on Monday, December 2nd, 2024. We thank you for your understanding and hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday.
“We, Too, Sing America! Red, Black, and Green Day!”
Sunday Feb. 25, 2024 at 10:00AM New Grove Baptist Church 1228 Moores Grove Road, Winterville. A former Clarke County School Board Member, Ms. Thornton represents District 9 on the Athens-Clarke County Commission. The longest serving current non-judicial elected official in Athens-Clarke County, she’s in her second consecutive term as Athens Mayor Pro Tem. Dr. Rev.…
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Universalist Fellowship of Athens Event
Explore the untold history of Black Americans with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens! Join the 1619 Project documentary series on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and Sundays at 9:00 a.m. at 780 Timothy Road. Also, don’t miss “Let’s Talk Reparations: Linnentown and Beyond” on Feb 3, 10 am – 12 pm, featuring the screening of…
EJC Office Closed
The Economic Justice Coalition office will be closed for the following holiday dates: November 23rd and November 24th December 15 through January 2nd. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We look forward to welcoming you back in the new year! For updates, follow our official page on Facebook and Instagram.
The Economic Justice Coalition is one of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens Justice Partners!
