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
Our Mission
Economic Justice is possible when the workforce is empowered and engaged in civic processes.
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.
Your Voter Action Center
In keeping with our mission of cultivating civic engagement, we collect and compile everything that you may need to be a registered voter, confirmed on the voter rolls, and informed on the candidates that are running for office.
The Workers Center at the EJC
The Workers Center is a worker-led, democratically run group that educates and empowers workers to know their rights in their workplaces. Empowered workers are better able to negotiate for improved working conditions and are better situated to organize with their coworkers for collective action or unionization.
Worker-Owned Cooperative Development
Worker-owned cooperatives empower workers, particularly in industries where worker-exploitation is more common. EJC cultivates worker-leaders and provides support to help those workers develop their own businesses. Here are a few of our success stories:
