Mission
The mission of the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center (NWAWJC) is to improve conditions of employment for low-wage workers in northwest Arkansas by educating, organizing, and mobilizing them, and calling on people of faith and the wider region to publicly support the workers' efforts.

List of Accomplishments

• Assisted 800 workers in a Bentonville poultry processing plant to get their employer to provide safety equipment. A worker came to the workers center-he had lost his eyesight after being splashed with hazardous chemicals while cleaning the plant. He and other workers were never given safety goggles nor informed of the hazardous nature of the cleaning agents. Workers Center staff arranged a meeting between the worker and local OSHA staff. The center assisted the worker in filing a complaint with OSHA, which found workers in the plant were handling dangerous chemicals without basic safety equipment, and that workers were not aware about the substances they were using. The plant was fined for its violation of the law, and all the workers were given information on the chemicals, how to work with them, and protective equipment.
• Held workshops to train at least 1,000 workers on their rights in the workplace.
• Assisted in 300 cases of workplace abuse.
• Helped workers recover $40,000 in back wages, safety and health, and discrimination claims.
• Assisted in organizing workers at Rockline Industry in support of their claims of illegal English-Only rules. This case has resulted in a high profile case with a respected civil rights attorney.

An affiliate of the Interfaith Worker Justice coalition of worker centers, a national network supporting workers' rights. For more information, visitwww.iwj.org.

	NWAWJC relies on contributions to support workers' rights programs. Your tax-deductible gift will be carefully used to further justice for workers throughout the northwest Arkansas area.
	Thank You.