In creating a proper route to honor the local labor movement for our free and inclusive Labor Day Ride this coming Monday, September 7th (starting from the Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway, 6:30pm, see below for the many pandemic-induced changes to Slow Roll), we reached out to Holly Nowak, director of the Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ), who noted many sites as well as the fact that CEJ formed in part around the ultimately futile fight to keep thousands of jobs in Buffalo through Trico, whose former Tri-Main factory now holds CEJ's headquarters, as explained and pictured below. What inspired the creation of CEJ? The CEJ was founded in 1986 as a collaborative effort of religious, labor and community leaders, which continues to make up our base today. The original group united in a campaign organized to stop the Trico corporation from moving good manufacturing jobs to Mexico. How has the organization evolved since its founding? Since our founding, CEJ has remained a coalition of faith, labor, and community joined in the fight for corporate and government accountability, sustainable economic development, and worker justice. In the past five years, CEJ has been involved in a variety of campaigns, such as [...]