Jason Jones

Jason Jones is a social worker writing about Indiana. One of his favorite quotes is “I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will." -Antonio Gramsci. Jones is a fan of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Beisbol Cubano.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jason Jones

Labor

Steelworkers rally for good jobs in Indianapolis
February 6, 2017 By Jason Jones
About 500 USW members, organizers with Jobs With Justice, and community activists gathered to protect manufacturing jobs.
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Hundreds rally at Indiana State House to defend healthcare
January 17, 2017 By Jason Jones
Workers gathered to send a unified message to the new Senate and Congress that they do not repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Labor

Indy stands up for Walmart workers
November 26, 2012 By Jason Jones
Nearly 40 community and union members showed up at an East Side Walmart here to show solidarity with the store's workers.
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Labor

Indy Occupy movement joins with labor unions in protest at Super Bowl Village
January 30, 2012 By Jason Jones
About 200 people including union members and the Occupy movement gathered on the south steps of the Indiana Statehouse recently to voice their outrage over the "right to work" bill.
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U.S.

Indianapolis pushes water privatization
April 1, 2010 By Jason Jones
Republican Mayor Greg Ballard wants to sell the city's publicly owned water and sewer utility to Citizens Gas, putting hundreds of union jobs at risk.
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