Our coalition runs on volunteer labor and money donated by its supporters and activists. We have two co-chairs who are elected annually, but our meetings feature rotating volunteer facilitators, time-keepers and secretaries. We have a small elected Board that meets occasionally. We have at times run our own projects and at other times we have supported the actions of allies and member groups. We choose a monthly “solidarity action” we encourage our members to support.
June Rostan, JWJET Co-Chair
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June Rostan has worked as a community and labor organizer and educator for 50 years. She worked with workers and their unions in the textile, clothing, coal mining, and construction industries. She is proudest of her work with women coal miners in the United Mine Workers of America to get parental leave in their national contract and as federal legislation. Their work resulted in the Family and Medical Leave Act.
June trained community organizers with the Southern Empowerment Project for over 17 years and worked for over ten years as a Lead Campaign Organizer on strategic corporate campaigns in the Organizing Department at the AFL-CIO. She was active in the News Guild-CWA as a shop steward and loves being part of the Retiree group of CWA Local 3805. She was vice-president of the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Central Labor Council and serves as a Trustee now.
Tracy Fair, Co-Chair
Tracy Fair is a local resident of Knoxville and currently employed with Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, TN. Tracy is a proud member of SEIU Local 205, serving as a chief steward and an executive board member the last six years. In the last year or so, she has served on the board of JWJET. On January 13, 2024, Tracy was elected to serve as the new co-chair of JWJET with June Roston.
"I stand in the shadows of the many great leaders of this organization, Ms Fran and Ms Helen. My job here is to continue the great work JWJET has done and continues to do everyday. "
