In 2000, Philadelphia JwJ launched its first major campaign to ensure fair treatment and good contracts for public workers unionized with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
The campaign succeeded in showing solidarity with the AFSCME members, educating Philadelphians on the importance of the issue, and limiting Mayor John Street's anti-union activity.
JwJ, and other groups present—such as AFSCME DC 47—said that tax policies benefitting large corporations were hurting the middle class and the job market.
The activists nonviolently occupied a convenience store in Center City to protest Fresh Del Monte Produce's corporate policy.
The disrupters said that they "saw no female leader present", as Elsenhans was responsible for laying off hundreds of workers and slashing health care benefits for the employees in dangerous refineries.
On March 1, protesters carrying signs gathered around City Hall and within Council chambers demanding the Earned Sick Time bill.