The Coalition for Economic Justice works with religious, academic, labor, and community activists to improve living standards for the Western New York community. It seeks to forge effective alliances, educate the community at large, and provide a public voice that both advocates for and empowers all working men and women. CEJ is a local chapter of the organizations Jobs with Justice and the New York State Labor Religion Coalition. Since our beginning in 1986, CEJ has spoken out on the moral issues that are the foundation of economic justice. Our goals are (1) to organize support for workers treated unjustly or illegally in the workplace and (2) to address the root causes of poverty while working for economic policies that benefit the entire community.

2007 Executive Board
Richard Lipsitz, Sr. - President
Patty DeVinney - Vice President
Rev. Dan Schifeling - Treasurer
Angela Jordan - Executive Committee
Richard Lipsitz, Jr. - Executive Committee
Mark Manna - Executive Committee
Michael Preskop - Executive Committee
Joanna Boron- Ad Hoc Student Executive Committee
Frank Hotchkiss - Executive Committee
Mark Pearce - Executive Committee

Partial listing of member organizations:
AFSCME Local 1095
Fr. Joseph Bisonette Memorial Foundation
Buffalo AFL-CIO Council
Buffalo Musicians Union Local 92
Cleveland Heights Christian Church
Cornell Industrial School of Labor Relations
CWA Local 1133,1168, 14177
Food For All
Hamburg Teachers Association
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union
IAM Local 75
IATSE Local 10
IBEW Locals 2154, 41
Jobs with Justice
Kenmore Tonawanda School Employees Association
Lipsitz, Green, Faringer, Roll, Salisbury, and Cambria, LLP
NABET/CWA
Nativity United Church of Christ
NYS Labor-Religion Coalition
NYSUT
OPEIU Local 212
Philanthropic Fund
Pilgrim-St. Luke's United Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church USA
Reden and O'Donnell, LLP
Riverside Salem United Church of Christ
SEIU State
SEIU Locals 1199, 200-United
Sisters of St. Francis, Penance and Christian Charity
Spiritus Christi
Teamsters Local 264
UAW Region 9 CAP Council
UAW Locals 2094, 686, 774
UFCW Local One
UNITE
Unitarian Universalist Churches of Amherst and Buffalo
UUP
USWA Local 9434
West Seneca Teachers Association
WNYCOSH
WNY Peace Center
WNY United Church of Christ