In 2004, KB Toys filed for bankruptcy only a few short years after a Bain buyout. Bain used the company to pay themselves an $85 million dividend, but KB and its employees did not fare nearly as well—nearly half of KB’s stores were reportedly closed and thousands of workers were laid off.
· ACORN – Los Angeles
· Action Now
· Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY)
· AFL-CIO (Western Region)
· Betty Bardige, Ed.D
· Californians for Justice
· Catholic Labor Committee – Baltimore
· Catholic Labor Network
· Coalition Against Poverty
· Coalition for Social Justice
· Community Coalition
· Community Labor United
· CWA Local 2336
· DC Jobs with Justice
· Democratic Socialists of America-Boston Chapter
· Eviction Defense Network
· Greater Boston Labor Council
· Hermandad Mexicana
· Interfaith Worker Justice
· Interfaith Workers Justice
· Jewish Labor Committee
· Jewish Labor Committee
· Korean Resource Center
· Massachusetts Communities Action Network
· Massachusetts Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
· Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
· Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
· Moms Rising
· Murphy Initiative for Justice and Peace
· National Consumer's League
· National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
· National Lawyer’s Guild of LA
· National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association
· Neighbor to Neighbor
· New Prospect Life Center
· Patty Hnatiuk-Instructor in Education at Wheelock College
· Plaza Community Services
· Progressive MD
· SCLC of Greater Los Angeles
· SEIU
· Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH)
· St. Mathew Catholic Community
· The Grassroots Collaborative
· The Salvadoran Association (ASOSAL)
· The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
· United for a Fair Economy
· Working Families Party
