Tag Archives: labor
Infographic: Women still make less money!
TweetIf you’re one of those people worried about the collapse of traditional society and nostalgic for the days when women knew their place… you probably won’t be reading Feministing. But if you did, you’d be thrilled to see this infographic from The National Journal, showing that women make less than men — they even make [...]
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Van Jones on labor and LGBTQ solidarity
TweetI heart Van Jones. Check out this brief but powerful clip of Van, a leader in the movements for green jobs and racial justice, talking about valuing all sorts of families, and the need for solidarity between movements, specifically for labor and LGBTQ rights. The video was shot at a labor rally during Netroots Nation [...]
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BREAKING: Judge temporarily blocks Wisconsin anti-union law
TweetA Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the state’s new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect, a measure that drew tens of thousands of protesters to the state Capitol and sent some Democrats fleeing to Illinois in an attempt to block a vote on it. The judge’s order is a [...]
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Notes from a bitch…remembering the women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
TweetMarch is Women’s History Month and I think it fitting, given the current labor struggles going on across the United States, to remember the Triangle Factory fire. I first heard about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in a women’s history class I took my first year in college. My professor was discussing the intersection of [...]
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God made a Latina farmer, too