Tag Archives: Wisconsin
What We Missed
TweetA brutally upsetting story about a woman forced to give birth despite knowing her child wouldn’t survive because of Nebraska’s new law banning abortion after 20 weeks. A new UN report right in time for International Women’s Day tomorrow: Gender equality can reduce world hunger. The Wall Street Journal joins the media misinformation bandwagon around [...]
Also tagged nebraska, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Assault, world hunger Comments closed
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 [...]
Also tagged labor, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, unions, women's history month, workers rights Comments closed
Fox News uses fake footage to make Wisconsin protests seem violent
TweetDoesn’t seem to get much lower than this. Remember the peaceful protests for worker’s rights in Wisconsin that Vanessa wrote about last week? Via Amanda Marcotte, it looks like ever-trustworthy Fox News is using fake footage to make it seem as if the Wisconsin protests are violent. In the video below, protesters can be seen [...]
Wisconsin workers’ rights are a feminist issue
Tweet Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images For a few reasons. Dana Goldstein hits the nail on the head on how directly feminist of an issue the Wisconsin labor battle is, as it’s one that addresses women workers: [P]redominantly male professions are deliberately protected while female ones are targeted. About 80 percent of American teachers, for [...]
Also tagged Dana Goldstein, Paul Krugman, Power Comments closed
Wisconsin Republicans vote against collective bargaining for public workers.