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Rising from the Ranks: Women in the Labor Movement
January 7, 1998
According to the AFL-CIO, nearly two thirds of working women say that they provide at least half of their household income, and over 40 percent are the primary breadwinners. Undoubtedly women are a growing force in the American Labor Movement. On this program we will hear from labor leaders and union activists about the gains women have made in the workplace, and the challenges that still lay ahead.
Featuring:
Linda Chavez-Thompson, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer; Brenda Moon, Communication Workers of America; Pam Lessinger, United Auto Workers; Linda Ramen, CLUW; Sherry Olsen, shop steward, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 44; Katie Quan, UNITE’s Pacific Northwest District Council.