Enjoy highlights of Melbourne’s High Voltage Women book launch, held at the Electrical Trades Union.
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High Voltage Women: see their story told
A brief video documentary showing the true grit of the first electrical tradeswomen at Seattle City Light.
A political awakening in the age of Trump – Why I joined the Freedom Socialist Party
An émigré to Seattle from the right-to-work state of Idaho recounts how the 2016 election “shattered my apathy.”
Hotel workers’ shining example
Rank-and-file leads the way in Connecticut.
US Women’s Soccer team closes ranks for equal pay
This world champion, vastly popular squad of athletes is winning victories against astonishing sexist discrimination, and stirring others to do likewise.
Latin American updates
U.S. returns to the “big stick” in Venezuela; in Mexico, maquila strikers spread demands for union democracy.
Labor Weather Report, June 2019
Wins, losses, and ongoing struggles for janitors, garment workers, and supermarket employees from Jordan to the U.S. South and North.
Time de futebol feminino dos EUA fecha as fileiras por salário igual
No Dia Internacional da Mulher, 28 membros da esquadra processaram a Federação de Futebol dos Estados Unidos (USSF) por discriminação sexual.
Author Susan Eisenberg reviews High Voltage Women
Eisenberg, a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, praises the book’s “rich accomplishments.”
Drawing the lessons from a 5-year pay and conditions battle
A discussion of how the government’s “take it or leave it” attitude toward contract negotiations is affecting Australia’s public service workers.
