Search for: "Coalition of Labor Union Women" Results 1 - 20 of 121
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
16 May 2019, 6:30 am by Mark Graber
Labor is notably missing from that coalition as "labor" and "unions" are notably missing" from the index to Democracy and Dysfunction.The structure of the new progressive coalition reflects developments that once were distinctively American. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 3:47 pm by Samantha Maddern
Given the continued momentum of the #MeToo movement, the indisputable evidence that sexual harassment at work remains a significant and costly problem, and Labor’s self-proclaimed label as the party for women, it is not difficult to imagine a Federal Labor Government, with support from the minor parties in the Senate, enacting legislation to make it easier for women to bring complaints of sexual harassment. [read post]
24 Aug 2016, 9:30 am by Karen Tani
Working women built cross-class and interracial coalitions with labor and feminist organizations to fight for pay equity, comparable worth, higher safety standards and workplace protections, paid family and medical leave, occupational mobility, and accommodation of family responsibilities.Read on here. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 10:08 am
Spitzer, who infuriated the business community with his aggressive posture toward Wall Street, who offended feminists by paying for sex with prostitutes and who alienated unions by taking on a labor-backed candidate. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 12:45 pm
Hernandez graduated with honors from Howard University and forged her career in a highly segregated country as a labor organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:37 am by Deborah Vagins, Legislative Counsel
The American Civil Liberties Union cochaired a national coalition of civil rights, women's rights, labor, faith-based and business groups, all of whom strongly supported the Paycheck Fairness Act as a vital protection against gender-based pay discrimination. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 12:15 pm
One of the most inventive strategies comes from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a national workers’ rights organization. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 11:00 pm
A broad coalition is forming against the corporate class action killing initiative, including: AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment… [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 3:30 am by Serena Mayeri
Working women built cross-class and interracial coalitions with labor and feminist organizations to fight for pay equity, comparable worth, higher safety standards and workplace protections, paid family and medical leave, occupational mobility, and accommodation of family responsibilities. [read post]
15 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by JB
This created the possibility of a new coalition organized around the regulation of business and the protection of labor. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 1:28 pm by Steve Gottlieb
I saw speakers and marchers from women’s groups, Citizen Action, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, the Coalition Against Islamophobia, labor unions, religious leaders, community service groups, gay rights groups, and many others. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 12:13 pm by Lovechilde
Union members are joining in coalitions with like-minded progressives, including environmentalists, faith-based groups and community leaders to use their combined organizing and political power to promote candidates who are pro worker and advocate for changes that benefit those who work for a living. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 4:07 pm by Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson
The constitutional pursuit of a more perfect union remains clear. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 9:02 pm by Guest Contributor
 The Georgia Farm to School Alliance  The Land Institute  TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation  Toxic Free North Carolina  Trust for Public Land  unBox  Union of Concerned Scientists  United Food and Commercial Workers International Union  Venceremos  Virginia Association for Biological Farming  Wallace Center at Winrock International  Wholesome Wave  Wild Farm Alliance … [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 8:49 am by Gordon Ahl
This is the first major trade deal in many years to earn the strong backing of America's labor unions. [read post]
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Women's Rights Project were proud to actively support this bill and lobby alongside Domestic Workers United, a coalition of domestic workers and advocates, which for years has been the powerful and effective driving force behind the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 12:00 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Novartis Lisa Maatz, Director of Public Policy, American Association of University WomenModerator: Judith Winston, Former Undersecretary and General Counsel, Department of Education 12:30-1:30 Informational Fair: Learn What You Can Do to Close the Wage Gap Partial List of Exhibitors: DC Office of Human Rights; National Partnership for Women and Families; National Women's Law Center; American Association of University Women; National Committee on Pay Equity;… [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 5:00 am by Howard Friedman
Louis Post Dispatch reports that just hours after the override vote, a federal lawsuit challenging the law was filed by the Greater Kansas City Coalition of Labor Union Women and a female firefighter. [read post]