Posted on 06 March 2010. Tags: Discrimination, International Labor Organization, International Women's Day, Pay Equity, Women
The greatest threat to our future is the way in which we let certain trends and norms become an almost accepted way the economy works. For example, the poverty-level minimum wage is rarely challenged and it is a fundamental part of the strategy of business in America–and a core reason for the greatest divide between […]
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Posted on 09 March 2008. Tags: International Women's Day, International Women's Day March 8, International Women’s Year, Lawrence Massachusetts, September 11th, suffrage, The Socialist Party of America, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, United Nations, women's history, womens history month
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Most people know very little about the holiday or the way the labor movement supported it. The holiday was was started over 100 years ago. Here’s how: 1. In 1908, 15,000 women march through New York City for shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. 2. In 1909, […]
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Posted on 09 March 2008. Tags: International Women's Day, International Women's Day March 8, International Women’s Year, Lawrence Massachusetts, September 11th, suffrage, The Socialist Party of America, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, United Nations, women's history, womens history month
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Most people know very little about the holiday or the way the labor movement supported it. The holiday was was started over 100 years ago. Here’s how: 1. In 1908, 15,000 women march through New York City for shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. 2. In 1909, […]
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Posted in General Interest