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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 08:52 PM Aug 2014

Saluting Women in the History of the Labor Movement

Seems like Labor Day "weekend" is the perfect time to remember so many courageous women who were instrumental in the history of the labor movement.

This site provides a list with a brief background on leaders such as Frances Perkins, Mother Jones and Dolores Huerta:
http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/women/labor.cfm

I'd be interested to know how many women here are union members or union leaders, or perhaps have women in their families who are fighting to unionize.

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