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04/05/2015 Liz Shuler
With National Womens History Month behind us now, its still important to celebrate the great strides women have made over the past decades. It is equally important to remember how many women workers still dont have the basic necessities they need to support themselves and their families. The labor movement views the struggle for womens equality as a shared fight, especially considering women are the sole or primary breadwinners for 40% of families in the United States. Women of color, in particular, have a hard time getting good pay and benefits, and they make up a disproportionate share of low-wage workers.
Nearly 7 million women have a voice on the job due to their union membership, and women in unions are more likely than their nonunion peers to have access to paid sick leave and family leave. Collective bargaining through unions also narrows the pay gap between men and women significantly. A typical woman union member earns $222 a week more than a nonunion woman and is far more likely to have health and retirement security. This puts upward pressure on wages and benefits throughout industries that are predominately female, many of which traditionally pay low wages. Every worker deserves to have protections on the job, and it is the goal of the labor movement to ensure that happens.
Recently I was in Chicago for the AFL-CIO Next Up Young Worker Summit, and I was inspired by how many young women I saw around me. Hundreds of young women came from across the country eager to learn and grow as leaders in the labor movement and to stand up for the rights of all workers. They were facilitating workshops, speaking on panels and leading their union brothers and sisters at demonstrations around the city in solidarity with local workers. Erica Clemons, a young worker with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), provided a snapshot into why it is so important for labor to be active in the fight for womens rights. She said, Im a young organizer. A person of color. A mother. These identities matter to me. Its important for the labor movement to understand unique struggles.
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Unions Are a Woman's Best Friend (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2015
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in our shop (cwa4340) we all get paid the same there is 0 pay gap- thanks os for keeping us informed
Romeo.lima333
Apr 2015
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Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)1. in our shop (cwa4340) we all get paid the same there is 0 pay gap- thanks os for keeping us informed
jonno99
(2,620 posts)2. The one thing question I have is...
If everyone in your shop is paid the same - from the hardest worker to the "slacker" (if there is one in your shop), what is the incentive to work harder, or better, or smarter? (or, on the other end of the spectrum - what is the incentive to not be a slacker?).
The answer may simply be that self pride will propel most people to do a job to the best of their abilities. But can that always be counted on?
Omaha Steve
(99,780 posts)3. You can be fired for not reaching quota
Pretty simple to figure. It would have to be done in steps. But it is effective. Above quota gets a bonus.
Marta was CWA for 18 years too. I'll see if I can get her to comment tonight.
jonno99
(2,620 posts)4. Ok - that makes good sense - thanks!
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)5. what is the incentive to not be a slacker?. management
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)6. There's a reason the movie wasn't called "Norman Ray".