The Must-Read Stories and Research Behind Women and the Labor Movement

Our members and the AFGE Women’s & Fair Practices Departments fight for equality, dignity and fairness for women in the federal and D.C. government every day.

We know that unions make a difference in the lives of women, their families, and their communities all over the world. So, we decided to find out why. 

Here are the must-read stories and research that explains how unions make a difference for women in America and beyond:                                

Learn the Stories: Photos, Videos, and Heroines  

• 25 Labor Events and Organizers Who We Should Teach During Women’s History Month  
• Ai-jen Poo Leads a Nationwide Movement of Nannies, Housekeepers, and Care Workers to Gain Long Overdue Workers’ Rights [VIDEO] 
• The Woman on the Forefront of Landmark Protections for LGBT Employees 
• Suffragettes No More – The Long Struggle for Women's Equality 
• What Happened to This Brazilian Aerospace Worker Will Leave You Speechless 
• [email protected]: Making Breakthroughs With Their Unions [PHOTOS]
• Women in the Labor Movement: A History in Pictures [PHOTOS] 
• Womens History Month: Homage to our Trabajaoras  
• Women Workers Defy Their Boss and Win a Union 

Get the Facts: The Latest Research 

• And Still I Rise: Black Women Labor Leaders’ Voices, Power, and Promise, a project from The Institute for Policy Studies (2015) 
• #EqualPayEqualSay—Our Voices: A Snapshot of Working Women, AFL-CIO (2016)
• Latino Workers and Unions, a report from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (2015) 
• Transforming Women's Work: Policies for an Inclusive Economic Agenda, policy recommendations from the Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO, and Rutgers Center for Women's Global Leadership (2016) 
• The Women’s Leadership Gap, a report by the Center for American Progress (2014)  
• Unionized Women Earn More than Nonunionized Women in Every U.S. State, a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2015) 

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