Tag: labor unions

We Try It! Joining a Labor Union

Post author By Opifex
Post date Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
5 Comments on We Try It! Joining a Labor Union

In December of 2013, I was unemployed, unhappy, and desperately trying to figure out what to do about both. I needed to find a new job, and yet I was hesitant to chase after any job that was too much like my old one, because it had been a major supplier of misery and anxiety […]

Tags IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, labor unions, skilled trades, Women in Labor, Women in Skilled Trades

History

Let’s Hear it for the Union Maids

Post author By Opifex
Post date Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
16 Comments on Let’s Hear it for the Union Maids

Long before I knew I was a feminist, I was a worker’s rights activist. Somewhere in the depths of my house, there is a picture of me, nine years old, in a IBEW tee shirt that came down to my knees, marching in support of strike workers at the Detroit News and Free Press.