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Women Take to the Streets One Year Later, Still Committed to Fighting Trump Agenda
On the one-year anniversary of the Women's March, activists again took to the streets to demand equality and justice for all.
Here are some of the key tweets from events around the country:
Better Pay and Benefits
Victory at Los Angeles Times Continues Digital and Newsroom Organizing Momentum
Los Angeles Times newsroom employees made history by voting 248–44 to be represented by the NewsGuild—the first newsroom union in the paper's 136-year history.
Union Organizer and Antiwar Activist Paul Booth Passes at 74
Paul Booth, a longtime union organizer and leading antiwar activist, died this week from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at the age of 74.
Sexual Harassment
In the Air: Renounce a Sexist Past
Flight Attendants, about 80% women, are ongoing victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Not that long ago, the industry marketed the objectification of "stewardesses," a job only available to young, single, perfectly polished women who until 1993 were required to step on a weight scale. Our union was formed to give women a voice and to beat back discrimination and misogyny faced on the job.
Workplace Health and Safety
Donald Trump: A Year of Making Workplaces More Dangerous
It has been a year since Donald Trump took office. Despite promising to be a friend of workers, Trump has spent much of his first year making our workplaces less safe.