Convention Resolution
Resolution 8: Promote Gender Equity
… Submitted by the Committee on Women Workers and the Executive Council There has never been a more urgent time to confront gender oppression and advance gender justice. Working women make up 47% of the workforce, but are paid less and … not covered under labor laws and Fair Labor Standards Act protections, such as domestic, caregiver and restaurant work. Care work that sustains families is denigrated, devalued and uncompensated, and the burden of this work … Against this backdrop, there has been a radical uptick in the enactment of legislation that limits voting rights, the right to organize and bargain collectively, reproductive health care services and LGBTQ+ protections, further marginalizing …