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Utility Workers Union of America message to GWS & Every Mother is a Working Mother Coalition on the Occasion of IWD 2013
Greeting from the 50,000 women and men of the Utility Workers Union of America! We send special greetings to our sister Margaret Prescod who has spoken on several occasions on UWUA platforms and has been a long time supporter of the struggles of working families including on her radio show Sojourner Truth where she has lived up to her show’s name.
Report on IWD event International Women’s Day – 9 March 2013 “Surviving Globally, Surviving in the UK”
Click on the first photo to see a slideshow.
Over 150 women and men attended International Women’s Day at the Crossroads Women’s Centre on Saturday 9 March. Called by Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in the GWS and Caribbean Labour Solidarity, the day focused on the obstacles women face, and what can be won organising together. While the 1% gets wealthier, the 99% struggle against war, deprivation, exploitation, economic and environmental devastation.
Report on IWD event International Women’s Day – 9 March 2013 “Surviving Globally, Surviving in the UK”
Click on the first picture to see the slideshow.
Over 150 women and men attended International Women’s Day at the Crossroads Women’s Centre on Saturday 9 March. Called by Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in the GWS and Caribbean Labour Solidarity, the day focused on the obstacles women face, and what can be won organising together. While the 1% gets wealthier, the 99% struggle against war, deprivation, exploitation, economic and environmental devastation.
9 March 2013, International Women's Day event: "Surviving Globally, Surviving in the UK"
A day of discussion, film and organising.
Saturday 9 March 11-7pm
Crossroads Women’s Centre ALL WELCOME
25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DX
Entrance £2 unwaged £5 waged £10 institutions
March 8 Int'l Women's Day Philadelphia: An Evening of Discussion and Organizing
Friday, March 8th, 5 - 8pm
Surviving Globally, Surviving in the US
This is a crucial year to recognize and value the work – undervalued, unwaged, and low-waged – of all those, beginning with women worldwide, who make the survival possible of families and communities.
An Evening of Discussion and Organizing
Tabernacle United Church | 3700 Chestnut St. (West Philly)
♦ Food ♦ Childcare ♦ Celebration ♦ All Welcome ♦ Entertainment ♦ Wheelchair accessible
Selma James
Co-ordinator of Global Women's Strike
Quoted in NY Times Op-Ed: Pay People to Cook at Home!

Sex, Race & Class - a new book by Selma James
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Speaking at The Life and Legacy of C.L.R. James Conference
In the Guardian: From welfare to wages, women fight back against the uncaring market
Thatcherism hasn't failed: it has infected all our politics
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Debating Edwina Currie on Margaret Thatcher - Radio 4
Listen to speak in Ireland: "How can women defeat austerity?"
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