More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work

"said Georgetown University labor historian Lane Windham"

"said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign labor historian Emily Twarog"

"studies show that about two-thirds of working people who are covered by a union contract are women"

"intersectional headwinds of both racism and sexism in their careers"

"workplace sexual harassment and biases still run rampant in many places"

"inequities that are built into every single social system in this country"

"The #MeToo movement, I think, has really emboldened women across the board"

"our foremothers who laid this foundation and have been pushing and kicking those doors open"

"there is still a long way to go"