Tamiment Library Web Collection on Labor Unions and Organizations
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Women in Fire
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Women in the Fire Service (WFS) was formed by firefighters Linda Willing and Terese Floren in the early 1980s. It functioned as a network and advocacy organization for women firefighters. The beginning of the organization was the two women's decision in 1981 to publish a directory of women members of the fire service and a newsletter. Although the first issue of both publications was produced in 1982, WFS was not legally established until the following year. Throughout its history, WFS fou...
Women on the Job
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Women on the Job (WOJ) was founded in 1981 as a private, not-for-profit advocacy organization dedicated to achieving women’s equality in the workplace on Long Island. WOJ was a project of Resources for Program Development, Inc. (RPD) and was supported financially by individual members, corporate sponsors, fundraising events and grants. RPD itself had been established with funding from the North Shore Unitarian Universalist Society VEATCH Program. The WOJ program was initiated in October 1981 by ...
Social Service Employees Union. Local 371
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Social Service Employees Union Local 371 is part of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO). The union primarily represents New York City workers in the social service professions. Although the origins of the union can be traced back to the 1930s, their modern story begins in the bitter cold of January 1965 when more than 8,000 welfare workers spent 28 days on union picket lines and leaders from what were then two separate entities, the S...
