Black and white newspaper photograph with the large headline “FAKENHAM DANGER WOMEN AT WORK” printed in bold capital letters on the left. On the right, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses, a polka dot blouse and a light-coloured sleeveless overall stands speaking with her hands raised mid gesture. In front of her is a table covered with leather handbags and clothing. The photo is from the WCML archive copy of Socialist Woman, Summer 1972, page 3

#OTD in 1972, 45 women workers at a shoe factory in Fakenham, Norfolk, locked themselves in and barricaded the doors with machines, after they were made redundant following a US buyout of the company.

#FakenhamOccupation #WomenWorkers #WomensLiberation #InternationalSolidarity #LabourHistory #WCML

"Listen, women of the East! Only the united family of the workers of the world will save you from slavery and darkness!"

#Russia #SovietRussia #Tartar #East #Soviet #Women #WomenWorkers #Socialism #Communism #Internationalism #Unity

a woman in a yellow shirt that says ' bosch ' on it sits in the driver 's seat of a truck ALT: a woman in a yellow shirt that says ' bosch ' on it sits in the driver 's seat of a truck

Coolest female bus driver this morning in Hiroshima, driving manual with her left hand nice & smooth while speaking politely to all about safety & welcoming aboard
Hope she's getting equal pay to the male drivers #equalpay #equity
#womenworkers #japan #appreciation
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📸 Our delegation at the #STUCWomen25 Conference today standing together against division and discrimination.

Thank you all for your effort over the entire conference! 💪

At Community, we will always fight to improve women’s working rights and eliminate workplace discrimination.

#WomenWorkers

📸 Pearl Abernathy Community member and Chair of the STUC Women’s Committee proudly opened this year’s #STUCWomen25 Conference in Glasgow - a space to lead change for our members.

We're proud to be a collective voice for women workers across the UK. ✊

#WomenWorkers

#womenworkers #WheresWANTO #TradeswomenRising #InvestInWomen #shesnotwaitingshesleading

8/9 McMaster's Stephanie Ross: Hajdu's 12-hour intervention shows "pro-employer bias."

"Why would any employer bargain in good faith when they know the government will bail them out?"

The victory came from workers - 80% women - willing to risk everything for dignity.
#ProEmployerBias #WomenWorkers

Where does that leave women workers? And what can we do about it?

Kimalee Phillip, from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, gives us her thoughts.

#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #WomenWorkers #LaborRights

Miss Liberty 🇺🇸

Oil on Canvas, #NormanRockwell, 1943

A #SaturdayEveningPost cover created to represent women of the 1940s who went to work during the war, taking over male-oriented jobs while the men fought overseas

#missliberty #femaleworkforce #womenworkers #oilpainting #art #artist #painting

Cataloguing some interesting items today - here’s a charter for domestic workers from 1938. Published by the National Union of Domestic Workers it calls for max no of working hours, minimum wage, decent living accommodation and holiday entitlement

#tradeunionhistory #womenworkers #workerrights 💪

On #LabourDay, we acknowledge the essential contributions of all workers, especially women in diverse fields—from construction to activism and caregiving. As a designer and feminist, I recognise this day as more than a mere celebration. ✊🏽​ #WomenWorkers​ #FeministArtist​ #CreativeResistance​

📢 On this #MayDay, I join #CIDH & #REDEDCA_CIDH to demand recognition of the right to care and freedom of association—essential for fair labor participation. Let’s make care work visible and rights-based.
📄 Read more: bit.ly/JointCareRig...
#HumanRights #WomenWorkers

3/3 This #InternationalWorkersDay, we honour the power of collective action, and we stand in solidarity with the struggles and demands of women workers in low-wage work.
#WomenWorkers #InformalEconomy #GAATW

#dollyparton #9to5 #protestsongs #may1 #workers #womenworkers

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TESS - Tariffs, Women Workers, and How Trade Narratives Render the Most Vulnerable Invisible

➡️ reducing the exposure of women workers to trade shocks can contribute to realization of the #SDGs . 📖✨

🔗 Read the full article here ➡ bit.ly/4iBziZT

#Trade #WomenWorkers #EconomicJustice #Empowerment

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Women workers at the construction of a new residential complex. Moscow, USSR, 1961. Semyon Fridland

#USSR #SovietUnion #Socialism #Communism #Construction #Building #WomenWorkers #Women #Workers #Moscow #Housing #Mass #MassHousing

After years of gender-based violence and harassment, #womenworkers in #Indonesia have won a historic agreement protecting 6,250 garment workers producing for Fanatics. #GenderJustice #LaborRights tinyurl.com/39y35prx

Join a trade union 1930s women workers recruitment leaflet

It’s International Women’s Day - remember to join a trade union 💪✊ #internationalwomensday #joinaunion #thirtiesleaflet #womenworkers #powerinaunion #solidarity

Thirteen women dressed in heavy work clothes sit in a row in an industrial setting. They hold various tools used in the heating and passing of rivets that were used to construct warships during and after World War I. A big warship appears behind him and creates a backdrop of the women's portrait.

Photographer unknown: May 29, 1919 - women working as rivet heaters and passers at Bremerton’s Puget Sound Navy Yard just after the end of World War I. These women foreshadowed the arrival of “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II.

#photography
#documentaryphotography
#womenworkers
#pugetsound

Women workers win major victory on minimum wage Company not allowed to base workers’ pay on targets, says CCMA

The struggle continues ... ! #SouthAfrica #womenworkers #workersrights groundup.org.za/article/wome...

روزانہ جہاز سے دفتر جانے والی ماں, حیرت انگیز مگر مؤثر معمول
مزید پڑھیے :https://www.aaj.tv/news/30440687/
#AajNews #aeroplane #womenworkers #office

Uganda community group restores shea groves and livelihoods PADER DISTRICT, Uganda —  As the early morning mist lifts over the plains of northern Uganda, women gather at the Pader Shea Nut and Agro-processing Society’s nursery. Grown from seeds collected acros...

"Through their persistence, these women are attempting to restore more than just shea trees: they’re working to rebuild a sustainable future for their community." #Uganda #women #womenworkers

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Women Shipyard Workers in World War I Often the first thought and image of a woman war worker is of the iconic Rosie the Riveter from World War 2, however women working in the factories did not start with World War 2.

#history #womenshistory #Firstworldwar #FWW #WW1 #Worldwar1 #photograph #historicalphotograph #1910s #womenworkers #shipyard

The best photo you will see today! What a joy this lovely photo is of the female canteen workers at Brunner Mond Lostock Works. Thought to be around 1910, this image is taken from a 6 x 8 glass plate and is as clear as day! #brunnermond #lostockworks #womenworkers #iciarchives

Charcoal drawing of women workers Greenbank Works ICI Pilkington Sullivan, Widnes by #brianflanagan. 1 of 4 sketches by him in our collection. Also a photo of women workers making the caustic soda tins. Note the shoes! - these were eventually replaced with safety boots! #iciarchives #womenworkers

The women from Greenbank Works Widnes showing the importance of having first aid close at hand in 1930 #greenbankworks #icipilkingtonsullivan #iciarchives #womenworkers

We Spent Months With India’s Sugar Cutters. Here’s What We Found. Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

What we found was a brutal system of labor that exploits children, encourages child marriage, keeps families in debt to their employers — and culminates with women feeling they have no choice but to get hysterectomies. #India #womenworkers #sugar

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