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Chavez was the public figure, but Huerta and farmworkers across America, including in Illinois, carried the farm labor movement. Metro Chicago has more agricultural workers than other parts of Illinois — they tend nurseries and landscape or mow lawns

Reader Comments: No Kings, No War - Largest Demonstrations in U.S. History; Treason in the Futures Markets; ICE in Airports - What Could Go Wrong - Everything; Filipino & Women Labor Leaders in Farmworkers Movement; Iran War Global Implications;

The tax code often assumes that economic resources within a household are shared equally and that caregiving has no independent economic value. Both assumptions obscure the realities of inequality and disproportionately disadvantage women.

We women have proven ourselves to be strong union members — and strong union leaders. We’ve built solidarity. We’ve made our unions more inclusive and more reflective of the real working class. Now it’s time for our unions to stand with us.

Reader Comments: No War on Venezuela; Hegseth Murder in the Caribbean; Mass Deportation is NOT Deportation; Everyone Is Talking About Affordability; Peace in Ukraine & Europe; Palestinians Offer a Much Clearer Path; New Unreleased song by John Lennon

“We, as feminists today, like domestic workers in the 1970s and in the early 2000s, need to think outside the box...We can’t think about domestic work as an individual issue within the household, but as a structural problem....”

Gender inequality impacts everything from income disparity between men and women, to violence and harassment at work, the quality of jobs that will be available in a just transition to a green economy and occupational hazards faced by women workers.

Sewa demonstrates how crucial it is that all co-op members – whether professionals or grassroots workers – share the values that the federation represents, and think not just of personal benefits but benefits for the collective and all its members.

Reader Comments: Trump Worked to Destroy Unions; Remembering Troublemakers - Frank Emspak ,Conn Hallinan; AFL-CIO Union Organizer Apprenticeship Program; Rethinking the Elections: MAGA Threat and Challenges Facing Progressives and Union Activists;