Every day we run the 3 minute labour news summary from WINS, but we haven't been consistently running the excellent short features WINS also produces. Until now. We've now got no fewer than five WINS features playing as part of our daily playlist.
These include:
University of California service workers authorize strike action: After months of action, 92 percent of service workers at the University of California authorize their union to strike if necessary to win their contract. Workers Independent News reporter Vinny Lombardo has more.
Seven-year battle to organize Yale New Haven hospital gets heated: The seven-year struggle by SEIU1199 to organize Yale New Haven Hospital's 1,800 service workers has heated up in recent months. Both sides claim to support the right of workers to organize and have been trading salvos on local television and in newspapers. Melinda Tuhus reports from New Haven.
Wisconsin YWCA gives women and minorities a leg up for jobs in building and construction: Building and construction is often considered a male field, and these jobs are typically held by white men. But the YWCA in Madison, Wisconsin is attempting to change that by offering programs designed to get women and minorities into the skilled trades. Often high-paying with good benefits, jobs in the skilled trades can be difficult for women and minorities to acquire or retain due to harassment and discrimination.
Sex workers push for human rights at yearly UN Status of Women meeting: A global movement of prostitutes, exotic dancers, erotic masseuses, escort and others continues to push for respect for their human rights, and recognition of what they do as work, sex work. Sex workers and their allies are demanding that other listen to their perspectives on an international level, such as at the United Nations.
Report blasts lack of women and minorities in Ivy League tenured positions: Groups representing teaching assistants at Ivy League universities released a report March 1 blasting their institutions' record when it comes to hiring and promotion of women and minority scholars into tenure track positions. The report comes on the heels of the controversy ignited by Harvard president Larry Summers' comments that women are less suited than men to scientific pursuits. Melinda Tuhus reports from New Haven, Connecticut.
Posted by ericlee at March 29, 2005 08:49 AM