Women's History Month

IB ImageGreetings to all of my TWU Local 100 Sisters! Women's History Month is celebrated in March because of of International Women's Day, which falls on March 8 every year. It all started after thousands of women rallied right here in New York City for better working conditions and the right to vote in 1908, leading members of the Socialist Party to launch an even bigger gathering of suffragists and women rights groups for the first International Women's Day in 1909. From that beginning came women's suffrage on August 18, 1920, when women finally won the right to vote.
Here at Local 100, we have been trail-blazers for women's equality, with Union Sisters breaking down barriers to excel in job titles formerly reserved for men. As our Recording Secretary, the Union's highest ranking woman, I share a position in the "top 11" with another role model, CED Vice President Shirley Martin, who broke barriers to become the first union rep at the Bauxite Company back in Jamaica.
 
As we continue to advocate for you, our Union Sisters, we rely on our union motto, "United Invincible."
 
-- LaTonya Crisp, Recording Secretary