Black Women Workers Connecting Globally to Advance Racial, Gender Justice

February 28, 2023 00:05:48
Black Women Workers Connecting Globally to Advance Racial, Gender Justice
Solidarity Center
Black Women Workers Connecting Globally to Advance Racial, Gender Justice

Feb 28 2023 | 00:05:48

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Show Notes

  Discrimination, marginalization and powerful political forces like authoritarianism do not stop at a country’s border—and that is why it is so important for black women worldwide connect through their unions and allied organizations, panelists said Thursday at a Solidarity Center-sponsored event. “We need to strengthen this kind of international unity as a way to […]

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