Yesterday, March 8, 2013, International Women’s Day was celebrated around the world. IWD was started in 1857 by a group of New York garment workers who began protesting inhuman treatment and low wages in the city’s sweatshops. The group went on to found the first women’s labor union, Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL). Since the early 1900s,… Continue reading Saturday, March 9, 2013
