Claire Savage at the Associated Press reports Black and Latina Women are driving Union Membership growth in the U.S. and now more of these Workers are taking on leadership roles within the Labor Movement, bringing with them new energy and diverse insight on winning Organizing Drives and contract negotiations.  While Women Workers make up approximately half of Union Membership in the country, leadership positions within Unions haven’t often reflected that.  However, because Latinas and Black Women are among the most impacted by racist and sexist workplace inequalities, they are increasingly stepping up to serve as Leaders and defend the Labor Rights of themselves and their Co-Workers.  This includes trailblazers like Bonnie Castillo - the first Latina to serve as Executive Director of National Nurses United, Keturah Johnson, the first Queer Woman of Color to serve as International Vice President for the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America and April Verrett, the first Black Woman to lead the Service Employees International Union and more.  They are building on the work that began long before by “our foremothers who laid this foundation and have been pushing and kicking those doors open for decades,” National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler tells the Associated Press.

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