Today in Labor History March 13, 1979: The Marxist New Jewel movement, led by Maurice Bishop, overthrew the prime minister of Grenada. Bishop led the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown and executed in a coup supported by the U.S. Bishop supported anti-racist struggles around the world and the fight to end Apartheid in South Africa. Under his leadership, Granada gave women equal pay to men and provided paid maternity leave. They also banned sexual discrimination and introduced free public health and literacy programs that brought the national illiteracy rate from 35% down to 5%. In 1983, the U.S. invaded Granada. 19 U.S. soldiers and 45 Grenadian soldiers died in the fighting that ensued. The invasion effectively ended the so-called “Vietnam Syndrome,” where U.S. leaders feared that overt regime change, with U.S. boots on the ground, would spark large antiwar protests, like those that rocked the nation in the 1960s and early 70s. The Grenada invasion paved the way for much more aggressive interventions like Panama, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and, of course, Iran. In fact, the code name Trump's used for the Iran war, "Epic Fury," is a variation of the code name used for the Granada invasion, "Urgent Fury."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #grenada #imperialism #communism #cuba #racism #apartheid #equalpay #feminism #antiwar #publichealth #sexism

Gender discrimination in Century City private equity firms remains a documented issue. Women continue to face pay gaps, promotion barriers, and retaliation after raising concerns.

California laws like FEHA and the Equal Pay Act provide strong protections for professionals dealing with workplace discrimination.

#GenderDiscrimination #CenturyCity #PrivateEquity #EmploymentLaw #CaliforniaLaw #EqualPay #WorkplaceRights

Wenn die CDU mal weniger die Grünen angreifen würden, die Grüne Jugend weniger den Özdemir, wäre schon ein kleiner Schritt getan - gegen die #AFD aber nö, lieber Krieg unter uns anstelle das was wichtig ist für Land. Einheit in demokratischen Prozessen.

Oder vielleicht mal #equalpay für Frauen angehen, Nahverkehr, Ladeinfrastruktur und Bildung und Kosten senken für die Mitte, und Zack AFD nutzlos

For the first time since the 1960s, the pay disparity between US men and women widened over a two-year period. This is data reported in September 2025 for 2022-2024, the most recent span for which full-year data is available.

And International Womens Day has 23 hours this year. I’m not a fan of pay inequality, or time changes.

#interationalwomensday #payinequality #equalpay #timechange

Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg 1910, before Zetkin proposed to the Second International, that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day to commemorate the 1908 garment workers strike in New York City.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #internationalwomensday #strike #feminism #equalpay #equalrights #GenderEquality #iwd #socialism #communism #womenshistorymonth #clarazetkin #rosaluxemburg

An Antimonumenta, installed in Mexico City on International Women's Day 2019. It reads: "In Mexico 9 women are murdered daily" and the cross part says "Not one more!" On the opposite side, the Antimonumenta reads "We demand a national gender alert", and in the central part "No + Femicides."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #internationalwomensday #feminism #sexism #equalpay #equalrights #genderequality #IWD #WomensHistoryMonth

Today in Labor History March 8, 1908: Thousands of workers in the New York needle trades (mostly women) launched a strike for higher wages, shorter hours and an end to child labor. They chose this date in commemoration of the 1857 strike, women garment workers struck in New York City for a 10-hour workday, better working conditions, and equal rights for women. In 1910, German communist Clara Zetkin proposed to the Second International, that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day to commemorate the 1908 strike. In 1911, over 1 million people participated in International Women’s Day events in Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. In Vienna, they carried banners honoring the martyrs of the Paris Commune. In 1917, Women’s Day protests and labor strikes in Petrograd helped spark the Russian Revolution. Because of its communist affiliations, and the anti-communist propaganda and persecution by the U.S. government, International Women’s Day was largely forgotten in the U.S., until feminist Laura X organized a protest in Berkeley, California on March 8, 1969. She also called for a Women’s History Month to be built around International Women’s Day. Later that year, she took the surname X to protest men’s legal ownership of women and the anonymity of women’s history.

In 1975, the United Nations recognized March 8 as International Women’s Day. In 1979, thousands of women protested in the streets of Tehran against the regime’s sexist laws, particularly the mandatory hijab. The six days of protest forced the government to temporarily withdraw the decree requiring veiling of women. But soon after this, the conservatives successfully eliminated what remained of the liberals and left, securing complete control of the government, and reintroduced the mandatory hijab, which remains to this day.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #internationalwomensday #strike #feminism #sexism #IWW #equalpay #equalrights #GenderEquality #iwd #socialism #communism #womenshistorymonth #childlabor #clarazetkin #iran #revolution

I don't need roses, flowers, and "happy day" wishes. I need #equalRights, #equalPay, and a change of our (again) hyperpatriarchal societies. Not only on paper but in life. The backlash we experience since our fights in the 1970/80s, makes me angry, not happy. And it should be clear that #feminism includes the fight for #transRights and those for #LGBTQ. #Democracy must live #diversity. Authoritarians treat us as enemies. Let's stand together!

#internationalWomensDay #womensday #humanRights