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Hospital workers say: “No two tier!”

Concessions threaten quality of patient care at Kaiser Denise Imura Contributed SAN FRANCISCO — Two Kaiser doctors rushed out to the picket line here November 10 trying to find an X-ray technician who could help save a patient’s life. With... Read More »

For equality, living wages and respect: Women changing society ’86

International Women’s Day 1986 This International Women’s Day 1986 finds millions of women struggling for equality, for a livable wage, for respect and dignity. Never before has the very future of so many struggles and causes been so intertwined with... Read More »

Unity Interviews Watsonville Leaders

Strikers in Watsonville feel stronger day by day By Oscar Rios The 2,000 striking workers of Watsonville Canning and Richard Shaw, Inc. have been out on strike now since September 9. What is at stake are the gains won through... Read More »

Bringing home the spirit of Nairobi

Jamala Rodgers Africa correspondent NAIROBI, KENYA — The scene: the official UN conference held at the Kenyatta Center here July 15-26 to mark the end of the Decade for Women. • A vote is taken calling for mandatory trade sanctions... Read More »

Women and the fight for Irish independence

Unity Interview Reese Erlich, Editor Women in Action ’85 Belfast Ireland The men and women of Ireland have long fought for the end to British occupation of the north and for a unified Ireland. Sine the 1960’s women have come... Read More »

Baby Jane Doe: Whose rights violated?

NEWS ANALYSIS Disabled people see the case as part of their fight for civil rights Jane Barth, Staff Writer NEW YORK — Last October, a baby girl was born at University Hospital in Stony Brook, Long Island. Baby Jane Doe,... Read More »

Job or family: Court says women must choose

California ruling attacks working women’s rights Deborah Lowe, Staff Writer A new federal court ruling is forcing thousands of California women to make an agonizing decision between children or a job. On March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real... Read More »

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Archives

Hospital workers say: “No two tier!”

For equality, living wages and respect: Women changing society ’86

Unity Interviews Watsonville Leaders

Bringing home the spirit of Nairobi

Women and the fight for Irish independence

Baby Jane Doe: Whose rights violated?

Job or family: Court says women must choose

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Oral History Project

GETTING TOGETHER PUBLICATIONS

AMIRI BARAKA

Archives

Hospital workers say: “No two tier!”

For equality, living wages and respect: Women changing society ’86

Unity Interviews Watsonville Leaders

Bringing home the spirit of Nairobi

Women and the fight for Irish independence

Baby Jane Doe: Whose rights violated?

Job or family: Court says women must choose

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME Oral History Project

GETTING TOGETHER PUBLICATIONS

AMIRI BARAKA

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Oral History Project