Resources
Top 10 Equity & Inclusion Guide
In preparation for a new decade of women’s organizing in 2020, the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) created a guide to assist Locals with integrating equity into our union’s work. The Top 10 Equity & Inclusion Guide has been designed to give IFPTE members, elected leaders, and staff ideas on individual and organizational steps that can be taken to promote equity inside our union.
A Guide to Organizing Women's Committee: Everything You Need to Know to Make a Difference!
Written by Jane LaTour, in consultation with Cornell ILR School faculty Lois Gray and Maria Figueroa, with funding provided by the Berger-Marks Foundation. The Guide provides step-by-step instruction to forming women's committees in unions and worker-centered organizations.
How to Start a Local Women’s Committee
Check your Local union constitution and bylaws to determine how committees are established, most are appointed by the president. Decide how many officers you will have i.e. Chair, Co-chair, Secretary, Sgt-at-arms and Treasurer if needed.
Women's Committees in Worker Organizations: Still Making a Difference
This Guide is based on a 2014 study by Gray and Figueroa, Women's Committee in Worker Organizations, that identifies the most effective strategies, programs, and objectives of established women's committees at a range of local and international unions and worker centers.
Is There a Women's Way of Organizing? A Report on Gender, Unions and Effective Organizing
Between spring of 2008 and summer 2009, Cornell ILR Labor Programs faculty, staff, and students conducted a project to investigate and analyze examples of women-focused union organizing campaigns.
I Knew I Could Do This Work
Seven Strategies That Promote Women's Activism and Leadership in Unions.
Union Organizing Among Professional Women Workers
A research study commissioned by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO presented at the DPE Conference on organizing professionals in the 21st century.
Toolkit: Advancing Racial Justice in the Professional Workplace
Racial inequity in U.S. workplaces affects every aspect of work, including career opportunities, pay, benefits, and retention. Union professionals have utilized the collective bargaining process to address intentional and unintentional racism in their workplaces. Sample contract language is included in the second part of this toolkit.
Professional Women: A Gendered Look at Inequality in the U.S. Workforce
This fact sheet by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO analyzes the state of women in the professional workforce. It is divided into two parts: Identifying Barriers and Crafting Solutions.