Women’s, Human Rights & Young Workers

May 2017 Committee News

Mayday 2017

May Day has one of two different meanings, depending on where you reside in the world. Most countries recognize this day, May 1st, as a beginning of summer celebration. In other places, like the U.S., it has been renamed as International Workers’ Day to raise awareness and advocate for working peoples’ rights.

Join Our Equal Pay Day Twitter Storm

Next Tuesday, April 4th, is Equal Pay Day—the day when the average woman’s earnings finally catch up to the average man’s earnings from the previous year.

Equal Pay Day on April 4

A woman has to work more than three months into the next year to earn the same amount that a man made the previous year.

IAM Women Hold Sister’s Summit

Dozens of IAM women from around the country traveled to New York, NY this week to attend the 2017 Sisters’ Summit hosted by the IAM’s Women’s Department. The event coincided with the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) with a theme of women’s economic empowerment and the changing world of work.