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On March 29, 2021, the Local Lodge 811 Women’s Committee, lead by committee Chair Sarah Monderoy Garcia, celebrated Women’s History Month by honoring the contributions women have made in their communities, society and the world. The celebration included IAM speakers on various topics as well as acts of kindness for local women in need. Sister Garcia
Read moreToday marks the day into the next year where a woman on average meets the earnings of what an average man earned in 2020. That is a whopping 15 months. In other words, women work for free for 3 months compared to their male co-workers. If you look at a typical 9:00-5:00 work day, women
Read moreToday, March 9th , is the day an Asian American/Pacific Islander woman finally hits the annual salary from last year that of her non-Hispanic male counterpart. The average Asian American/Pacific Islander Woman is paid $0.87 for every $1.00 paid to their white, non-Hispanic male counterpart, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars over an entire career.
Read moreMarch is not only Women’s History Month but it incorporates some other important dates as well, like International Women’s Day. The Women’s Department along with Ivana Saula, Canadian Territory Women’s and Human Rights laison and some other members, wanted to highlight these trailblazing women below. Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture- Canada Edith Monture accomplished many firsts
Read moreKanno Sugako- Japan, a Japanese feminist, Japan’s first female journalist, advocate of women’s rights, and author. Her life ended abruptly when she was executed for her part in a plot to assassinate the Emperor. She remains the only woman to be executed in Japan for treason. Sugako had admitted her guilt in the plot, as had
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