Trabajadoras: A Union Voice for Working Women
Trabajadoras: A Union Voice for Working Women
Trabajadoras is the Spanish word for Working Women. Today was an important day for Latina Working Women. Not necessarily a happy day. But an important day.
Because an organization that fights for them, , released a first-of-its-kind report on the working world of Latinas in our country and the challenges they face. It’s not a pretty picture.
Trabajadoras: Challenges and Conditions of Latina Workers in the United States has stark graphs of statistics that clearly show the high poverty rates; the low education attainment; low homeowner rates; the dismal employment ratios; lack of health insurance and any sort of retirement plans of Latinas.
The report is not a cry for pity or charity. It’s a call to action.
We ignore the reality of these numbers to our peril. To our communities’ peril. To the country’s peril. These women are hardworking, talented people with as much