A bold initiative to identify, train and convene a new generation of women labor leaders.
WILL Empower hosted the first Womxn’s Labor Leadership Symposium & Awards on September 30 and October 1, 2021. We encouraged all participants to lean into a new movement in labor that centers womxn. The symposium engaged labor unions, community organizations and worker centers to celebrate the dedication to innovation, thought leadership and action by some […]
The recent Netflix series Maid, based on Stephanie Land’s memoir, highlights the challenges that poor and working-class mothers face in juggling low-wage jobs, social services, and child care. As Lane Windham writes in Working-Class Perspectives this week, the series makes clear why the child-care support in Biden’s proposed American Family Plan is so important. She also reminds us that conservative resistance […]
WILL Empower is thrilled to welcome our fourth class of apprentices! This Fall, ten activists will join organizations across the country advocating for worker justice as part of the WILL Empower Apprenticeship Program. The program serves as an on-ramp for the next generation of activists to gain experience and build skills in the labor and […]
WILL Empower is pleased to announce MaryGrace Menner’s appointment as a WILL Empower Congressional Labor Law Fellow in Representative Andy Levin’s office (MI-9). As a WILL Empower fellow, MaryGrace is especially interested in exploring the ways labor and employment law can be used to create effective social change and justice for low-wage workers and marginalized […]
WILL Empower joins with working women and their organizations across the nation in lauding the election of the first woman to serve as President of the AFL-CIO and in celebrating this historic moment. Liz Shuler is a long-time champion of working women, and we look forward to her leadership as AFL-CIO President as she centers […]
