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Friend,
This Labor Day, I’m thinking about the leaders of the labor movement who don’t often get the credit they deserve for pushing us forward on the issues that matter.
I’m thinking about the women.
Women fought an uphill battle for equity in labor that still persists today. Women rallied after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took hundreds of lives in 1911, many of whom were immigrant women — and they laid the groundwork for a movement so powerful it sent Frances Perkins to the U.S. Cabinet as Secretary of Labor, the first woman ever appointed to the Cabinet and a driving force behind the New Deal.
And yet, the work continues. Women still face a gender-based pay gap and discrimination in the workplace — and for women of color, that gap is even wider.
As long as we continue the fight for a fairer economy, we cannot discount the issues that drive the labor movement — from improving the minimum wage to ensuring access to health care. And in order to be successful, we must also commit to lifting up women — particularly the women of color — who are central to this fight.
This Labor Day, I’m asking you to add your name to commemorate the women who shaped our labor movement, and to renew your commitment to fighting for the issues that matter — including ending the gender pay gap and ensuring equal access to health care.
Friend, I’m a working mother and public servant.
I’m running for Congress to continue the fight and ensure that all Georgians, including women and particularly women of color, have an economy and government that works for us.
And I’m grateful to have you in that fight with me.
Happy Labor Day,
Carolyn
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