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February 3, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
Union women play
key role in women’s
marches nationwide
Thousands of union women and
men took to the streets with
workers across the country Jan.
21 to support women’s rights —
and to oppose a growing tide of
anti-women policies coming out
of Washington, D.C., and state
capitals.
The Women’s March on
Washington, D.C., drew more
than 500,000 people. Another 5
million took part in 673 “sister
marches” held on seven conti-
nents. In Portland, a record
100,000 people filled Waterfront
Park. Hundreds more turned out
for marches in Salem, Eugene,
Bend, Astoria, Newport, Asto-
ria, Pendleton, LaGrande, Ash-
land, Halfway, and elsewhere.
“We’re here not only to
march, but we’re here to build a
movement,” AFL-CIO Secre-
tary-Treasurer Liz Shuler told the
crowd in the nation’s capital. “It’s
a movement for paid family
leave. It’s a movement for equal
rights. It’s a movement for work-
ers’ rights. It’s a movement for
immigrants’ rights. We’re going
to stand together in solidarity to
make sure our voices are heard.”
Union signs (above) and union members were everywhere at the
Women’s March in Portland on Jan. 21. The march drew an estimated
100,000 people to Waterfront Park (right). For Cheri Rice of Office and
Professional Employees Local 11 (below, left), it was a family affair. She
marched alongside her daughter and granddaughter.
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