Life in the female job ghetto
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A documentary that takes a look at women's place in the paid labor force. Features audio of members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union Local 2, protesting the mental and physical brutality of their work in San Francisco, July 1980, as well as interviews with San Francisco hotel maids describing their strenuous work conditions. Issues of racism and sexism in labor unions are also discussed. Also examines women office workers who criticize their workplace as a female job ghetto. Featured in the program are Joyce Maupin, Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (Union WAGE); Rita Boyle, Women Organized for Employment (WOE); Margaret Butz and Agnes Ramirez, Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW); Mary Ann Massenburg, former office worker and clerical organizer for District 65 of the United Auto Workers (UAW). Produced by Peggy Irene Bray, Maggie Geddes, and Karla Tonella. |
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Title |
Life in the female job ghetto |
Creator |
Ramirez, Agnes. speaker. Butz, Margaret. speaker. Tonella, Karla. producer. Geddes, Maggie. producer. Bray, Peggy. producer. Massenburg, Mary Ann. speaker. Boyle, Rita. speaker. Maupin, Joyce. speaker. |
Creator |
Pacifica Radio Archive. KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.). |
Published |
Los Angeles :, Pacifica Radio Archives,, 1980. |
Extent |
1 online resource. |
Repository |
Pacifica Radio Archives. |
Reproduction Note |
Electronic reproduction. |
Grant Information |
Sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project. |
Usage Statement |
RESTRICTED. |
Tracks |
PRA_NHPRC1_AZ0808_00_000_00.mp3 00:43:17 |
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