Labor on the Move (10/18/07)

Susan Holleran has won the 2007 Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Clara Day Award. Currently the DC CLUW Assistant State Vice President, Holleran – who is retired from AFSCME -- was recognized by the national organization for her many years of work inspiring and educating women to increase participation within their unions, within CLUW and within the labor movement, as well as promoting and encouraging participation in the political and legislative process of their unions and the labor movement to improve employment and job opportunities for women, The award – named for a founding member of CLUW – also recognizes activists who seek to promote unionism and encourage unions to be more aggressive in their efforts to bring unorganized women under collective bargaining agreements, as well as seeking to encourage women, through their unions, to recognize and take positive action against job discrimination in hiring, promotion, classification and other aspects of work, including leadership in efforts to achieve social justice for women, working people and the poor.