International Women’s Day 2015

By Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office). We must never forget that International Women’s Day on 8 March honours the start of the New York 1908 garment workers strike led by young immigrant women. IWD was created by internationalist women rights campaigners meeting in Copenhagen in 1910 who decided that there should be an international day for action on women’s rights and universal suffrage. IWD from early days also focused upon peace, and organised against war mongering and compulsory military service. More...