Women — Employment — Social conditions.

Interview with a female apprentice plumber

Interview by Judy Sackoff with a woman in the construction trades, “Judy,” a second-year apprentice in plumber’s union.

August 24, 2025

Louise Howe and Pink Collar Workers

Judy Sackoff interviews Louise Kapp Howe, author of “Pink Collar Workers,” a book about office workers, waitresses, homemakers–jobs that are done almost exclusively by women.

August 24, 2025

Room to move : women’s workplace design / produced by Harriet Baskas.

Documentary on how workplace design has changed in response to the increased presence of women in the workforce. Topics include: home offices, commuting to the workplace, day care, and housing for the single parent and two-worker families.|ROOM TO MOVE : WOMEN’S WORKPLACE DESIGN / proudced by Harriet Baskas. – Documentary on how workplace design has…

August 24, 2025

Tradeswomen of color / produced by Cindy Madron.

Examination of how women in England and the U.S. share experiences as non-traditional workers. Includes statements by tradeswomen of color who work in a male-dominated blue-collar occupation.

August 24, 2025

Life in the female job ghetto : service and office work / produced by Peggy Irene Bray, Maggie Geddes, and Karla Tonella.

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…

August 24, 2025