American Women — Work and unions – Page 14

Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis

Angela Davis speaks with Samille Gooden, president of local 1695 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), on Black women in the labor movement.

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

Do working girls lead a glamorous life? / produced by Susan Anderson.

Susan Anderson’s documentary about the lifestyle of prostitutes. Includes interviews with Buffy (no last name given), organizer for California Association for Trollops (CAT); an anonymous street walker working in Los Angeles; Chris Becker, who works with prostitutes through GROW, an organization based in Hollywood; Margo St. James, founder of the prostitutes’ advocacy group COYOTE (which…

August 24, 2025

Out of the kitchen and into the sweat shop : the story of working women in America / produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. (Episode 5 of 7)

A survey of the lives and works of Emma Goldman, Rose Schneiderman, Mother Jones, Jane Addams, and other women who struggled to alleviate the horrendous conditions of working classes in America. Features interviews with labor historians and dramatic readings of writings by the subjects of this documentary. Produced by Joanna Brouk and Toni Maher. Interviewees…

August 24, 2025