DEMOCRACY NOW : APRIL 14 : TRADE UNION ACTIVISM. WOMEN'S HISTORY

DEMOCRACY NOW : APRIL 14 : TRADE UNION ACTIVISM.WOMEN'S HISTORY / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt. 1. Political headlines (4:00) -- pt.2. Trade union activism| Tens of thousands of strawberry workers and their families and supporters, including AFL-CIO leader, John Sweeney, staged a massive rally yesterday in Watsonville, California. The issue -- fairness for the 20,000 agricultural workers in California who produce 80% of the country's crop. The workers say the handful of the industry corporations that bring in $650 million a year can't afford to pay pickers 5 cents more per pint of strawberries| guest Elaine Bernard, a labor activist, educator and a founding member of the New Party and Labor Party (16:00) -- pt.3. Women's history| last year congress approved moving a 13 ton statue of three female suffragists from the crypt of the US Capitol to the grand Rotunda, but now plans are changing as a leading African-American women's group is arguing that the statue should include Soujouner Truth| guest Gerda Lerner, a feminist and noted historian who is a professor of History at the University of Wisconsin and the author of many books on feminism and women's history (17:00) - Broadcast by satellite on April 14, 1997.