The Coalition of Labor Union Women
The Coalition of Labor Union Women is America's only
national organization for union women. Formed in 1974, CLUW is
a nonpartisan organization within the union movement.
The primary mission of CLUW is to unify all union women in a
viable organization to determine our common problems and
concerns and to develop action programs within the framework of
our unions to deal effectively with our objectives.
At its founding convention in Chicago, Illinois, CLUW adopted
four basic goals of action: to promote affirmative action in
the workplace; to strengthen the role of women in unions; to
organize the unorganized women; and to increase the involvement
of women in the political and legislative process.
These goals continue to be the cornerstone of CLUW's activities
as members speak out for equal pay, child and elder care
benefits, job security, safe workplaces, affordable health
care, contraceptive equity, and protection from sexual
harassment and violence at work.
With members from 54 international and national unions across
the U.S. and Canada, CLUW has a strong network of more than 40
chapters. CLUW is endorsed by the AFL-CIO and its international
and national unions. CLUW local chapters educate members, keep
them up-to-date on a variety of issues of concern to working
families, and provide a support network for women in unions.
http://www.cluw.org
