{"id":6197,"date":"2019-03-08T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2023-12-29T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T11:08:53","slug":"womens-struggles-need-to-be-more-bold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/womens-struggles-need-to-be-more-bold\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s struggles need to be more bold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Women\u2019s Day is not a moment to celebrate the feminine struggles. It is a day for political upheaval. Only by placing women\u2019s struggles at the heart of labour action can we achieve the meaningful progress which generations of women have fought for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

by Rosa Pavanelli<\/strong>
\nGeneral Secretary of Public Services International<\/a><\/em>
\nand chair of the Council of Global Unions<\/em><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Day<\/a> is not a moment to celebrate the feminine. It is a day for political upheaval. Beginning in the last century, with working class women around the world taking to the streets, the International Women\u2019s Strike, founded in 2017, is now renewing this spirit of solidarity and internationalism. Only by placing women\u2019s struggles at the heart of labour action can we achieve the meaningful progress which generations of women have fought for.<\/p>\n

We need a feminism with teeth \u2013 willing to take on those in power and fight for policy change today, rather than the promise of incremental improvement in the future.<\/p>\n

We have waited long enough already.<\/p>\n

Yet many wealthy, (predominantly white) women business leaders tell us that the problem is not patriarchy or class inequality. Instead women should be \u201cleaning in\u201d to get ahead: whatever that might mean.
\nThis \u201cdepoliticised\u201d model of modern feminism ignores the key factor which has led to success in the past: building our collective power to challenge the status quo.<\/p>\n

It is inspiring to see how the International Women\u2019s Strike is building on the past to create a \u201cnew international feminist movement that will build a bridge between women\u2019s resistance and labour resistance\u201d.
\nThis struggle is based on six key principles:<\/p>\n