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This is very funny, clever, and effective!
Meet The Midwestern Women Steelworkers Who Put A Pro-Biden Bat Signal On Trump Tower
DOWNTOWN A group of women used a projector to shine a massive Biden/Harris logo across Trump Tower and other Chicago spots early Saturday.
Between 4 and 7 a.m., the group of four women also shined the light on the walls of the Chicago Theatre, the Art Institute of Chicago, Wrigley Field and famed hot dog stand Wieners Circle. They took photos and moved on to another city to continue the project.
The Women of Steel group are behind the nighttime batlight tour, which aims to spread voter awareness and bring attention to their preferred candidates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
The women are part of the United Steelworkers union, North Americas largest industrial union.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/10/21/meet-the-midwestern-women-steelworkers-who-put-a-pro-biden-bat-signal-on-trump-tower/
Much more at the link.
Tamara Lefcowitz (second from the left) with members of the United Steelworkers Union.
StClone
(11,686 posts)Spazito
(50,451 posts)Strong, independent women, awesome!
Blue Owl
(50,491 posts)Cha
(297,618 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)Wow, it's a multi-state tour. That's pretty amazing. Good for them!
https://www.usw.org/news/media-center/releases/2020/usw-launches-multi-state-batlight-tour-to-turn-out-vote
https://www.flickr.com/photos/unitedsteelworkers/sets/72157715926632811/
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,413 posts)https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-owned-properties-imported-more-than-8-tons-of-chinese-goods-2020-7?op=1
https://cwa-union.org/news/donald-trump-uses-foreign-steel-in-his-buildings
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/trump-org-china-imports/index.html
burrowowl
(17,645 posts)niyad
(113,550 posts)mopinko
(70,206 posts)wow. i get to take a little credit for this!
35 yrs ago, i was an apprentice carpenter. i hooked up w chicago women carpenters.
we hooked up w some other tradeswomen.
we became "chicago women in trades".
i was the first employee.
cwit is still going strong, all these years later.
no idea if we helped these ladies, but the work they do has made it possible for a lot more women to get good blue collar jobs.
we knew back then that this would lead to other kinds of change.
we were right.
right on sisters.
"we knew back then that this would lead to other kinds of change."
Indeed you did!
mopinko
(70,206 posts)the % of women in the construction trades remains small.
but the good news from this story is how many female dominated jobs are covered by the steel workers.
above all we were standing w the unions!
even tho the brothers werent all that welcoming to us