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Women's Rights Logo The Education Department is expanding its core mission to place special emphasis on leadership training and development for AFSCME women. The department now has an Assistant Director for Women’s Leadership Training and Development who spearheads the training programs for AFSCME women, works closely with AFSCME’s National Women’s Advisory Committee, and serves as the point of contact for AFSCME women regarding issues of specific interests to them.

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Equal Pay – Not Yet
It’s been 45 years since equal pay became the law, and working women still are not paid as much as men for the same work. Read more: http://www.afscmeblog.org/2008/04/22/equal-pay-not-yet/

Help Discover the Causes of Breast Cancer… Woman by Woman, Sister by Sister!
The Sister Study, a national research study to learn how the environment and genes affect chances of getting breast cancer, is enrolling women aged 35-74 whose sister had breast cancer and who do not have breast cancer themselves. Find out more: http://www.sisterstudy.org/

Union Sisters Join the Sister Study
CLUW's (Coalition of Labor Union Women) Barbara Barnes lost her sister to breast cancer, and now she's participating in the Sister Study and encouraging sisters to enroll. Read her story.

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Leadership Development & Training

The Education Department offers several training programs, many of which have been accredited by the National Labor College. For a full list of our trainings, click here.

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Mary Goulding
Council 40, Wisconsin

"AFSCME women are a force. We push hard for pay equity, economic security, funding for child care and on-the-job training. With our union, there is no stopping us!"