Lynn Nordgren, president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers; Mary Catherine Ricker, president of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers; and Sandy Skaar, president of the Anoka-Hennepin local, talk about what motivated them to get involved in their union.
"We need to bring as many perspectives to the table as we can," Ricker notes in the article. "And in a profession dominated by women, we need to know how women\'s lives intersect with the profession so contracts can reflect that."
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Lynn Nordgren, president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers; Mary Catherine Ricker, president of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers; and Sandy Skaar, president of the Anoka-Hennepin local, talk about what motivated them to get involved in their union.
"We need to bring as many perspectives to the table as we can," Ricker notes in the article. "And in a profession dominated by women, we need to know how women\’s lives intersect with the profession so contracts can reflect that."
Read the full article at http://womenspress.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3410