After months of investigation and discussions with both Detroit Edison workers and company leaders, NOW President Patricia Ireland will announce the organization's plan of action in response to numerous complaints of harassment and discrimination at the public utility.
WHO: NOW President Patricia Ireland, on behalf of NOW members nationwide
WHAT: Ireland will unveil new strategies in the campaign to stop sexual and racial harassment and sex, race and age discrimination at Detroit Edison. Ireland will kick-off a day long forum on employee rights for Detroit Edison and other workers in the area.
WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1999 10:00 AM
WHERE: Barth Hall at St. Paul's Cathedral Church
4800 Woodward (corner of Woodward & Warren)
Detroit, Michigan
WHY: Women and people of color at Detroit Edison have reported on-the-job discrimination. NOW, the largest feminist organization in the country, will embark on a grassroots campaign to make Detroit Edison a Women-Friendly Workplace.
Through the Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign,
NOW spurred Smith Barney and Mitsubishi Motors leaders to pledge to create
model workplaces. NOW also convinced Saks Fifth Avenue to back down from
the claims implicit in its worker's compensation defense, i.e. that rape
is a normal occupational hazard.