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George II

(67,782 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 10:46 PM Oct 2020

Meet The Midwestern Women Steelworkers Who Put A Pro-Biden Bat Signal On Trump Tower

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 Wiener’s 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 America’s 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.



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Meet The Midwestern Women Steelworkers Who Put A Pro-Biden Bat Signal On Trump Tower (Original Post) George II Oct 2020 OP
Audacious-I love it, the amazing stuff real people do! StClone Oct 2020 #1
Love it! Spazito Oct 2020 #2
I salute them! Blue Owl Oct 2020 #3
TY! This has been Awesome! Cha Oct 2020 #4
Great job! crickets Oct 2020 #5
Trump uses Chinese steel and aluminum Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2020 #6
Great group! burrowowl Oct 2020 #7
Brava, my sisters! niyad Oct 2020 #8
go my sisters. mopinko Oct 2020 #9
WTG! Spazito Oct 2020 #12
not enough tho mopinko Oct 2020 #13
! Hugin Oct 2020 #10
What's the new "You go, grrrirl"? Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #11

mopinko

(70,206 posts)
9. go my sisters.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:34 AM
Oct 2020

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.

mopinko

(70,206 posts)
13. not enough tho
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 01:58 PM
Oct 2020

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

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