wages for housework

This Day in Labor History: November 15, 1975

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 15, 2021

On November 15, 1975, Wages for Housework opened its storefront on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. This date allows us to explore this fascinating intersection between the feminist movement and ideas of work, with many lessons for the present. While the idea of being paid for...

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Wages for Housework, Pandemic Edition

By Erik Loomis

On February 22, 2021

A couple of years ago, I reviewed the book of documents that Sylvia Federici, the Italian woman who conceived of and fought for the Wages for Housework movement, put together..

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LGM Review of Books: Silvia Federici and Arlen Austin, Eds., Wages for Housework: The New York Committee, 1972-1977: History, Theory, Documents

By Erik Loomis

On April 1, 2019

We too often forget about the diversity of feminism in the 1970s. Sure, it got largely reduced in the public and political realm to the Equal Rights Amendment and the.

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