Women: take whatever time off you can to join Philadelphia activities for the

10am Philadelphia City Council Resolution
(City Council Chambers 4th floor, City Hall)
Resolution sponsored by Councilman David Cohen.

12-2pm Two-Hour Lunch Break for Women
(City Council Caucus Room, 4th floor, City Hall) against no pay and low pay and for pay equity
Speakout/Reception/Entertainment/Food/Tables/Videos
"Who works for me?" Childrens Art exhibit.
Striking news from around the globe!

Coordinators: Wages for Housework Campaign with the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)/Phila, and PA and Phila National Organization for Women (NOW)

2:30pm March to the Federal Building 6th & Market focusing on strike demand for decent wages for caring work particularly in relation to TANF (welfare reform) reauthorization. Also vs. FTAA (expansion of NAFTA).

6-9pm Party at Crossroads Womens Center
Come relax, snack, chat. $3-5 donation requested. 33 Maplewood Mall Germantown

Endorsers of the GWS and the 2 Hour Break: 2000 African American Women, ACORN, AFSCME DC47, C.A.T.A (Comite de Apoyo a Los Trabajaores Agricolas - Farmworkers Support Ctte), Democratic Socialists of America, Germantown Monthly Meeting Peace & Social Concerns Ctte, Intl Black Women for Wages for Housework, Jewish Labor Ctte, Jews for Social Justice, Mothers on the Move (MOM), Payday, Penn Students Against Sweatshops, Phila area Jobs with Justice, Phila Suburban Greens, Phila Unemployment Project (PUP), UNITE, United Childcare Workers Union, Wages Due Lesbians, WinVisible, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF)/US, Women's Law Project, and WOMENS WAY

ALSO: Kick off Event: Wed Mar 7, 6-9pm
Women's free swim at Germantown Women's Y (5820 Germantown Ave). Banner making, potluck.  AND: "Who Works for Me?" Art Project.  For info or a letter to give your childs art teacher, contact us.

For Info: Wages for Housework Campaign
Box 11795 Philadelphia PA 19101
Tel: 215-848-1120Fax: 215-848-1130
Email: 72144.1055@compuserve.com
Website: http://womenstrike8m.server101.com

WOMEN & GIRLS DO 2/3 OF THE WORLD'S WORK FOR 5% OF THE INCOME.  2/3 OF THIS WORK IS UNWAGED.

• $800 billion a year is spent on military budgets worldwide.
• $80 billion would provide the essentials of life water, basic health, nutrition, education, and a minimum income.

On March 8 2000, waged & unwaged women in 64 countries joined the first-ever Global Strike coordinated by the International Wages for Housework Campaign. On March 8 2001, we strike stronger for A WORLD WHICH VALUES ALL WOMENS WORK & ALL WOMENS LIVES.

GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE DEMANDS:

• Payment for all caring work in wages, pensions, land & other resources.
• What is more valuable than raising children & caring for others? Invest in life & welfare, not military budgets & prisons.
• Pay equity for all, women & men, in the global market.
• Paid maternity leave, breastfeeding breaks & other benefits stop
• penalizing us for being women.
• Abolition of Third World debt, which falls heaviest on women & girls. We are owed much more than we owe.
• Accessible clean water, healthcare, housing, transport, literacy.
• Non-polluting energy & technology which shortens the hours we work. We all need cookers, fridges, washing machines, computers, & time off!
• Protection & asylum from all violence & persecution, including by family members & people in positions of authority.
• Freedom of movement. Capital travels freely, why not people?

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