This week many strong and beautiful sisters are meeting each other for the first time while others are renewing their connections with each other. Their beauty glows from the inside, as their hearts, minds and actions are full of great passion for improving the lives of working people. SHOUT IT! I’d like to introduce a sister whose passion is aglow!
Meet Oneshia
Shade-Portlette, Chairwoman of The Transport Workers Union of America Local 100
AFL-CIO Transit and Railroad Division.
Oneshia got involved in the union after she was seriously
hurt on the job and ‘fell through the cracks’ with no representation. She has
been an advocate for workers for over five years.
This is her first summer school. Her favorite part is
‘meeting new union sisters as we learn to share and empower one another’. She thanks her union sisters for getting her
to summer school and sends a SHOUT OUT to sisters Celeste Kirkland and Crystal
Lee Smith – both TWU International Divisional Working Women Committees.
A book that has influenced her work as a zone rep is The Art
of War by Lao Tzu
You’ll find Oneshia wherever there is serious discussion about
sisters’ rights.
She is pictured here with this blogger.
Keep working for that positivity, sisters. As Sam Cooke said - a change is gonna come. So glad life brought you together
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