WELCOME TO PRIDE AND A PAYCHECK
Pride and a Paycheck is a free bi-monthly publication in newsletter format reaching out to tradeswomen, friends, organizations and supporters. In addition, community and government employment agencies, training programs, schools and apprenticeship programs can all benefit from subscriptions to Pride and a Paycheck. Past issues are in the Newsletter part of this site (page 2).
WHO WE ARE
Copyright 2010 Pride and A Paycheck
Pride includes resources, announcements, safety tips, photos, stories, art and poetry by the tradeswomen themselves as well as advice from advocates who have been working hard to recruit women into these high paid, great benefits careers. Construction workers, railroad engineers and shop craft workers, skilled manufacturing jobs, truck drivers and many other trades formerly considered for “men only” are featured in Pride and a Paycheck. Photographs of females performing the functions of these lucrative careers give inspiration and confidence to those women who are “thinking” about entering the blue collar skilled and semi-skilled trades.
For free email subscriptions just send your request to tradesis@aol.com. Start receiving support information and words of advice from tradeswomen who have been working in these jobs for many years. Read articles about their victories over discrimination as well as the barriers that these brave women (many times the "firsts" in a job traditionally held by men) must overcome. Yet they not only overcome these obstacles, they succeed and subsequently travel into their retirement years with promotions, great benefits and proud memories, making friends with the "good guys" on their way! Although these kinds of careers have been called “non-traditional”, these strong, proud women make it known that they are starting a NEW TRADITION! (Term coined by Boston Electrician/Poet Susan Eisenberg.)
Eleven years ago Pride and a Paycheck began as a local San Francisco Bay Area publication, but it has since blossomed into a range of articles, poetry, art and stories of tradeswomen’s “adventures” from the entire country and beyond. Pride and a Paycheck is edited by Sue Doro (retired Machinist), author of “Blue Collar Goodbyes”, Heart Home and Hard Hats; and “Sugar String” with support from Madeline Mixer, (retired Region Nine Director, U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau).
Visit page 4 (Articles/Poems/Stuff) for current announcements, events, happenings etc. This page will be updated regularly, so travel to this page as much as you want to find out what's going on and good stuff to read and do!
