| The workplace remains
the site where sexual harassment has its greatest impact
on women, where it can cause dam age to women's lives.
When there is sexual harassment at work, women find
it difficult to win other gains.
In part, this is because sexual
harassment leads to high job turnover, and workplaces
with a frequently changing labor force have difficulty
developing the continuity needed to organize.
Building unity in a workplace plagued with sexual
harassment is difficult. But only through unity will
workers be capable of winning at the bargaining table.
This is as true for the fight against harassment
as it is for any other work workers' struggle.
Fighting sexual harassment and workplace
discrimination may seem like a tall order. But as more
women come forward, and more men recognize their responsibilities,
it will become easier to develop a common understanding
of the problem and to stop harassing behavior altogether.
A key step in the process involves convincing people
that sexual harassment is a public issue that affects
all of us-not a personal problem.
As a group, the local union has the power to effect
change. That's what it's all about. By fighting sexual
harassment, Teamsters are taking important steps towards
building the solidarity needed to win other gains in
pay, benefits, and working conditions.
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