Word: madar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of the wide gap between white-and blue-collar feminism, some union women believe that the two should be kept apart. Says Unionist Wolfgang: "Sisters cannot unify solely because they are women. We have to look at class rather than sex." Olga Madar, international vice president of the United Auto Workers and newly appointed president of the CLUW, disagrees: "For the first time women workers have united to speak out against sexual discrimination. At the same time union women bring real, down-to-earth issues to the feminist movement. The blend is important...
SIMILARLY, the United Auto Workers Union finds McGovern far from odious. An article in the Detroit Free Press last Friday reported that United Auto Workers Vice President Olga Madar recently spoke in McGovern's behalf at a reception for Victor Reuther, retired UAW official and backer of the Senator. She said that UAW Vice Presidents Douglas Fraser and Irving Bluestone and Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey "will be in there actively compaigning" for McGovern...