Today’s Labor Quote: Rose Omamo

“Once you are elected a union leader, and especially a woman leader, you need to make sure you are at the forefront of campaigning for gender issues, make sure there is no gender-based violence at work. and make sure women are working in a safe environment.”

​Omamo is general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers and national Women’s Committee chair of the Congress of Trade Unions–Kenya.

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