V-Day Annual Report 2017 - RISE FOR WOMEN WORKERS 1 | Page 21

WOMEN WORKERS RISING
Women workers from multiple sectors including restaurant workers, Walmart
workers, nurses, teachers, and more were joined by thousands
of allies at the Department of Labor and John Marshall Park for a powerful
RISING on 8 March. The event was widely covered in the media, livestreamed on
Facebook by V-Day and Think Progress, and our hashtag #WomenWorkersRising
trended on Twitter in the D.C. area.
The event was presented by One Billion Rising in Coalition with Restaurant Opportunities Centers United,
the African American Policy Forum, American Federation of Teachers, Family Values @ Work,
International Labor Rights Forum, Jobs with Justice, National Nurses United, National Domestic Workers Alliance,
National Organization for Women, OUR Walmart, Good Jobs Nation.