• Blue Collar Asian Women (BCAW) was formed in San Francisco in 1982 as a support group and social network for Asian women working in the skilled trades and for those wishing to do so. BCAW works to improve conditions for Asian women in non-traditional work and to make certain that Asian women’s issues are addressed. Individual members also work with such organizations as Chinese for Affirmative Action and Tradeswomen, Inc. Activities include participating in job fairs, community events, demonstrations and political rallies. Breaking into male dominated occupations such as the skilled crafts trades, women must often confront sexism, sexual harassment, and racism. The success and pioneering achievements of these women in non-traditional occupations present positive role models which counteract the traditional stereotypes of women.
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Blue Collar Asian Women (BCAW) labor rally postcard

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • One of nine postcards in a folio set, Women in the American Labor Movement: Organized Struggle in the Workplace 1886-1986, in recognition of the Centennial of the Haymarket Tragedy and the First International Celebration of May Day. (Left to right) Stella Cheng, brick mason; Canyon Sam, electrician; Lucy Lim (behind Sam), station operator; Lily Wu, plumber; Jane Watanabe, station operator; Linda Jofuku, electrician; Joyce Fujiwara, tile setter; Monica Bacanay, carpenter; Rosemary Cho Leyson, carpenter and founder BCAW; Anne Leong, electrician, labor rally, San Francisco, 1984. Printed offset, 4 ¼” x 6”, in a union shop in black, with blue banner sign, deep rose hardhats, and black line border. Also sold individually.
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