Stand with the FM Union

Background

We, the eligible staff of the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), announced on Monday, September 3rd that an overwhelming supermajority of eligible staff signed cards to form a union and authorized the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) IFPTE Local 70 to be our representative. To our great disappointment, FMF leadership has declined to recognize our union voluntarily and instead immediately deferred to the National Labor Relations Board. We believed that with collective bargaining being at the forefront of our guiding principles (feminist.org/about/mission-principles), FMF would have enthusiastically agreed to voluntary recognition of our union. Furthermore, as an organization that has worked to advance the feminist movement, which is intrinsically tied to the labor movement, we were disappointed with FMF’s response. Therefore, we are calling on our network of former staff and interns, our Feminist Campus-affiliated Student Groups (a.k.a. FMLAs), and our allies within the feminist movement to sign a letter in support of our fight for a more democratic workplace.

FMF management’s decision not to recognize our union means that they plan to drag out the process by sending it on to the National Labor Relations Board, making us reconfirm our votes in spite of our established supermajority. Your support for the below letter will help us convince FMF’s leadership that it’s time to stop delaying the inevitable and recognize the FM Union. Thank you for your support! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FM__Union.

To: Feminist Majority Foundation Management & Board of Directors,

We, the undersigned former Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) staff and interns, members and alumni of Feminist Campus-affiliated student groups, and leaders and workers in the feminist movement, call on the Feminist Majority Foundation’s leadership to recognize the union recently formed by a supermajority of FMF’s eligible employees. We believe in the organization’s mission and have each dedicated much of our own time to the feminist movement in order to fight for justice and equity. We believe that unionizing is inherent to a fight for a more just world under dominant systems of white supremacy, capitalism, and cisheteropatriarchy, and we urge you to voluntarily recognize the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union as the representative of FMF’s eligible employees.

FMF employees are choosing to unionize because they value intersectionality, transparency, accountability, inclusivity, justice, equity, cooperation, and respect, and their endeavor to ensure a more democratic and equitable workplace is completely in line with feminist ideals. Unionizing is a necessary step to ensure that these ideals continue to guide our movement, as there can be no trust in a workplace in which self-proclaimed feminist employers actively work against their employees.

Movements change, and we are discouraged and frustrated by resistance from nonprofit leaders at women’s and reproductive rights organizations as we have repeatedly expressed what needs to change in our own movement. At a time when racial justice has become a prominent part of public consciousness, it is our duty to further emphasize our commitments to anti-racism within our own organizations. It is clear that FMF must take actionable steps towards these commitments, especially as it has recently received criticism as an organization that upholds and perpetuates white feminism and has actively harmed numerous employees of color.

Through unionizing, we hope that current and future FMF employees will have an outlet to address workplace issues and help FMF remain focused on the importance of providing an equitable work environment for all of its workers. As the future of this movement, we know that the ongoing terror in our country will not end overnight--no matter the outcome of this year’s election--and implore FMF not to sideline its internal issues by sending its workers to the Trump-appointed NLRB rather than voluntarily recognizing FM Union.

Sincerely,

36 Former Staff Members
51 Former FMLA/Campus Group Members
102 Former Interns
111 Workers at Allied Orgs
209 Community Supporters

Former FMF Interns
  1. Abigail Lawlor
  2. Abigail Ulman
  3. Aina Ramiaramanana
  4. Akarshna Premanand
  5. Alexis Miller
  6. Alicia McElhaney
  7. Alison Hagani
  8. Allison Johntry
  9. Aly Crain
  10. Alyssa Kriss
  11. Amanda Anzovino
  12. Amaya Hampton
  13. Amy DePoy
  14. Anh Nguyentran
  15. Arielle Hollies
  16. Armi Mosavian
  17. Beatrice Mount
  18. Beatriz Almeida
  19. Bri-Ann Hernandez
  20. Caitlin Berg
  21. Callie Wixon
  22. Carley Towne
  23. Caroline Clark
  24. Carolyn Wetzel
  25. Cecilia Ritacco
  26. Charlotte Brewer
  27. Cheyenne Mason
  28. Corinne Ahrens
  29. Elisar El-Gaouny
  30. Ellie Paris
  31. Emily Young
  32. Emma Adams
  33. Emma Raun
  34. Genavieve Smith
  35. Giselle Hengst
  36. Grace Duginski
  37. Grace Reinke
  38. Hannah Posencheg
  39. Hannah Wright
  40. Hope Lenamon
  41. India Military
  42. Isabella Gelfand
  43. Ishmael Bishop
  44. Janine Franklin
  45. Jess Myers
  46. Jesse Frye
  47. Joshua Valenzuela
  48. Joy Welan
  49. Katarina Watson
  50. Katherine Foley
  51. Katie Fleischer
  52. Kiley Kinnard
  53. Kristen Lee
  54. Kristie Hoang
  55. Kylie Marshall
  56. Lauren Young
  57. Lila Scher
  58. Lily Tarwater
  59. Louise Jeangirard
  60. Lyndsey Garrett
  61. Lynn Rosado
  62. Madison Hollon
  63. Marie Darroch
  64. Marissa Seko
  65. Marjorie Shriver
  66. Meg Schmitt
  67. Meghan Lee
  68. Mehrisa Shah
  69. Mia Dofflemyer
  70. Micaela Duran
  71. Michael Herrera
  72. Miranda Martin
  73. Mo Schweiger
  74. Mumbi Kanyogo
  75. Naiara Bezerra-Gastesi
  76. Nikki Cohen
  77. Noelle Hoffman
  78. Paige McKinsey
  79. Paige Sentino
  80. Rachel Dupree
  81. Raquel Chavez
  82. Rebecca Jacobi
  83. Rebecca Ruiz
  84. Rosalie Toupin
  85. Rosalind Jones
  86. Rose Houglet
  87. Sachi Shastri
  88. Salma Elakbawy
  89. Samantha Caracciolo
  90. Sarah Davidson
  91. Sarah Jedlowski
  92. Sarah Montgomery
  93. Sarah Moore
  94. Sarah Patnaude
  95. Serena Saunders
  96. Shelby Baumgartner
  97. Sydney McAuliffe
  98. Talia Cowen
  99. Victoria Wang
  100. Violet Rawlings
  101. Yarely Lopez
  102. Yasemin Zahra
Former FMF Staff
  1. Alyssa Seidorf
  2. Amanda Coolidge
  3. Ashley Clevenger
  4. Beth Rader
  5. Caeli Waldron
  6. Carmen Liñero-Lopez
  7. Carmen Rios
  8. Danielle Geong
  9. Danielle Smith
  10. Edwith Theogene
  11. Emily Kadar
  12. Emma Encinas
  13. Gabrielle Lanzetta
  14. Jacqui Logan
  15. Jessica Garofalo
  16. Kate Black
  17. Keely Davis
  18. Kelli Musick
  19. Killian McDonald
  20. Kitty Lindsay
  21. Kristen Harter
  22. Mari Vangen
  23. Mariapia Rueda
  24. Megan Connor
  25. Melissa Cornejo
  26. Michel Cicero
  27. Michele Sleighel
  28. Monique Alcala
  29. Monique Ayers
  30. Myra Durán
  31. Patrice Guillory
  32. Ponta Abadi
  33. Shelby McNabb
  34. Stephanie Hallett
  35. Tania Stewart
  36. Taylor Kuether
Members & Alumni of FMF-Affiliated Student Organizations
  1. Ali Vilches, Feminist Caucus at the University of Alabama
  2. Cassidy Ellis, Feminist Caucus at the University of Alabama
  3. Lindsay Macher, Feminist Caucus at the University of Alabama
  4. Marissa Alayna Navarro, Feminist Caucus at the University of Alabama
  5. Rachael Ledbetter, Feminist Caucus at the University of Alabama
  6. Ashley Little, Feminist Majority at the University of Arizona
  7. Daisy Vo, Feminist Majority at the University of Arizona
  8. Dr. Stacy Macías, Faculty Advisor, WGSSSA at CSU Long Beach
  9. Gabrielle Nicolosi, Feminists Unite at CSU San Marcos
  10. Valorie Battle Haddock, Feminists Unite at CSU San Marcos
  11. Eve Banas, Students for Reproductive Freedom at UC Davis
  12. Ariel Lankry, National Organization for Women at University of Central Florida
  13. Ashley Brink, FOCUS at Wichita State University
  14. Allysia James, Feminists In Action at Louisiana State University
  15. Caroline Dugan, Feminists In Action at Louisiana State University
  16. Gabriella Turner, Feminists In Action at Louisiana State University
  17. Goodwin Fortune, Feminists In Action at Louisiana State University
  18. Olivia Sanders, Feminists In Action at Louisiana State University
  19. Ante Zovko, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  20. Aubrie McFall, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  21. Daniel Lemoine, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  22. David Griffin, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  23. Hailey Stroderd, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  24. Madison Jones, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  25. Nicole New, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  26. Ryan Vedros, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  27. Savannah Barker, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  28. Stacy Cook, Feminists In Action at LA Tech
  29. Becki Fernandez, Feminist Student Alliance at UNC Wilmington
  30. Allie Lahey, FORCE at Bowling Green State University
  31. Gray Strain, FORCE at Bowling Green State University
  32. Mary Margaret Runser, FORCE at Bowling Green State University
  33. Abby Ramey, FMLA at Temple University (now disaffiliated)
  34. Fiona Cavanagh, FMLA at Temple University (now disaffiliated)
  35. Amanda Tatum, FMLA at the University of South Carolina
  36. Kate Jaffe, FMLA at the University of South Carolina
  37. Colleen Taylor, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  38. Cynthia Beavin, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  39. Kaylah Crepps, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  40. Lexi Dickson, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  41. Lyric Dickson, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  42. Megan Taylor, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  43. Mitchell Sewell, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  44. Olivia Harris, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  45. Susan Locke, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  46. Sarah Ingraham, Feminist Collective at the University of South Carolina
  47. Linh Tran, Students Acting for Gender Equity at Texas Christian University
  48. CJ Incorminias, Feminist Collective at James Madison University
  49. Patrick Burnett, Feminists United at University of Mary Washington
  50. Haziel Andrade, Feminist Majority at Virginia Commonwealth University
Leaders & Workers at Allied Organizations
  1. Carolyn Elerding, Ms. Magazine writer
  2. Carrie Coisman, #Fight4HER
  3. Lindsay Meiman, 350.org
  4. Tracey Lewis, 350.org
  5. Luis Marquez, ACLU
  6. Teegan Lee, ACLU of Northern California
  7. Amy Chin-Lai, Action Network
  8. Jeff Dugas, Action Squared
  9. Daniel Grossman, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)
  10. Mia Carmel, Anti Racist Bethesda Coalition
  11. Annie Norman, Arizona Democratic Party
  12. Anna Xin Guo, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
  13. Kristina Romines, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
  14. Beth Baltimore, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys
  15. Sophie Aroesty, Avodah
  16. Casey McCracken, Biden for President
  17. Emily Bickle, C40
  18. Jane Lehr, Cal Poly SLO Women’s, Gender & Queer Studies Department
  19. Shira Tarrant, CSULB Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department
  20. Dr. Pamela Redela, CSUSM Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department
  21. CAP Union
  22. Diana Boesch, Center for American Progress
  23. Nicole Rapfogel, Center for American Progress
  24. Hayley Brown, Center for Economic and Policy Research
  25. Riddhi Patel, Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment
  26. Susan Balding, Child Trends
  27. Alex Bush, CIR/SEIU
  28. Isabel Beebe, City & State
  29. Cesar Hernandez, Community Change
  30. Maya Simpkins, Community Change
  31. Hebah Kassem, Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
  32. Sam Jackson, DC 37
  33. Abbey Meller, Democratic Party of Georgia
  34. Eric Shansby, Economic Policy Institute
  35. Liz Hague, Equal Justice Works
  36. Ashley Williams, Every Texan
  37. Mia Ibarra, Every Texan
  38. Claire Brennan, Extinction Rebellion
  39. Karl Anderson, Food & Water Watch
  40. Heather Henriquez, Groundwork Collaborative
  41. Ella Schneiberg, Human Rights Campaign
  42. Gina Chirillo, IFES
  43. AJ Hedrich, Indivisible
  44. Andrew O’Neill, Indivisible
  45. Dennessa Atiles, Indivisible
  46. Juliana Garcia, Indivisible
  47. Whitney Roberts, Indivisible
  48. Alex Langley, Industrial Workers of the World
  49. Audrey Keith, Industrial Workers of the World
  50. Laura Birnbaum, J Street
  51. Benjamin Gellman, J Street
  52. Rosann Mariappuram, Jane’s Due Process
  53. Genevieve Parker, Jewfolk, Inc.
  54. Ariella Neckritz, Jewish Women International
  55. Chase Carter, Jews United for Justice
  56. Mo-Yain Tham, Jobs to Move America
  57. Patricia Todd, Jobs to Move America
  58. Alison Rice, JOIN For Justice
  59. Tomas Torres, Kaiser SEIU
  60. Leah Barteldes, Middle Seat Digital
  61. Jamelia Watson, Mothership Strategies
  62. Alyssa Miller, NARAL
  63. Delma Catalina Limones, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas
  64. Lindsay Buck, National Education Association
  65. Marian Pontz, National Education Association
  66. Candace Gibson, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
  67. Aimée Twagirumukiza, National LGBTQ Workers Center
  68. Hannah Thalenberg, National Network of Abortion Funds
  69. Chitra Panjabi, Former National Organization for Women
  70. Kristine Hizon, New American Leaders
  71. Michelle Munjanattu, New American Leaders
  72. Daniel Essrow, Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
  73. Darylle Sheehan, Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
  74. Katie Windham, Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
  75. Kayla Blado, Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
  76. Vick Baker, Nonprofit Professional Employees Union
  77. Elizabeth Avina, Planned Parenthood
  78. Lone Malefho, Planned Parenthood
  79. Aaron Wilder, PPFA
  80. Kiley Fisher, PPFA/PPACT
  81. Scout Gregerson, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
  82. Neha Mathew-Shah, Progressive Workers Union
  83. Nancy Anderson, PSI
  84. ReproJobs
  85. Elyssa Feder, Rising Organizers
  86. Danny Keane, SEIU 221
  87. Elena Gormley, Social Service Workers United Chicago
  88. Kate Martucci, Southeastern PA Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO
  89. Felix Colson, Sunrise Movement - Kern County
  90. Lexy Garcia, Texas Rising
  91. Anushka Sarkar, The Hub Project
  92. Alexandra Jablonski, The Young Turks
  93. Jonny Greenwald, The Young Turks
  94. Mari Austin, TX Menstrual Coalition
  95. Tarah Reppert, UFCW
  96. Gabrielle Villar, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  97. Isabelle Beauregard, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  98. Jessy Rosales, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  99. Kavleen Singh, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  100. Kenyetta Whitfield, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  101. Sonja Goetsch-Avila, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  102. Yaneth Flores, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
  103. Renee Bracey Sherman, We Testify
  104. Bailey Hosfelt, Women Deliver
  105. Uma Mishra-Newbery, Women’s March Global
  106. Kimberly Capehart, Worker Rights Consortium
  107. Jeffery Hermanson, Workers United - SEIU
  108. Ezra Scherrer, YDSA
  109. Jacob Christ, YDSA
  110. JC Courtad, YDSA
  111. Melissa Gruver, Younger Women’s Task Force of Greater Lafayette
Community Supporters
  1. Abbie Sage
  2. Adrian Edmonds
  3. Alan Kearney
  4. Alex Hilst
  5. Alexia Barba
  6. Alicia Cherem
  7. Allison Sebastiani
  8. Allyson LaRose
  9. Amanda Beavin
  10. Amara Aja
  11. Amber Sheffield
  12. Andrea Schepers
  13. Andrew Cox
  14. Anna Sanchez
  15. Anne Creighton
  16. Anne Elder
  17. Anthony Chiu
  18. Anya Kushwaha
  19. Arshauna Candler
  20. Arthur Aguirre
  21. Ashirah Simpson
  22. Ashley Tjhung
  23. Averi-Alexya Beck
  24. Bobby Woodruff
  25. Boochie Post
  26. Brenna Stroup
  27. Brett Banditelli
  28. Brianna Borrelli
  29. Bridget Beavin
  30. Bridget Bohannon
  31. Caitlin Gullickson
  32. Caitlin Lee
  33. Caitlin O’Connor
  34. Caitlin Painter
  35. Calvin Quick
  36. Camille Bangug
  37. Carrie Appel
  38. Carrie Hsieh
  39. Charlotte Ringle
  40. Cherrie Bucknor
  41. Claire Fritz
  42. Claire Kelloway
  43. Claire Mraz
  44. Claudia Romeo
  45. Cleo Miki
  46. Cole Papadopoulos
  47. Connor Morgan
  48. Corinne Wilson
  49. Dakota Hebert
  50. Dakota Oliver
  51. Danielle Mulligan
  52. Daphne Assimakopoulos
  53. David Levy
  54. David Vidal Bankier
  55. Deanna Geraghty
  56. Diana Alonzo Watkins
  57. Donovan Felton
  58. Elaine Weiss
  59. Elizabeth Olson
  60. Emilia Steigert
  61. Emily Elliott
  62. Erin Buthman
  63. Francesca Sanchez
  64. Gabrielle Dannehl
  65. Gerardo Samaniego
  66. Gina Salerno
  67. Gregory Wilson
  68. Hailey Weinberg
  69. Hannah Finnie
  70. Hannah Stein
  71. Hannah Wild
  72. Hayley Farless
  73. Henry Randall
  74. Hiba Seager
  75. Itzell Beltran
  76. Jack Dobkin
  77. Jackie Zamora
  78. Jacquelyn Filson
  79. Jaelyn Milburn
  80. Jaida Gilder
  81. Jake Ghanaim
  82. James Dean
  83. Janaye Bullock
  84. Jaqueline Espinosa
  85. Jenna Balderson
  86. Jer Gordon
  87. Jessica Clinton
  88. Jessica Irwin
  89. Jill Myers
  90. Joe Sheffield
  91. John Abbe
  92. Johnathon Sheffield
  93. Jonathan T. Wright
  94. Jordan Swartz
  95. Jordon Ronan
  96. Josh Greenberg
  97. Joshua Davidson
  98. Judith Behr
  99. Julia Monczunski
  100. Julie Libman
  101. Kaitlyn Fu
  102. Kaitlyn Rhodes
  103. Kalee Hall
  104. Katherine Barrows
  105. Katherine Dill
  106. Katie Breslin
  107. Katie McKenzie
  108. Keely Weiss
  109. Kelley Huber
  110. Kennedy Powell
  111. Kiely Duffy
  112. Kimberly Olmos
  113. Kira Greenberg
  114. Kourtney Burney
  115. Kyle Pineda
  116. LaDorria Cole
  117. Laura Monczunski
  118. Lauren Brown
  119. Lucy Hernandez
  120. Luke Warren
  121. Luna Ly
  122. Maclane Hull
  123. Maddie Ha
  124. Maria Going
  125. Marilyn Hightower
  126. Marilu Sherer
  127. Marissa Espinoza
  128. Mark Pontz
  129. Mary Wilson-DeSante
  130. Mason Doyle
  131. Megan Waldo
  132. Melissa Gira Grant
  133. Melissa Schrey
  134. Michael Lemmons
  135. Michael Randall
  136. Michael Sanchez
  137. Mikayla Galindo
  138. Miryiah Morrow
  139. Murielle Sokhon
  140. Nabil Brek
  141. Naomi R Williams
  142. Natahzja Sewell
  143. Natania Lipp
  144. Nathaniel Grann
  145. Nelson Schicke
  146. Nichole Stark
  147. Nicole Ghio
  148. Nicole Johnson
  149. Nikki Lanshaw
  150. Nnenna Amuchie
  151. Odindo Opole
  152. Omar Sims
  153. Omer Arain
  154. Paul Sindberg
  155. Paulina Laroya
  156. Pernile Boving
  157. Peter Atwill
  158. Phoebe Post
  159. Pierce McCaffrey
  160. Quinlan Gaillard
  161. Rachel Coe
  162. Rachel Colonomos
  163. Rachel Oberly
  164. Rachel Sandalow-Ash
  165. Rachel Szachara
  166. Raul Gardea
  167. Remi Klein
  168. Rishi Ravichandran
  169. Roberta Beebe
  170. Ruby Espinosa
  171. Ruth Thuestad
  172. Ryan Wallace
  173. Sairam Radhakrishnan
  174. Sam Behr
  175. Samantha Chavin
  176. Sammie Cabrera
  177. Sara Randall
  178. Sarah Dirks
  179. Sarah Wylie
  180. Sarah Zimmerman
  181. Sean Brewer
  182. Shamira Coleman
  183. Shannon Martin
  184. Shawn Olson
  185. Sheila Myers
  186. Silvester Luevano
  187. Sjuzanna Hacatrjana
  188. Sophie Barnes
  189. Sophie Cowen
  190. Sri Saikrishna
  191. Stefanie Galdamez
  192. Stephan Lefebvre
  193. Stephanie Glavocich
  194. Susan Stone
  195. Tatianna Henry
  196. Therese Quinn
  197. Tia Coleman
  198. Tiara Rashid
  199. Tony Feghali
  200. Tracy Mays
  201. Udit Thakur
  202. Umme Hoque
  203. Vanessa Munder
  204. Vickie Belcher
  205. Victoria Penn
  206. Yanet Limon-Amado
  207. Yihan Cao
  208. Ysie Garcia
  209. Zeru Peterson
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