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Deirdre Gallagher ( Deirdre Ann Gallagher) 
Deirdre Gallagher ( Deirdre Ann Gallagher)
Ontario, Canada
Deirdre Gallagher (1946-2022)was a passionate feminist and workers rights advocate. In the mid 70s Deirdre became active in creating Organized Working Women, and, as Debbie Fields recalls, became the first OWW Executive Secretary in 1977. “Deirdre believed that women needed to be self organized if we were going to be heard and played a pivotal role in building women’s committees inside of unions. Deirdre and I were part of the group that organized the first International Women’s Day March in T
JOINED: over a year ago
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LAST 12 MONTHS: 0
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
In the late 90s Deirdre became the Director of Collective Bargaining and immediately set to work to make positive changes. Theresa Johnson recalls, “Around this time, PSAC was increasingly aware of the lack of equity representation in its staff ranks. This included the Collective Bargaining Branch with an exclusively male cohort of negotiators. Deirdre’s view was that this had to change. https://workershistorymuseum.ca/deirdre-gallagher/
ACCOUNT: : In Memoriam :
Ontario, Canada
Deirdre Gallagher (1946-2022)was a passionate feminist and workers rights advocate. In the mid 70s Deirdre became active in creating Organized Working Women, and, as Debbie Fields recalls, became the first OWW Executive Secretary in 1977. “Deirdre believed that women needed to be self organized if we were going to be heard and played a pivotal role in building women’s committees inside of unions. Deirdre and I were part of the group that organized the first International Women’s Day March in T
JOINED: over a year ago
HONORS:
2
LAST 12 MONTHS: 0
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
In the late 90s Deirdre became the Director of Collective Bargaining and immediately set to work to make positive changes. Theresa Johnson recalls, “Around this time, PSAC was increasingly aware of the lack of equity representation in its staff ranks. This included the Collective Bargaining Branch with an exclusively male cohort of negotiators. Deirdre’s view was that this had to change. https://workershistorymuseum.ca/deirdre-gallagher/
ACCOUNT: : In Memoriam :
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