Workforce Equity Lab

10/18/2026

10/18/2026

Yeh, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead

In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed

We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about

And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?

All of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can

10/17/2026

When people copy, steal , take credit for your work , they copy, steal the wrong stuff because they don’t know why it works to begin with.

And when it breaks they don’t know how to fix it because they didn’t build it in the first place.

So don’t sweat it, copycats will always be behind.

10/17/2026

Big news—we’re celebrating! 🎉

Workforce Equity Lab has been awarded an LA 2050 Challenge grant! This support will help us expand our impact and keep building a more equitable future for women workers in union construction across Los Angeles.

We’re deeply grateful to the Goldhirsh Foundation and to everyone in our community who has supported this work and helped make this milestone possible. You’re an essential part of this journey.

We can’t wait to share what’s next as we bring new initiatives to life. Thank you for believing in this work and in the women building our future! 💙

Founder Alexandra Galancid Torres

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