Women’s History Month Profiles: Martina Taite

For Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women’s history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today’s profile is Martina Taite of the Boilermakers (IBB).

Martina Taite is the first African American and first woman to be elected as president of the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council, and she is president of IBB Local 693, which represents 1,700 boilermakers at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She is a shrewd negotiator and keen advocate for shipyard workers, her local lodge and her union sisters across the labor movement. Taite commands a room when she stands up for working people.