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In contrast to many sociological analyses that focus exclusively on capitalist exploitation and on domination, portraying female employees as powerless and resigned, the present article aims to examine the conditions that facilitate the emancipation work of female salaried workers, at the intersection of class, gender, and race relations. First, it highlights the importance for feminism of acknowledging the existence of spaces of freedom within work and trade union contexts. Then, through several case studies of women’s struggles, it discusses three dimensions of women’s emancipation work: collective self-naming, emancipatory praxis, and a sisterhood of class and race.