Their movement is picking up steam, despite the obstacles in Congress and in many states to passing any legislation helping workers. The organizers, most linked to either Family Values @ Work or the National Partnership for Women and Families, came from 23 states and the District of Columbia.
A broken slingshot The National Law Journal In an amicus brief I co-authored for the US Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the National Partnership for Women & Families and the California Women Lawyers in the Dukes case, we detailed the historic role …
Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, called the Connecticut law a “historic first step that has provided a shot in the …
“You can’t manage care without data,” Ness said at the summit. She added that she believes there will be no massive patient opt out.
“This raises the bar for everyone who wants to be treated fairly at work,” said Portia Wu, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “They are looking at creating a potential large corporation exemption to our civil rights laws.”
Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families called the decision a “deep and painful disappointment to all of us who care about ending employment …
Huffington Post The National Partnership for Women & Families reports that, among full-time workers in the population as a whole, women still earn only 77 cents …
… The White House (blog) First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 40th anniversary of the National Partnership for Women & Families at the …
Though appearing at an event for a pro-choice organization – especially one at which the director, Debra Ness, decried “the vicious attack on women’s health care” – …
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“This is a symbol of progress for the movement and the fact that Connecticut is taking the lead really does provide a model and hope for the country,” said Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the Washington, D.C.-based National Partnership for Women and Families.
Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families in Washington, D.C., said the “most exciting and prominent action” on behalf of paid sick leave is at the municipal level, with San Francisco and Washington, D.C., requiring the benefit.
… to which consumers, policy makers and other stakeholders can refer as we develop new policies,” said Christine Bechtel, Vice President of the National Partnership for …
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
A week or so later, new figures released by the National Partnership for Women & Families show the gender wage gap is as big as ever. Full-time working women in Florida are paid $7013 less …
Denver Post By Colleen O’Connor Women working full-time in Colorado are paid $9925 less per year than their male counterparts, according to new research released today by …
“Women and men everywhere should call their Congress representatives and urge them to support this bill,” Judy Lichtman, a senior adviser at the National Partnership for Women and Families, told me on the phone. “That would be the most powerful way to celebrate Equal Pay Day.”
The National Partnership for Women & Families just released a study that said the average pay gap for women in Connecticut is $15487 a year. If things were equal, says the …
If the plaintiffs win and are allowed to proceed with the largest class-action lawsuit ever, potentially worth billions of dollars, “it would be an extremely significant victory,” said Sarah Crawford, director of workplace fairness for the National Partnership for Women and Families.
“When women do better, families do better. Yet every day, women across the country are forced to choose between their family’s health and their paychecks because their jobs don’t allow them to earn paid sick days,” said Debra Ness, president of National Partnership for Women & Families.
