After Years of Progress, Black Women’s Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025
Recent growth in Black women’s unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump administration.
Working Survivors Need Paid Safe Leave
FACT SHEET | On the need for the country’s workplace policies to provide domestic and sexual violence survivors the support and job protection they need to recover – through a paid sick and safe days standard.
NEWS: Tens of thousands of new mothers have been flagged to police over unreliable drug tests
In at least 70,000 cases in 21 states, parents were referred to law enforcement agencies over allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to six years of state and federal data obtained and published for the first time by the Marshall Project.
Letter to EEOC Chair Lucas Feb. 10, 2026
LETTER | Expressing concern about EEOC Chair Lucas’s recent statements in a February 6, 2026 interview that suggested that a transgender person’s use of facilities consistent with their gender identity may constitute unlawful harassment and encouraged cisgender women to file harassment charges if they encounter transgender women in these spaces at work.
Weak job market leaves Black women behind | Jobs Day February 2026
To mark Black History Month, we’re taking a look at how Black women are faring in the economy – and the situation is not good. The first year of the Trump administration undercut protections for workers, with particular impacts for Black women workers.
Paid Leave at a Crossroads: Business Leadership, Caregiving, and the Power of Story
Every day, working people across the country wake up already making tradeoffs. They plan their commutes around childcare drop-offs, take calls from doctors’ offices during lunch breaks, and quietly calculate how many sick days they have left if something goes wrong. For millions of caregivers, work and care are not separate parts of life – they are deeply intertwined, often in ways that leave little margin for error.
NEWS: Bills advancing that crack down on abortion pills
According to an estimate by the Guttmacher Institute, nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states.
Disrespected and Ignored: Black Pregnant Women Demand Congressional Action
Black women face a maternal mortality rate 3.5 times higher than their white counterparts and are twice as likely as white mothers to experience severe maternal morbidity. While we see these stories unfold time and time again, this crisis is preventable.
NPWF Relaunches AdvancingPaidLeave.org To Highlight the Business Case for Supporting Paid Leave
The National Partnership for Women & Families debuted a refresh of AdvancingPaidLeave.org, one of the only websites designed for businesses that want to support working families – and improve work-life balance for employees who are caregivers or have long-term medical needs – through offering paid family and medical leave.
New Analysis: Paid Leave Policies in 14 States Are a Win for Businesses, Families and the Economy
As the nation prepares to mark the anniversary (Feb. 5) of the FMLA, the only federal law guaranteeing workers time off, a new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families shows that state paid leave policies are a triple win for the economy, businesses and families.
