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‘An Unfair, Undemocratic, Underhanded Attempt to Take Away the Paid Sick Days Workers Have Won and Need,’ Women’s Leader Says, Blasting Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill

“The bill the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is focused on today would make our country less family friendly and less healthy by letting businesses exempt themselves from state and local paid sick...

House Hearing Underscored Harm that Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill Would Cause to Women, Workers, Families Across Country

“The bill the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions considered this morning, H.R. 4219, offers no benefits to any workers. As the hearing made clear, this bill would jeopardize badly needed, highly popular...

Enormous Progress, Shocking Disparities on Paid Sick Days; New Data Underscore Need for Congress to Pass Healthy Families Act and Reject False Alternatives

“It is welcome, wonderful news that a record number of people in this country now have access to paid sick days, according to data released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Seventy-one percent of private sector workers now have this essential...

NEWS: These state supreme courts are weighing abortion bans

These State Supreme Courts Are Weighing Abortion Bans The Washington Post, June 5, 2023 In January, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down restrictions on abortion early in pregnancy, finding the law violated the right to privacy in the state constitution. But...

The Equal Pay Act was a first step in closing the wage gap – and helping women get infrastructure jobs is the new secret weapon

In 1967, four years after the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed, women workers overall were paid 39 cents for every dollar paid to a man. The EPA, in conjunction with other policy and cultural shifts, has shrunk the wage gap by more than 2.5 times since then, making...

May’s mixed signals for the job market | #JobsDay June 2023

May's Job's Report revealed some mixed signals for the economy. While overall job growth was relatively strong, unemployment ticked up, driven largely by increases in unemployment for Black workers. Black women's unemployment rate jumped to 5.3 percent in May after...

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‘An Unfair, Undemocratic, Underhanded Attempt to Take Away the Paid Sick Days Workers Have Won and Need,’ Women’s Leader Says, Blasting Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill

House Hearing Underscored Harm that Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill Would Cause to Women, Workers, Families Across Country

Enormous Progress, Shocking Disparities on Paid Sick Days; New Data Underscore Need for Congress to Pass Healthy Families Act and Reject False Alternatives

NEWS: These state supreme courts are weighing abortion bans

The Equal Pay Act was a first step in closing the wage gap – and helping women get infrastructure jobs is the new secret weapon

May’s mixed signals for the job market | #JobsDay June 2023

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