While women in other states can celebrate recent strides toward equality, here in Washington our state Legislature marked Women’s History Month by closing down its 2016 regular session on March 10 with bills attacking gender inequity…dead in their tracks. Progress was within reach – even given the partisan divide between the House (Democrat) and Senate (Republican).Continue reading “Washington legislators commemorate Women’s History Month…with dead gender equity bills”
Author Archives: Marilyn Watkins
Arrival of paid maternity leave is long overdue in Washington state
It seems someone’s walking by pushing a baby carriage pretty much every time I look out the window of my Beacon Hill home. From my front porch, I can see three houses with infants. The neighborhood parents have bonded, not just over sleep schedules and teething, but also commiserating over how both moms and dadsContinue reading “Arrival of paid maternity leave is long overdue in Washington state”
Spokane City Council holds firm on commitment to paid sick days
Spokane’s City Council held firm on their commitment to assuring that people working in the city will be able to earn paid sick and safe leave starting next January. Mayor Condon vetoed the law that passed January 11 with a 6 to 1 vote, saying he hoped the Council would reconsider. But the Council actedContinue reading “Spokane City Council holds firm on commitment to paid sick days”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 