Marilyn Watkins

A woman’s work is never done: A new economic agenda

Women’s work is central to our economy. Most households couldn’t make ends meet without women’s income. Yet, women make less than men across every occupation. Because employers find ways to pay women less, families struggle to pay their bills, and can’t save for education or retirement. To reach the same income the typical white manContinue reading “A woman’s work is never done: A new economic agenda”

Will the Tacoma City Council pass the weakest paid sick days law in the nation?

No one should be forced to go to work sick. No one should be forced to stay at work when they have a sick child waiting miserably at school. Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland unveiled a paid sick and safe leave proposal to City Council last Tuesday. She pushed back against dissenters on the Council whoContinue reading “Will the Tacoma City Council pass the weakest paid sick days law in the nation?”

The day after Mother’s Day: An overdue economic gift for moms

Most kids today grow up with their mom in the workforce. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, two-thirds of new mothers now return to paid work within a year after giving birth, usually in the first few months. Back in the 1960s, fewer than one in five new mothers held a paying job. In thoseContinue reading “The day after Mother’s Day: An overdue economic gift for moms”