As we pause to commemorate Equal Pay Day – the day well into the year when the earnings of women working full time catch up with men’s earnings from the previous year – many people are asking why women earn so much less than men. The answer? Because women’s employers pay them so much lessContinue reading “Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care”
Category Archives: Healthy Families Act
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene Co-Sponsors the Healthy Families Act
Flu season peaks this month. Public health officials tell us to stay home at the first sign of fever but millions of American workers can’t afford to take off work and far too many fear that staying home with the flu will cost them their job. We all need paid sick days. The Healthy FamiliesContinue reading “Congresswoman Suzan DelBene Co-Sponsors the Healthy Families Act”
Without facts, NFIB resorts to magic for their case against paid sick days
Paid sick days are good for our economy, according to numerous studies by seasoned economists. That’s why Americans in cities and states across the country from all parts of the political spectrum support this policy. The same policy is under fierce attack by big corporate lobbyists, whose job it is to protect the top 1%Continue reading “Without facts, NFIB resorts to magic for their case against paid sick days”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 