Is 2018 the Year of the Woman 2.0? Women are speaking out against harassment and entering politics at unprecedented levels—but while women have made progress on important fronts, many barriers to equality remain, and most of them are economic.
Tag: Worker’s Rights
Pregnant Workers Deserve Better Than Impossible and Unfair Choices
Federal law allows employers in the U.S. to deny pregnant workers basic accommodations—and effectively force them to choose between their jobs and their pregnancies.
Life and Death on the Warehouse Floor
#TimesUp, Verizon—and #TimesUp, XPO.
Women Report Sexual Harassment More than Men, Even in Male-Dominated Workplaces
New data shows that women not only report sexual harassment at a higher rate than men, but also report sexual harassment at a higher rate than men—even in male-dominated spaces.
Pregnant Workers are Suing Walmart for Discrimination
Pregnant women who work at Walmart allege that they have been unlawfully punished for health-related absences—and face the threat of losing their jobs for seeking out proper medical care.
Seeing Red
Crumbling classrooms, 25-year-old textbooks and insulting pay? Teachers are not going to take it anymore. With their #REDforED rallies and walkouts, our nation’s predominantly female educators are reminding us of the lesson we learned in kindergarten: Listen to the teachers.
It’s Their Turn: Low-Wage Workers Launched a Coalition to Fight Sexual Harassment
First came #MeToo. Then, #TimesUp. Now, another rallying cry has emerged in the fight against sexual harassment: Our Turn.
What is the Future of Work for Women? Three Key Insights from the United State of Women Summit
Laphonza Butler, Ai-jen Poo and Aquilina Soriano discussed how to improve the workplace work for women in light of the #MeToo movement and the emerging gig economy at the 2018 United State of Women Summit. These are their three major takeaways.
#TimesUp for the Nonprofit Gender Gap
From limited leadership roles to unequal pay to sexual harassment, the nonprofit community is coming to terms with its own #MeToo moment.
Childcare Workers are Striking for Economic and Gender Justice in Australia
Late last week, hundreds of childcare centers across Australia shut their doors in order for their workers, historically underpaid and widely under-appreciated, to walk off the job as part of a national strike for higher wages.