Realistic & Fair Wages

August 6, 2010

I confess – I’m kind of addicted to the show Mad Men. Every Sunday night I happily go back in time several decades and revel in that 1960’s Madison Avenue atmosphere – The dialogue! The fashion! One of the things I enjoy most is seeing how far we’ve come – but sadly, there's one 1960’s throwback...

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Ruth Martin

Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

June 18, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO – Over Memorial Day weekend, I participated in a blog carnival here at MomsRising on Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law and the fallout of immigration policies that break up families. In one of the stories’ threads, I engaged in a conversation with a woman named "Carla," who...

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Elisa Batista

Realistic & Fair Wages

June 11, 2010

Personally, I fancy a skirt on warm June days (though we're far from that these days, in Seattle). But where would moms be without that one pair of perfect jeans? You know what I'm talking about. The jeans you wear at least three days a week? The "from playground to casual dinner" jeans? Wearing...

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Amie Newman

Realistic & Fair Wages

April 20, 2010

Ten years ago I gave birth to two babies: one girl, one boy. Their birthday is today, Equal Pay Day. Right now they are neck-in-neck with their weekly allowance, but if they were fifteen years older, my daughter's college degree, MBA, technological training, organizing and management experience,...

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Nanette Fondas

Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

April 20, 2010

I'm frustrated by Equal Pay Day. Yes, I think it's important to point out that the wage gap between men and women still exists, and that a significant chunk of it is unexplained - likely sex discrimination. Yes, I think using a day in April to symbolize how far into 2010 a woman has to work to...

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Kristin Maschka

Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

April 5, 2010

Re-posted from Working Mother Magazine's Blog (see link at bottom) National Pay Equity Day will be held on April 20, 2010. While paid sick days are important for all workers, this benefit is even more important to working women and working mothers who typically are the main caregivers of their...

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Michelle Noehren

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work

February 18, 2010

Why are other countries recognizing the need for a paid stay-at home option, yet we are not? When will we dictate policy to protect our future generations? Our country's leaders seem to be primarily concerned with the here and now, instead of maintaining a balance that satisfies the present and the...

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Janna Waldher

Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

February 7, 2010

Most parents are overwhelmed when first entering into parenthood. This can cause emotional frustration and financial worry. To relieve this emotional burden, all parents should receive paid maternity and paternity leave for the first two years of their children’s lives . By providing this...

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Janna Waldher

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

September 28, 2009

On NPR this week, I was asked if there’s any good in the new statistics showing that women now outnumber men in the work force. Maybe. If it lets us embrace women as breadwinners, I said, that would be healthy. Even healthier: If men do their part at home and free women to keep the kinds of jobs...

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Sharon Meers

Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

May 12, 2009

What's $1.00 minus .78 cents? It's the difference between your salary and the salary of your male counterparts. If you're a woman of color, you can subtract at least an additional 10 cents, and for single mothers you can take away even more . That's right: Just sixty cents to a man's dollar. Seem...

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Dionna Humphrey