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Living on a prayer? Latinas need jobs and the ability to live with dignity

September 15, 2011
Economic security has been a major concern for everyone, but perhaps especially so for Latinas. Studies indicate that Latinas had an 11.4% unemployment rate in August 2011, compared to about 9% overall. And when they work, Latinas earn, on average, less than sixty cents for every dollar earned by a...
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Anjela Jenkins
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Rebounding from a “Mancession,” Remembering the Ladies

September 15, 2011
President Obama recently laid out his new “American Jobs Act” before Congress in the hope of revitalizing our economy, putting the willing to work and finally ending one of the Nation’s longest and worst recessions. With unemployment at a startling high--and making only marginal, if any,...
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Bettina Hager
Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

Hooray! (Now Let's Do It Again)

September 14, 2011
Even though things are gridlocked in D.C. right now, we're still having victories across the country! For example, the Seattle City Council overwhelmingly passed paid sick days just this week– and MomsRising members are widely credited with helping to bring this about with their emails, calls,...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals MomsVote

A Woman’s Work on Economic Equality is Never Done

August 25, 2011
A divorced janitor, a 27-year employee and the mother of a seventeen-year old son with the mental capacity of an 18-month old, fails to report for mandatory overtime one Saturday when her son’s caregiver could not work because of a sick child. She calls twice and leaves a message for her manager...
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Kristin Maschka
Family Economic Security

URGENT: Help stop the madness!

July 27, 2011
The current default crisis reminds me of a never-ending game of Chutes and Ladders. Just when you are full of glee thinking that you're making progress, you fall precipitously down a chute to square one. It's national torture. And unfortunately, it's not a game. A default would have devastating...
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Donna Norton
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Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Housing Discrimination Against Mothers is Illegal and Unacceptable: Know Your Rights!

June 7, 2011
“I can't even count the number of times [when trying to rent an apartment] that I was hung up on as soon as I mentioned we had a toddler." Christina, New York “My husband and I were denied a home loan last year due to my being on maternity leave. It was a tremendously frustrating experience, as I...
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Mary Olivella
Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

The Hot Mommas Project Financial Literacy Teaching Tools

May 11, 2011
Cross-Posted from The Hot Mommas Project Blog A few weeks ago I spoke on a panel at the Feminist Majority’s Women, Power & Money Summit held in partnership with the YWCA. My job was to represent the "business side" of things. Aside from selling Amway when I was 11, or picking Baby Bell stocks...
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Kathy Korman Frey
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

Tax Day Question: Can I Make Enough to Pay for Childcare?

April 18, 2011
When our daughter was born, my husband had just started his second year at a law firm and I had just been laid off from a part-time job. We sat down together to decide whether I should look for a new job or not. The question we asked ourselves was, “Could I make enough to pay for childcare?” If not...
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Kristin Maschka
Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

A Woman's Work on Pay Equity is Never Done

April 12, 2011
Photo by Ian Bratton at Freefoto.com A divorced janitor, a 27-year employee and the mother of a seventeen-year old son with the mental capacity of an 18-month old, fails to report for mandatory overtime one Saturday when her son’s caregiver could not work because of a sick child. She calls twice...
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Kristin Maschka
Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

It's more than just the horribly sexist comments

April 11, 2011
“Women will never make as much money as men…God made Adam first, and so women would always be second to men.” "If you would wear lower cut shirts...., you would probably get more pay.” [1] These are just two of many, many horribly sexist comments that Wal-Mart managers said to female employees...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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