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Mommy's On Strike?

March 30, 2011
What if we just stopped having babies? You know, like an ANTI-labor labor movement. This may sound like a silly, made up argument, but right now, women in their childbearing years are "on strike" in something like than 90 countries in Europe and Asia and it's creating serious problems.
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Katrina Alcorn
Childcare & Early Education

The Mother/Scholar and On-Campus Child Care

March 30, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org A young mother wrote me some time ago asking if there were any Mothers’ Centers on college campuses. She wanted to connect with students who were also raising children, facing coursework and...
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Valerie Young
Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

Dukes v. Wal-Mart and the Importance of Class Action Lawsuits in Addressing Systemic Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

March 29, 2011
Written with Ariane Hegewisch , Study Director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday to decide whether the lower courts rightly certified the women at Wal-Mart as a class. Wal-Mart’s own salary data shows that on average women earn $1,100 per...
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Clark Jennifer
Childcare & Early Education Food!

The Right Priorities For Our Working Families

March 29, 2011
The 2010 election was a mandate for one thing: creating jobs and strengthening our economy for the long term. I heard that message loud and clear from New York families in every corner of our state, and I am working with my colleagues in Congress on solutions that will help create good-paying jobs...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Open Flexible Work

Wal-Mart: Got Class? The Action is Tomorrow

March 28, 2011
Only a cynic would find irony in the Wal-Mart Foundation's $2 million donation to Dress for Success. I'm a cynic, and after you read this, you will be, too. I love Dress for Success . I love the idea of outfitting women returning to the workforce with flattering, confidence-building interview and...
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Joanne Cleaver
Childcare & Early Education

Hope for Innovation in Education│TEDxNYED

March 28, 2011
There is hope for education innovation in the U.S. Earlier this month I had the great honor of joining several hundred people committed to innovation in education in various forms, for the TEDxNYED conference. The speaker roster , folks behin d the scenes and participants I met (like Nathan Dudley...
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Homa Tavangar
Paid Family Leave

The Icing or the Cake?

March 28, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Opponents of paid family leave object to its expense and its tedious implementation. They may grudgingly agree that yeah, it would be nice, but insist we just can't afford it. This argument...
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Valerie Young
Open Flexible Work

Let's Talk Economy with Ellen Moran

March 27, 2011
I am pleased to announce that I will be hosting another live chat at my blog, MotherTalkers , THIS WEDNESDAY, March 30, at 9 a.m. PT/ 12 p.m. ET. This time, we are speaking with Ellen Moran, chief of staff to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Prior to being appointed to the position on April 23,...
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Elisa Batista
Health Care

I Wish ACA Had Been Law When I Was a Student

March 24, 2011
Now that I am the mother of two children, sons aged 2 ½ and 11 months, I am grateful for a law like the Affordable Care Act. When I was 21, I “aged out” of my parents’ insurance because I was no longer in school full-time. My first job after graduating from college provided me with insurance but...
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Bernadette Segura
Health Care

Para el primer aniversario de la Reforma de Salud, debemos de recordar nuestros valores cristianos

March 24, 2011
Han pasado 12 meses desde que la Reforma de Salud fue firmada por el Presidente Obama. A millones de personas nos beneficiamos. Los estudiantes pueden recibir cuidados médicos bajo el seguro de sus padres. Personas con enfermedades crónicas que anteriormente se les negaba cobertura ahora pueden...
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Luz Villafana

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