Employment Archives – Page 4 of 57

Lifelong Wage Gaps Shrink Women’s Social Security Checks

By Sharon Johnson ● Employment ● May 27, 2015

Trends in female employment all add up to a “perfect storm” for women’s retirement, says a labor economist. Those trends also raise women’s stakes in any election-year discussion of adding or subtracting from Social Security.

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In Mexico, Domestic Workers’ Story Is Rags to Rags

By Rosi Andrade & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● May 7, 2015

Unlike in real life, telenovelas are promoting a prominent role for the female domestic worker in the predominantly middle class and wealthy families that employ her, a Cinderella story of sorts. But that is just a fairy tale.

Guatemalan Domestic Workers Reveal a Dirty Business

By Louisa Reynolds & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● May 4, 2015

“It’s been hard,” says a domestic worker who is struggling to organize and bring the country in line with the region. “The women are afraid and they have been told that if you’re a labor organizer you’re going to get killed.”

Loretta Lynch is Like a Tradeswoman: Still Rare

By Katie Onachila Spiker & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● April 30, 2015

Construction work might seem worlds away from a U.S. cabinet perch, but both represent fields where women are creating new opportunities for others to follow. While the shift is too slow, we can speed things up. Here’s how.

NYC Speaker: State Paid Leave Easy to Implement

By Hajer Naili ● Employment ● April 21, 2015

Melissa Mark-Viverito leads a progressive City Council and personally exemplifies the city’s ethnic leadership. At the same time she notes a sharp decline in female representation on the council. “This obviously represents a problem,” she says in this Q & A interview.

Teens Explore Gender Wage Gap Solutions

By Rose Shannon, Helen Malhotra & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● April 14, 2015

On Equal Pay Day, a Teen Voices videographer in Washington, D.C., finds out what her classmates think of the gap and their suggestions to fix the problem.

Top Teachers Required for All Our Small Children

By Joanna Englehardt, Jennifer Keys Adair, Ph.D. & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● April 8, 2015

Lower-income child care centers have caregivers who in addition to caring for the children are also required to be the janitors. As elite pre-K programs know, that’s inappropriate for students who are building neurological connections at a rate of 700 to 1,000 every second.