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‘Part Time’ Cleaner Survives by Constant Work

By Womens Enews Staff ● Commentary ● May 13, 2012

Rosalina Miranda works at all hours of the day as a cleaner of warehouses and offices in New Jersey. After 15 years she’s unhappy about never getting a raise. Her best hope could be lawmakers now debating a proposed hike in the state’s minimum wage.

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Atlantic Runs Screed Against Working Families

By Caryl Rivers ● Commentary ● April 26, 2012

Do working parents need to be pitted against non-parental coworkers? Should they be configured into boy vs. girl teams? That’s the pernicious effect of this false diatribe against child care and family leave.

Illinois Sick Day Bill to Require 7 Paid Days

By Melissa Josephs ● Employment ● April 5, 2012

States should guarantee paid time off for sickness. Too many workers–mostly women–are prepping food and providing healthcare when they should be home with the flu. Second of four in a series by Women Employed’s Melissa Josephs.

Success Today Built on Pill, Feminism, New Economy

By Kay S. Hymowitz ● Arts & Culture ● April 1, 2012

In this excerpt from “Manning Up,” Kay S. Hymowitz gives background on modern belief that work can be enriching in, “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Businesswomen.” In the first part of the chapter, she makes the case that in the past, work failed to utilize both men and women’s capabilities.

Women Were First Computer Programmers

By Nathan Ensmenger ● Arts & Culture ● March 23, 2012

In this excerpt from “The Computer Boys Take Over,” historian Nathan Ensmenger explains that the first computer programmers were women because managers expected programming to be low-skill clerical work. They were wrong: The job required skill and ingenuity and these women persevered.

New Labor Rules for Home Care Workers on the Table

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● February 19, 2012

Elder-care jobs are booming as the U.S. population ages. A rule to extend federal wage protections to this predominantly female work force is in public comment stage; advocates push five reforms; one for each finger of a caring hand.

New York City Workers Deserve Paid Sick Days

By Sherry Leiwant ● Employment ● January 20, 2012

One and a half million New Yorkers face a terrible dilemma when they or their child become ill. That’s because they have no paid sick days. Sherry Leiwant says we need a law to lift a burden that’s particularly hard on low-income single moms.

10-Hour Day Is Brief for a Home Health Aide

By Amy Lieberman ● Commentary ● January 18, 2012

What’s it like to work in one of the most female-dominated occupations? Amy Lieberman kicks off our series with a day in the life of a home health care worker outside New York. Vicky Talag loves her work but doesn’t feel right asking about a raise.

Paid Family Leave Pays: Let’s Buy in This Year

By Susan Rose ● Employment ● January 8, 2012

This Congress is likely to once again reject paid-family leave, even though California and New Jersey show it’s a good idea. Susan Rose says we need new leaders in 2012 to help struggling parents.

Public Layoffs Take Hidden Toll on Black Women

By Amy Lieberman ● Employment ● December 14, 2011

New York City layoffs in October knocked out jobs for 642 support-staff workers, mostly women of color. Their union is suing the city for outsourcing to private contractors, a national trend tied to black women’s jobless rates.