PathWays PA Policy Blog

Federal Policy JOBS FOR WOMEN As you may have heard, the President is giving a speech on jobs around Labor Day. Please join national, state and community organizations across the country in urging him to address the employment issues faced by women. And share this plea with organizations in your networks and ask them to sign. Please visit the website to see the full text of the letter . Please sign your organization on to the letter by contacting Emily Wilson at ewilson@wowonline.org, SUBJECT “Jobs for Women.” Signatures must be received by Aug. 30 to be included in the first distribution to the White House. Please include the organization name exactly as it should appear and include the contact information for the person authorized to sign such letters. Sponsors: National Coalition on Women Jobs and Job Training, National Organization for Women, Older Women’s Economic Security Task Force of the National Council of Women’s Organizations and Wider Opportunities for Wom...

The U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau invites you to its Women’s Economic Security Forum: Promoting Equal Pay, Workplace Flexibility, and Resources for Women Owned Businesses Monday, September 12, 2011 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building at Drexel University (located at the corner of 33rd and Chestnut St.) The event is free and open to the public. REGISTER TODAY AT: http://equalpay.eventbrite.com/ Questions? Please contact Rose Holandez at holandez.rose@dol.gov Participating agencies and organizations: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs, Drexel University, PathWays PA

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From our friends at 9to5 . Join PathWays PA and the Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces at our event today at Wired Beans Cafe to celebrate businesses who provide sick days for workers, and show your support for paid sick days! Join 9to5’s Day of Action on August 26! Celebrate Women’s Equality Day (when women won the right to vote in 1920) by joining the movement for Paid Sick Days. Here are some possible ways to get involved, we welcome your ideas! Hand out flyers or buttons at a community event, your PTA, neighborhood gathering or women’s center Host a social gathering for friends and neighbors and collect Paid Sick Days petition signatures Submit your personal story of the benefits of having paid sick days or the impact of not having them. How to get started? Fill out the form below to receive an Action Packet of materials. Questions or suggestions? Contact Asha Leong, Day of Action Organizer, at Asha@9to5.org or call 1-818-277-4333. 9to5's Annual Day o...

Crossposted from MomsRising.org as part of the # HERvotes blog carnival.      This Women’s Equality Day, we plan to start spreading this message in Philadelphia through a new campaign to honor businesses that ensure all of their workers have an opportunity to earn paid sick days. What does women’s equality have to do with paid sick days? Well, many women end up in low-paying jobs with few opportunities to advance – or to earn sick days . Yet despite the constraints these jobs place, women still act as the primary caregivers in their families, sometimes finding themselves sandwiched between caring for their children and their parents at the same time. Having no sick days is a double-whammy when women still receive 20 - 30 cents less for every dollar a man makes. Missing even one day - particularly for working mothers – can undermine a woman’s financial stability In order to honor the businesses that understand that paid sick days lead to financial stabili...

Crossposted from MomsRising.org as part of the # HERvotes blog carnival.  The passage of health reform brought many wonderful new protections and benefits for Americans. Unfortunately, for women, these protections and benefits came with a price tag. States now have the choice to either allow abortion coverage to be included in the state health exchange – with women having to pay for the coverage with a separate check – or states can exclude it from the exchange completely. Many states have already chosen not to include abortion coverage, forcing those who find themselves in need of an abortion also burdened with paying for the procedure out of pocket. This year, in Pennsylvania, an abortion ban in the state exchange was the Senate’s third order of business. While it moved quickly but hasn’t passed just yet, no other medical procedure was excluded from the exchanges in such a way. The Pennsylvania state legislature is also considering a bill that would add to the already stri...