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Chabeli Carrazana
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Women are leading strikes and walkouts demanding restaurants pay a living wage
After years of being overworked, underpaid and harassed, the women who make up the vast majority of the nation’s restaurant workforce are demanding change.
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A year from the start of the women’s recession, 2 million women are still out of the workforce
About 165,000 women left the workforce in April as the economic recovery sputters. Unemployment rates continue to be higher for women of color.
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The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms
One year since the start of the women’s recession, hundreds of thousands of moms have been forced to leave their jobs — and grapple with the consequences.
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Biden’s new $1.8 trillion plan largely aims to help working women
Biden’s proposed American Families Plan includes historic investments in the child care industry, the country’s first universal paid family and medical leave program, and its first universal preschool program.
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How the pandemic has widened the Latina wealth gap
Latinas, already at a financial disadvantage, faced a “triple crisis” during the pandemic: higher COVID-19 infection rates, greater economic losses and increased family-work conflict.
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Child care benefits at work: This app helps your employer pay your family and friends for babysitting
Helpr, one of the fastest growing apps offering backup child care, is behind new legislation in California that would require big employers to give their workers subsidized backup care.
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A first-of-its-kind investment in home care is in the works. But will it be enough?
The American Jobs plan would allocate $400 billion to assist in home health care, a historic investment, but one expert says it may not be enough.
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The 19th Explains: How did the child tax credit change, and what comes next?
A historic expansion of the child tax credit to make it available to the poorest families is now law. But the change will be in place for just one year — for now — and it’s still unclear when families will begin to receive checks.
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Pregnant workers have fought for years for accommodations at work. They may finally get them.
Democrats, Republicans and business groups are rallying around a bill to give pregnant workers better accommodations in the workplace. It’s likely to pass this year.
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It’s Equal Pay Day. Here’s why the day still exists, and how the pandemic is making it worse.
Women make 82 cents for every $1 earned by White men. Occupational segregation, a child care crisis and lack of pay transparency keep women at a disadvantage.