The above quote is how Michael Powell describes the NFL in this Times article on the horrible treatment of the Buffalo Bills' cheerleaders, a problem experienced by these workers through the NFL. Supervisors ordered the cheerleaders, known as the Buffalo Jills, to warm up in...
women and work
Hobby Lobby puts its pro-life, pro-child policies into practice: When a very pregnant Felicia Allen applied for medical leave from her job at Hobby Lobby three years ago, one might.
Kathleen Geier, Sarah Jaffe, and Sheila Bapat have a great discussion of how the Hobby Lobby and Harris decisions conspire to undermine women's economic security. You should definitely read the.
Mostly, this is a good rundown of reactions to the Harris decision. In particular the piece by Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein and the Joshua Freeman essay get at one key issue--that the work of women and especially poor women is consistently undervalued in our...
Why do women get paid less for the same work? Many reasons, but among them for women in the professional class seems to be that with the pressure on salaried.
I am very excited about the new project at The Nation Kathleen Geier is heading up. The Curve will bring together experts twice a month to talk about the intersection.
Sexual harassment of female workers in construction is so endemic that most who enter the field quit. It is a problem that nobody takes even close to seriously enough, including the unions. Given that it is one of the best-paying types of work for workers...
On May 29, 1943, Norman Rockwell published a cover in the Saturday Evening Post of a woman working an industrial job. This cover represented the millions of women entering the.
Given that Wal-Mart's business model is borrowed heavily from the supply chain management system pioneered by the same textile industry that brought you the Triangle Fire and Rana Plaza collapse,.
On April 14, 1975, the Bunker Hill Mining Company in Kellogg, Idaho announced a new policy in response to worries about female workers suffering reproductive problems due to lead exposure. The company decided to require sterilization of all women working in its smelter. This was...
Today is Equal Pay Day. Pay equality has still never been achieved in this country. Some facts, thanks to the National Women's Law Center: On average, women are paid only.
On February 13, 1845, the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association forced the state of Massachusetts to hold hearings on reducing the work day in the state's textile mills to 10.