Who does the work is a big part of why women earn less. You can look at it from two very different types of jobs -- child-care worker and parking-lot attendant. Guess who earns more? Parking-lot attendants. That work is valued more by our society than a child-care worker.
"Karen Nussbaum" is the executive director of Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO. She co-founded the organization in 2003.
Nussbaum served as the director of the United States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, she founded and served as president of District 925 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for almost 20 years.
More Karen Nussbaum on Wikipedia.A collective bargaining agreement is not the only way a labor movement can represent workers.
There is still a wage gap in every single job classification except one or two, ... There still is discrimination in pay in equal jobs.
For people who do not have a union on the job, we provide a way for people to speak out on issues that affect working families.
That companies are making money and still can't pay a living wage seems obscene, ... (Corporations) will say they have to suppress wages to provide low-cost consumer products and services, but they don't tell you about the unbelievable profits they enjoy and the huge paychecks being reaped at the top.
We'll be part of labor's 2006 mobilization plan.
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