By PR Lockhart For women of color, who are often concentrated at the bottom rungs of the workforce, the damage of those consequences can be intensified by their financial status, racial identity, and, in some cases, immigration status. According to a 2014 report from the National Women’s Law Center, [...]

By Kevin Drum The Washington Post reports on job losses among women in the retail industry: Between October 2016 and October 2017, women who worked in the country’s stores lost 160,300 jobs, while 106,000 men found new work in the field, the analysis from the Institute for Women’s [...]

By Bryce Covert This often damages women's incomes and prospects. “A lot of wage growth…comes from changing jobs to negotiate up,” said Ariane Hegewisch, program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. But if women end up having to leave [...]

By Megan Reynolds According to the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, women lost 160,300 jobs in retail while 106,000 new jobs in the field went to men—that means that “women’s share of all retail trade jobs fell from 50.4 to 49.6 percent.” Great news for women, [...]

By Melissa Wylie The loss of U.S. retail jobs in the past year has had a major impact on women while men have been making steady gains. Women lost 160,300 retail positions in the last year while men gained 106,000 positions, according to research from the [...]

By Thomas Barrabi Women have disproportionately felt the effects of the ongoing “retail apocalypse,” as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers cut jobs and close stores amid sagging sales. Retailers cut roughly 129,000 net jobs belonging to women from November 2016 to November 2017, the Institute for Women’s [...]