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The Surprising Solution to the Equal Pay Problem

Occupational segregation by gender contributes to a stubborn wage gap. It has kept women making less than men, per dollar, and still limits their access to well-paid jobs that don’t necessarily require higher education. According to Closing the Skills Gap: On-Ramp Occupations to Middle-Skilled Jobs [...]

April 13, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Tech Companies Tout Gender Pay Equity But Balk at Transparency

By Laura Colby Pay audits often reveal broader issues in the workplace, such as the lack of women in a particular job category. "Pay equity is a great tip-of-the-spear analysis, because it can open up a broader range of areas that need to be addressed," [...]

April 13, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

The Plan Behind a Chicago Project to Lift Up Working People

Alaa Milbes American cities continue to spend billions each year to buy major equipment, such as buses and railcars for public transportation systems. This spending has the potential to support tens of thousands of good manufacturing jobs. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, there [...]

April 12, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Closing the Skills Gap with Plant Tours, Pep Talks and Child Care

The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which focuses on issues of economic self-sufficiency for women, also provides scholarships for moms to pay for childcare while they’re in the training.  (Women in job training programs complete their training in far higher numbers if they [...]

April 10, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Here’s What Getting 20% Less Than You Deserve Actually Feels Like

By Valentina Zarya This year's national Lean In initiative is based on the successful campaign spearheaded last year by Lean In's Washington D.C. chapter, which took place on April 12th and in which the capital's businesses offered discounts of 21% to women and women's advocates. Because [...]

April 4, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|