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America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.
America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

By Bryce Covert Now everyone knows teachers, child care providers, and health aides are essential workers. Will that finally get them the pay and protections they deserve? Care work, said Purdue University history professor Tithi Bhattacharya, is “life making and life sustaining.” Yet it “receives the [...]

June 1, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Care Work, COVID-19, Pandemic, The Nation|

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID
Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

by ABBY J. LEIBMAN and LIZA LIEBERMAN For activists like us, it comes as no surprise that those who are most affected by these hostile actions are women—working women on the front lines as the majority of service workers, women who are single heads of households, women who are newly [...]

May 29, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Ms., Pandemic|

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says
With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

By Katie Kindelan via During the coronavirus pandemic, more than 38 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance -- and for the first time in history, the nation's unemployment claims have a largely female, non-white face to them. While the two previous biggest economic crises in U.S. [...]

May 28, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: ABC News, Recession, Unemployment|

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses
Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

By: Tim Henderson In April, the number of single mothers with jobs was 22% lower than it was a year ago, compared with a 9% employment decline for other families with children, according to the analysis. The hit was even harder for low-wage single moms: Eighty-three [...]

May 26, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Single Mothers, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Unemployment|

How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19
How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19

How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19

By Sara Weissman U.S. employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate surged to 14.7% this month. People need work, and for some, that’s going to mean going back to school for new credentials. [...]

May 20, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Pandemic, Workforce Development|

In one month, job cuts wipe out women’s gains of the past decade
In one month, job cuts wipe out women’s gains of the past decade

In one month, job cuts wipe out women’s gains of the past decade

By Stephanie Ebbert Policymakers and advocates worry coronavirus crisis will set women back In Massachusetts, women made up 53 percent of those who filed new unemployment claims between March 15 and April 25 — a big shift from February, when they represented just 38 percent, according [...]

May 19, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

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America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19

In one month, job cuts wipe out women’s gains of the past decade

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