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Paid Sick Days in Denver Would Improve Health Outcomes, Reduce Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities, And Help Control Health Care Costs

In Denver, 41 percent of the private-sector workforce, or 107,407 workers, lack access to paid sick days.

By Claudia Williams and Kevin Miller|2020-11-19T23:49:57-05:00October 11, 2011|IWPR|Comments Off on Paid Sick Days in Denver Would Improve Health Outcomes, Reduce Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities, And Help Control Health Care Costs

Valuing Good Health in Denver: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

Voters in Denver will consider a referendum on the 2011 ballot regarding the issue of requiring employers to provide paid sick days.

By Kevin Miller and Claudia Williams|2021-01-23T03:44:02-05:00October 11, 2011|IWPR|Comments Off on Valuing Good Health in Denver: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

Slow Job Growth in September Points to Need for Federal Help with Job Creation

Women have regained only 12.2 percent (318,000) of the total jobs they lost in the recession (2.6 million from November 2007 to the trough for women’s employment in September 2010, which occurred more than one year after the recession officially ended).

By IWPR|2020-11-15T04:11:11-05:00October 1, 2011|IWPR|Comments Off on Slow Job Growth in September Points to Need for Federal Help with Job Creation

The Union Advantage in Wireline Telecommunications for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Women

Jobs in the wired telecommunications industry traditionally provide excellent opportunities to African–American, Hispanic, and women nonsupervisory workers

By Heidi Hartmann and Jeff Hayes|2020-12-19T16:59:44-05:00August 12, 2011|IWPR|Comments Off on The Union Advantage in Wireline Telecommunications for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Women

Growing Job Gap Between Women and Men: Monthly Number of Women and Men on Payrolls (Seasonally Adjusted), January 2007 –July 2011

The Great Recession has been characterized by massive job loss for both women and men. It is as if a giant tsunami wave washed across the American economy and wiped millions of jobs away. As the wave recedes, people are attempting to rebuild their lives.

By IWPR|2020-12-03T00:54:37-05:00August 9, 2011|IWPR|Comments Off on Growing Job Gap Between Women and Men: Monthly Number of Women and Men on Payrolls (Seasonally Adjusted), January 2007 –July 2011