The Impact of the Great Recession on Older Women and Men
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In Denver, 41 percent of the private-sector workforce, or 107,407 workers, lack access to 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.
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).
Banking and finance is an important source of employment for women, and women are six of ten employees in the industry.
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Why are men doing somewhat better than women at this point in the recession?
Jobs in the wired telecommunications industry traditionally provide excellent opportunities to African–American, Hispanic, and women nonsupervisory workers
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.
Summer/Spring 2011 Newsletter