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An estimated 600,000 migrant workers are tricked and trapped into forced labor across the Middle East, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) reported at the first regional conference on human trafficking, highlighting in particular the visa sponsorship system between in-country employers and workers. “Labor migration in this part of the world is unique in […]
Continue reading …Workers living in New York state have the highest rate of long-distance commuting with 16.2%, according to a new Census Bureau report on commuting. New York is followed by Maryland and New Jersey at 14.8% and 14.6%, respectively. Commuting Across County Lines More than a fourth of all U.S. workers commute outside the county where […]
Continue reading …Here’s another reason the wage gap between men and women makes life more difficult: The cost of child care. Child care costs have nearly doubled in the last 25 years while the percentage of families paying for child care declined, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring […]
Continue reading …When President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, women were earning an average of 59 cents on the dollar compared to men. While women hold nearly half of today’s jobs, and their earnings account for a significant portion of the household income that sustains the financial wellbeing of their families, they […]
Continue reading …Equal Pay Day 2013 Events In The U.S., Overseas And Online From the National Committee on Pay Equity: The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a blog carnival all day on Equal Pay Day and a tweetchat at 1 pm (ET), with hashtag #TalkPay. This June will mark 50 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal […]
Continue reading …A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows the gender-based pay gap hurts women and families in every single U.S. state and all of the nation’s major metropolitan areas. Nationally, women with full-time jobs are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men who hold full-time jobs, according to the study conducted by […]
Continue reading …By JILL RICHARDSON– Healthy food is expensive and telling people to eat organic, local food is elitist. Have you heard that argument before? It’s true. Healthy, organic, local food is expensive. Calorie for calorie, you get more for your money at a fast food drive-through than at a farmer’s market. And the fast food will be […]
Continue reading …ILO News— Sisandra, 28, understands all too well the impact of sexual harassment in the workplace. As a telecommunications technician in Durban, South Africa, she works in a male-dominated environment. “My executive manager came to the office and asked for my number and I gave it to him. I did not ask him why he […]
Continue reading …The Southern Poverty Law Center is out with sixth edition of its report Close to Slavery: Guest Worker Programs in the United States. Immigration law reform is once again entering the national conversation in the United States. Businesses are calling for new program allowing workers from other nations to work. These workers and the jobs […]
Continue reading …Increasing the minimum wage would give as many as 28 million American workers a raise. According to the Economic Policy Institute, raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.80 per hour would give more than 28 million workers a raise. The increase would also create approximately 100,000 new jobs during three years, according to […]
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