Employment and Quality Jobs
WOW believes everyone has the right to quality jobs that pay a decent wage, provide health and retirement benefits and paid family leave for all workers. To ensure quality employment for women workers, WOW advocates for such policies as:
- Strengthening equal opportunity hiring under federally funded contracts, including through new, up to date higher goals for women’s employment on construction projects.
- Ensuring equal pay for women through enactment of policies such as the Paycheck Fairness Act.
- Increasing and indexing the minimum wage.
- Authorizing the Healthy Families Act, this would enable both full-time and part-time workers to accrue paid sick time that they can use when they, their children or other family members are ill or injured.
48 Organizations Sign WOW's Letter to Preserve Preserve WANTO, SCSEP and Other Job Training Programs (April 2012) Groups cite need to retain priority on serving disadvantaged customers and moving them to economic security while preserving distinct job training programs for elders and women interested in nontraditional occupations.
Weekly Earnings of the Top 50 Women's Occupations in 2011 (April 2012)
- Weekly Earnings of Top 50 Men's Occupations in 2011
- Comparison of Weekly Earnings for Men and Women in 2011
Letter to Chairmen and Ranking House and Senate Appropriations Committees. 39 organizations join WOW in the call to preserve the Women’s Bureau and WANTO Funds (March 2012)
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Fact Sheet (February 2012)
Weekly Earnings of the Top 50 Women’s Occupations in 2010 (February 2012)
Letter to President Obama to Create Jobs for Women. 90 organizations join WOW in calling on the White House to propose strong job creation strategies that ensure employment, access, and equity for women. (September 2011)
WOW’s Analysis of the American Jobs Act – Good for Women, Older Workers and the Economy (October 2011)
Information on the American Jobs Act (September 2011)
WOW's 2011 Jobs Agenda (August 2011)
Women and nontraditional work fact sheet (August 2011)
Most working women clustered in low-paying occupations in 2010 (April 2011)
In addressing the high rates of unemployment, Congress should consider and address the particular needs of female workers (February 2010)
A women's agenda for job creation (December 2009)