We Work! Magazine

The Voice for Women's Education and Economic Equity

We Work! is a quarterly magazine sent to Women Work! members. Click here to become a member and receive We Work! and other membership benefits.

Summer 2007

In this Issue

Click here to join Women Work! and recieve this issue and other membership benefits.

Spring 2007

Woman of Triupmh

I never imagined that, as a 61-year-old grandmother, I would be a full-time college student and be honored as my school’s Regent’s Scholar. But my story begins much earlier than that. It is a story that started before many of my fellow students were born. The story of a five year old child, hospitalized with pneumonia, who dreamed of one day becoming like those angelic nurses who cared for her. The story of a young woman who started the path to that dream, only to meet the football hero. And you can probably guess what happened next. Marriage, children, mortgage payments... and the dream went quietly into the closet.

Click here to read the rest of the article

Winter 2007

Employer spotlight

For years employers have offered benefits to workers, their spouses and children, but as family demographics change many employers have recognized that employees’ families may no longer consist of a
traditionally married couple with children. Today more than 9,000 companies in the United States offer domestic partnership benefits to their employees. Offering these benefits supports workplace equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, and also provides important supports to cohabiting heterosexual couples and their children.

Click here to read the rest of the article

In the Field

According to Kathy McCabe, Secretary/Treasurer of Illinois Women Work!, most cases of domestic violence occur because the abuser knows that he wants to abuse and can abuse. While much can be done to change the mindset of these abusers, female empowerment is imperative in ending the cycle of violence against women.

Click here to read the rest of the article

 

Winter 2006

The Issues: FMLA Turns 13

Signed into law by President Clinton on February 5, 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was the first national policy directed at easing Americans’ work-life balance. The law guarantees workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for themselves or their family members. The FMLA has provided desperately- needed job security for millions, and particularly for women who perform the bulk of family caregiving. Yet, millions more are still ineligible for FMLA protections.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

Fall 2005

The Issues: The Faces of RITA

Sandy Aguilara, a young single mother from Idaho, is currently struggling to balance part-time employment with full-time schooling and parenting. Paying rent and child care bills on parttime wages is challenging, and Sandy often finds that she has little left over to pay for school. Sandy is studying to earn an associate’s degree and hopes that with education she can get a promotion at the bank where she works.

Click here to read the rest of the article.