On May 15, Working America and the AFL-CIO will launch the Ask a Working Woman survey. Weigh in on the joys and frustrations of life on the job. When you fill out the form, you become part of the largest survey in the nation to identify the concerns of women in the workforce. We share the results with elected officials and organizations to highlight the problems and demand solutions. To participate in this year’s survey, visit the Working America website at www.workingamerica.org.
If you have been bullied at work, I especially urge you to participate in the AFL-CIO survey. Unions often cannot or will not help with workplace bullying. Sometimes the bully belongs to the same union. It is very important to get union support for legislation such as the Healthy Workplace Bill supported by the Workplace Bullying Institute. Thirteen states have considered such legislation, but none has yet passed it.
We are also in an election year where there is a strange mixture of sexism and listening to women’s voices like they haven’t been listened to before. Let’s make our voices heard and talk about our work experience. Many of us love our jobs and really try to excel at them. That’s important to get across as well. The glass ceiling isn’t gone, but we can crack it if we keep trying!
By the way, I wanted to add some statistics I found on Katiebird’s site. She did the research and I am crediting her:
Jobs did not fall during the Clinton Administration. I went and looked at the BLS for the top 100 US markets under Bush 41, Clinton and Bush 43. Bush 41 led in 12 (Gary, Honolulu, Des Moines, El Paso, Little Rock, Fresno, Seattle, Witcha, Riverside/San Bernardino, Tacoma, Raleigh/Durham, Madison). Clinton led in all the rest or 88. None for GWBush.
Here are numbers for Pennslyvania markets:
| |
GHW Bush |
Clinton |
GW Bush |
| Allentown |
0.59% |
1.72% |
0.00% |
| Harrisburg |
1.18% |
1.73% |
0.31% |
| Philadelphia |
-0.95% |
1.51% |
0.14% |
| Pittsburgh |
1.10% |
1.24% |
-0.51% |
| Scranton |
0.42% |
1.10% |
-0.75% |
Someone needs to point this out and soon.
The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sen. Obama was mistaken when he said jobs were lost during the Bill Clinton years.
