A 2009 study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research shows that joining a union raises a woman's wages as much as one year of college courses does, and gives a woman better chance of having health insurance than earning a four-year degree does. In fact, women in unions earn an average of 11.2 percent more than counterparts not in unions.
Such studies demonstrate why it's so critical that Congress prioritizes passing the Employee Free Choice Act, which gives workers the free choice to join unions and the chance to bargain for better wages, benefits and retirement security. It can bring real wage increases for millions of women and will help get our economy going again.
Urge your Representative and Senators to support the Employee Free Choice Act!
We took action on “Women Deserve Living Wages - Support the Employee Free Choice Act”:
# 10,229:
4:27 pm PST, Nov 20,Steven Heaver, New Jersey
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2:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Staci Galvin, West Virginia
# 10,227:
12:24 pm PST, Nov 19,Joseph Saunders, North Carolina
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4:51 pm PST, Nov 18,Amy Goldring Tajalli, Florida
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5:05 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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4:38 pm PST, Nov 15,Susann Balk, Michigan
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12:15 pm PST, Nov 14,Serena Overdevest, California
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10:52 am PST, Nov 14,Phoebe Anne Sorgen, California
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8:52 pm PST, Nov 13,Mandy Munoz, California
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4:00 pm PST, Nov 13,Marissa Chiappetta, Florida
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8:38 am PST, Nov 13,Theresia Cronan, California
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7:11 am PST, Nov 13,David Wickre, Minnesota
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6:17 am PST, Nov 12,Janet Dowell, Florida
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8:17 pm PST, Nov 9,Nilay Sheth, Maryland
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6:32 pm PST, Nov 9,Lynn Cardiff, Oregon
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12:50 am PST, Nov 9,Glen Anderson, Washington
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12:07 am PST, Nov 8,Miguel Dias, New York
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8:42 pm PST, Nov 4,Amy Lippert, California
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12:29 pm PST, Nov 2,Alexandra Scarborough, Ohio
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6:20 am PDT, Oct 31,Denise Kampouris, North Carolina
# 10,209:
2:05 pm PDT, Oct 30,Linda Klein, Connecticut
# 10,208:
1:32 pm PDT, Oct 30,Lisa Tyree, California
The more a woman earns the more she can increase her buying power to stimulate the economy -- & we all know we very much need that right now.
