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  • Salary disclosures on job postings a step forward in pay equity, experts say

    November 20, 2023 |

    CTV News Ottawa |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Some Canadian provinces are beginning to enact transparency laws that require employers to include salary ranges in public job postings in an effort to close the pay equity gap, particularly as it pertains to the gender pay gap. In the U.S., eight states have already enacted similar laws and studies show states with these laws in place see a 1.5% boost in labor force participation rate and employees are generally more satisfied with their jobs when they feel employers are being transparent about wages.

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  • Affordable, Flexible Childcare Helps Indian Mothers Earn More and Worry Less

    October 05, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Saijpur, Ahmedabad

    The largest central trade union in India, the Self Employed Women’s Association, runs affordable, flexible childcare centers across the country to combat the lack of accessible childcare options creating gender inequality in the job market. Now, women who are members of the union can go to work knowing their children are well cared for and older children can stay in school instead of caring for their siblings.

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  • CT agencies help clients find job opportunities, build self-sufficiency

    October 03, 2023 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Darien, Connecticut

    The nonprofit Person to Person offers its clients a Financial Opportunity Center program alongside other support services like providing food and clothing. Those enrolled in the program are paired with caseworkers who help them with activities like career training, managing their finances, and accessing income support after meeting their basic needs.

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  • Worsening climate events push New York farmworkers to seek resilience

    September 20, 2023 |

    WSHU Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    As extreme climate events become more common, farmworkers are banding together to demand preparation, transparency, and resilience so they can stay safe while on the job.

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  • Rebuilding lives brick by brick

    August 09, 2023 |

    Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Siragugal Bricks is a community-owned brick kiln operated by rescued bonded laborers, aiming to rehabilitate and empower them to explore business endeavors and find more sustainable, safer sources of income. Since April 2022, 100 families have worked for Siragugal and local government organizations have helped obtain funding and supplies to facilitate Siragugal’s operations, such as power supplies, a work shed and a borehole for water.

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  • 5 Lessons from UPS Workers' Successful Bargaining

    August 07, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    In what is being called the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the company’s history, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters came to an agreement with UPS over contract negotiations. This agreement is serving as evidence of the efficacy of unions and how they can work to achieve better working conditions, benefits and increased wages.

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  • Pa. counties call $45 million in state election grants a success: “Absolutely it was useful”

    July 28, 2023 |

    Votebeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Act 88 provided $45 million of state funding to counties looking to cover election expenses like ballot sorting machines and poll worker pay. The funds were extremely useful in covering the cost of an election, which can be quite expensive. Several counties that received the money are opting to rework their 2024 budgets to account for another round of funding.

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  • US Forest Service and historically Black colleges unite to boost diversity in wildland firefighting

    July 07, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Hazel Green, Alabama

    In an effort to increase diversity in the forestry and fire industry, the U.S. Forest Service partners with several historically Black colleges and universities to run an on-site fire academy that gives students the credentials to start a career. Participating students learn fire fighting and forestry practices in class, then put them to use during instructor-supervised prescribed burn demonstrations.

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  • Trees like women best: Nepal's forests thrive with female bosses

    July 05, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal manages the country’s community forest. For the past 30 years, the organization made a point to ensure half of its employees are women, and that women have access to leadership roles. As a result, a path has opened for more women to work in politics and the forests managed by women are thriving the most.

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  • California Wage Theft: When bosses don't pay and new laws aren't enough.

    July 01, 2023 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Clara County, California

    To combat employer wage theft and chronic delays in payment remittance in state courts, Santa Clara County has leveraged businesses' food permits, threatening to revoke them if outstanding wage theft judgments are not paid. Run by the Santa Clara Office of Labor Enforcement, the program has resulted in 100% compliance.

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