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Most Americans think that our country has done quite a lot to protect women and ensure gender equity in the workplace. After all, we have banned discrimination against women, required equal pay for equal work, and adopted family-leave legislation. But the fact is that we have a two-tiered system, where some working women have a full panoply of rights while others have few or none at all. We allow blatant discrimination by small employers. Domestic workers are cut out of our wage and overtime laws. Part-time workers, disproportionately women, are denied basic benefits. Laws are written through a process of compromise and negotiation, and in each case vulnerable workers were the bargaining chip that was sacrificed to guarantee the policy’s enactment. For these workers, the system that was supposed to act as a safety net has become a sieve-and they are still falling through. Caroline Fredrickson is a powerful advocate and D.C. insider who has witnessed the legislative compromises that leave out temps, farmworkers, employees of small businesses, immigrants, and other workers who fall outside an intentionally narrow definition of ’employees.’ The women in this fast-growing part of the workforce are denied minimum wage, maternity leave, health care, the right to unionize, and protection from harassment and discrimination-all within the bounds of the law. If current trends continue, their fate will be the future of all American workers. Read more…
Abstract: Most Americans think that our country has done quite a lot to protect women and ensure gender equity in the workplace. After all, we have banned discrimination against women, required equal pay for equal work, and adopted family-leave legislation. But the fact is that we have a two-tiered system, where some working women have a full panoply of rights while others have few or none at all. We allow blatant discrimination by small employers. Domestic workers are cut out of our wage and overtime laws. Part-time workers, disproportionately women, are denied basic benefits. Laws are written through a process of compromise and negotiation, and in each case vulnerable workers were the bargaining chip that was sacrificed to guarantee the policy’s enactment. For these workers, the system that was supposed to act as a safety net has become a sieve-and they are still falling through. Caroline Fredrickson is a powerful advocate and D.C. insider who has witnessed the legislative compromises that leave out temps, farmworkers, employees of small businesses, immigrants, and other workers who fall outside an intentionally narrow definition of ’employees.’ The women in this fast-growing part of the workforce are denied minimum wage, maternity leave, health care, the right to unionize, and protection from harassment and discrimination-all within the bounds of the law. If current trends continue, their fate will be the future of all American workers
اکثر آمریکایی ها فکر می کنند که کشور ما کارهای زیادی برای محافظت از زنان و تضمین برابری جنسیتی در محل کار انجام داده است. به هر حال، ما تبعیض علیه زنان را ممنوع کردهایم، برای کار مساوی به حقوق مساوی نیاز داریم و قوانین مرخصی خانوادگی را تصویب کردهایم. اما واقعیت این است که ما یک سیستم دو لایه داریم که در آن برخی از زنان شاغل از حقوق کامل برخوردار هستند در حالی که برخی دیگر از حقوق اندکی برخوردارند یا اصلاً هیچ. ما اجازه تبعیض آشکار توسط کارفرمایان کوچک را می دهیم. کارگران خانگی از قوانین دستمزد و اضافه کاری ما حذف شده اند. کارگران پاره وقت، به طور نامتناسبی زنان، از مزایای اولیه محروم هستند. قوانین از طریق فرآیند سازش و مذاکره نوشته میشوند و در هر مورد کارگران آسیبپذیر ابزار چانهزنی بودند که برای تضمین اجرای این سیاست قربانی شدند. برای این کارگران، سیستمی که قرار بود به عنوان یک شبکه ایمنی عمل کند، تبدیل به یک غربال شده است و هنوز هم در حال سقوط هستند. Caroline Fredrickson یک مدافع قدرتمند و خودی DC است که شاهد سازشهای قانونی است که کارگران موقت، کارگران مزرعه، کارمندان مشاغل کوچک، مهاجران و سایر کارگرانی را که خارج از یک تعریف محدود عمداً از «کارمندان» هستند، کنار گذاشته است. زنان در این بخش به سرعت در حال رشد از نیروی کار از حداقل دستمزد، مرخصی زایمان، مراقبت های بهداشتی، حق عضویت در اتحادیه و حمایت از آزار و اذیت و تبعیض محروم هستند – همه اینها در چارچوب قانون است. اگر روند فعلی ادامه یابد، سرنوشت آنها آینده همه کارگران آمریکایی خواهد بود. بیشتر بخوانید…
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