Women's Rights
Women’s Guides, program information
The Eleanor Roosevelt & Human Rights Project
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/workers
Forming a Women’s Rights Committee: A Guide for Action (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/news/publications/for-leaders/afscme-womens-rights-committees-a-guide-for-action)
Workshop Guide
Why Women Should Join Unions: Organizing and Leading with Eleanor Roosevelt
http://bofarrell.net/workshop-guide/
Equal Pay
An Employer’s Guide to Equal Pay (U.S. DOL Women’s Bureau) http://www.dol.gov/equalpay/equalpay-employer.pdf
Equal Pay Conference, June 27, 2012 (In VT, hosted by VT Attorney General and the New York and Boston offices of the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Link features federal and state officials, includes speakers, video links to conference, materials. http://www.atg.state.vt.us/issues/employment-law/equal-pay.php
Gender Pay Differences: Progress Made, but Women Remain Overrepresented among Low-Wage Workers,( GAO)
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-10
The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation (Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2012)
http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/the-gender-wage-gap-by-occupation-1
A Guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights (U.S. DOL Women’s Bureau) http://www.dol.gov/equalpay/equalpay-employee.pdf
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and America’s Families (Wider Opportunities for Women)
http://www.wowonline.org/livingbelowtheline.asp
National Committee on Pay Equity
http://www.pay-equity.org/
The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap (American Association of University Women)
http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/upload/simpletruthaboutpaygap1.pdf
http://www.nwlc.org/resource/wage-gap-state-state-2012-fact-sheets
The Wage Gap Over Time: In Real Dollars, Women See a Continuing Gap (National Committee on Pay Equity)
http://www.pay-equity.org/info-time.html
Genetic Discrimination
EEOC
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/genetic.cfm
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
http://www.genome.gov/10002328
Child Care
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
Quality Child Care: The Union Solution (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/news/publications/newsletters/works/mayjune-1998/quality-child-care-the-union-solution
Family and Medical Leave Act
Expecting Better: State by State Analysis of Laws that Help New Parents (National Partnership for Women and Families, May 2012), http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/DocServer/Expecting_Better_Report.pdf?docID=10301
FMLA Fact Sheet (AFSCME)
Paid Sick Days Campaign (National Partnership for Women & Families)
http://paidsickdays.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=psd_index
Sexual Harassment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html
Feminist Majority Foundation
http://www.feminist.org/911/harass.html
Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment at Work (Equal Rights Advocates)
http://www.equalrights.org/publications/kyr/shwork.asp
Stopping Sexual Harassment: An AFSCME Guide
http://www.afscme.org/news/publications/for-leaders/stopping-sexual-harassment-an-afscme-guide
Sexual Harassment: A Union Issue (AFSCME)
What Is Sexual Harassment? (AFSCME)
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sex.cfm
U.S. Dept. of Education
http://www.ed.gov/policy/rights/guid/ocr/sex.html
Sex Discrimination is Against the Law (Equal Rights Advocates)