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A commentary noting that although the global recession has had a serious impact on working men and women alike, two new reports make clear that women in the United States and throughout the world have suffered the most, in large part because of long-standing discrimination.
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Although the global recession has had a serious impact on working men and women alike, two new reports make clear that women in the United States and throughout
The world have suffered most because of long-standing discrimination.
The findings come from the United Nations’ International Labor Office … the ILO … and the New Center for American Progress … CAP … headed by John Podesta, former chief of staff for President Clinton.
The reports show that, above all, there ‘s a critical need to combat the worldwide mistreatment of working women … especially in these times of economic distress.
As the CAP report says, most of the jobs lost in the recession have been lost by men. Which has left millions of women to support their families. That’s a rough task for many women. For though they’re using doing essentially the same work as men, or the equivalent of it, women earn a lot less than...
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INTRO:Commentator Dick Meister says women workers are facing serious new problems.
OUTRO:Dick Meister is a longtime labor journalist.
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