The downside is that the gains have been largely in lower-paying industries such as waitresses, in-home health care, food preparation and housekeeping.
The downside is that the gains have been largely in lower-paying industries such as waitresses, in-home health care, food preparation and housekeeping.
Lawmakers and business leaders showed up throughout the morning to take the microphone and announce their commitment to early learning for all and take a turn playing the game, set up by MomsRising, a national advocacy group, and the National Women’s Law Center.
In total, 14.5 percent of American women lived in poverty in 2012, compared to 11 percent of men. According to the National Women’s Law Center, poverty rates are even higher for black women (25.1 percent are living in poverty) and Hispanic women (24.8 percent).
But as Bloomberg notes, most of those gains are focused in low-paying and part-time industries like food service and in-home health care, jobs that often lack health insurance and pay very little. Nearly 60 percent of the growth was in jobs that pay less than $10 an hour, according to an analysis of the labor statistics conducted by the National Women’s Law Center.
The National Women's Law Center reports that Wyoming had the largest wage gap in 2012. The other states with the largest wage gaps were West Virginia, Utah, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Alaska, and Idaho.
"The downside is that the gains have been largely in lower-paying industries such as waitresses, in-home health care, food preparation and housekeeping.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) plays with children on an oversized game board at an event promoting early childhood education at the East Lawn of the Capitol in Washington. The event was hosted by the National Women's Law Center Strong Start for Children Campaign and MomsRising.org.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin hula-hoops on top of a giant Chutes and Ladders game board on the East Front of the Capitol during Wednesday’s National Women’s Law Center and MomsRising event that called for pre-K education for all.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) was one of several lawmakers — including Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) — joining kids in an oversized game of Chutes and Ladders on Wednesday morning outside the Capitol.
