Author Event | Under the Bus: How Working Women are Being Run Over

August 21, 2015

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Please join us to hear Caroline Fredrickson, author of Under the Bus: How Working Women are Being Run Overdiscuss how a growing swath of working women such as domestic workers, part time workers, small business employees and farm workers get left out of U.S. labor laws – and what to do about it.

Wine, beer & light snacks are included and books will be available for purchase.

Details, details:

 

  • What: Under the Bus: How Working Women are Being Run Over book talk with author Caroline Frederickson
  • Who: Open to all!
  • When: Thursday, September 24th, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
  • Where: Hatch Lab, 2420 NE Sandy Blvd. (map here, and get here by Trimet here).
  • Cost: $15 per person, $25 for two (bring a friend!) and buy tickets here.
  • Other details: Light snacks provided; childcare not provided at this time.

In the author’s words:

fredrickson_caroline_richard_a_bloomMost 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.”