National Survey of Working Women

Speak Up Together! The AFL-CIO Women's Committee's National Survey of Working Women provides an opportunity for advocates and the media to understand the challenges working women face, whether it’s on the job, balancing work and family, or leading in our communities. Nearly 25,000 working women told us what stands between women and prosperity, and how we can change the rules together to create a better life for all workers.  

Check it out: The results from the 2016 survey have been published in a snapshot and written report and distributed nationally through media outlets, labor unions, and advocates. 

From equal pay and an increased minimum wage to affordable health care and paid leave, nearly 25,000 working women have made their voices known in this survey and spoken on the issues that can help families succeed.
- U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

Union workers have an advantage when it comes to health benefits, retirement security and work-family policies. Union members in our survey are more likely to have access to paid family leave, paid sick leave and domestic partner benefits. Access to employer sponsored child care is weak among both union and nonunion respondents, pointing to an area for improvement in how unions negotiate contracts at the local level.

THAT'S WHY we're talking about Family this year. Unions should negotiate better work-family policies at the local level. That's straight from the AFL-CIO. We got this.

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