New Year, New Goals

Welcome to 2020! Now, let's set some goals.

Goal #1: Support our DCCs (Dual Career Couples)

Who are DCCs? 89% of women and 70% of men, Forbes reports. According to the 2019 McKinsey Report: Making It Work, "managing two careers is the norm for most families... Factor in caretaking and most families are juggling a combination of two-day jobs, childcare, and caretaking for elderly family members." 

"[T]o recruit and retain the best talent, businesses need to make their workplaces welcoming for employees in DCCs." 

What can employers do? Businesses can begin with a wholistic approach, by looking at their entire team - including corporate, union, and subcontracted team members. Supportive strategies can be improved in three easy steps:

1. Provide supportive managers
2. Make Leadership Possible
3. Promote a culture that encourages work-life balance

"Through this report, McKinsey is showcasing the need for all companies to begin having this long-overdue conversation across all employees," writes Mary Beth Ferrante for ForbesWomen. "Whether couples both need to work or choose to work is irrelevant. We need to provide solutions that support all DCCs in their pursuit of managing multiple careers and family. After all, it is the new normal, and quite frankly it's been this way for a while now."

We agree. And, we're eager to support our DCCs! The Animation Guild's Family And Membership (FAM) Committee offers family-friendly opportunities for members to socialize, network, and learn. Please join us in 2020! For information about upcoming events, check the TAG Calendar. To join the FAM Committee email list or to suggest an event idea, email us at: animationisfamily@gmail.com

#TAG #DCC

International Women's Day - Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion

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Happy 

International 

Women's Day!

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#TAG #women #diversity #inclusion #animationisfamily #balanceforbetter #IWD2019

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.

#supportpaidleave #genderequity #payequity #respect #animationisfamily