Women in the Work Place: Ask a Working Woman
There are a tremendous amount of concerns when it comes to working women and how women are treated unfairly as opposed to men in the work place. Such concerns include equal pay, paid maternity leave, health care coverage and balancing work and family. Even with many women speaking up about how they are treated with bias when it comes to their jobs, most companies simply do not care and look out for their own interests, rather than the interests of their female employees.
A few examples of such bias are seen in professional careers. Male physicians are paid 38% more than women physicians while male registered nurses are paid 10% more than women RN’s and female attorneys are paid 30% less than male attorneys.
The AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees and Working America have launched their 2008 online Ask a Working Woman survey [PDF]. This web space will allow women in the work force to voice their concerns on what matters the most to them, being working women.
The survey will run until June 20, click here to participate!
