Hype over last week’s job numbers largely ignored women’s stagnant job progress. The U.S. needs systemic change—including fair wages and childcare infrastructure—to keep women in the workplace.
. Amazon has paid its workforce at least $15 an hour since 2018 and began offering new hires an average of $18 an hour last September. Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour in October. Full-time employees of crafting retailer Hobby Lobby were bumped up to at least $18.50 an hour on January 1. T-Mobile is paying its 75,000-person workforce at least $20 an hour. Bank of America has pledged to pay hourly workers $25 an hour by 2025.
Episodic raises are good, and rising employment is also a positive sign for women. But as the pandemic continues to wane and jobs come back, we need to look deeper and think long-term about fixes for women that won’t disappear when the next superbug comes along. , including high quality affordable childcare and universal preschool, paid family and medical leave and increased funding for long-term care services.
Our country can and must do better by the majority of our citizens—women and kids. Until that happens, we will continue to fall behind the rest of the developed world—and more importantly—miss a once-in-a-century opportunity to better the lives of all.
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