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Shouldn't Every Nanny Receive Overtime SERVICE RESEARCH ADVOCACY Fall 2010 CEW Focuses on Women in a Changing Economy www.cew.umich.edu Green technology. Alternative energy. Life sciences. Automotive engineering. Advanced manufacturing. Infrastructure development. Homeland security. Hi-tech entrepreneurship. These are the sectors the state of Michigan is relying on to fuel economic transformation. They are also sectors in which women are not always widely represented and in which they may not be not well positioned to participate. There has been little, if any, public discussion of the role gender might play in the success or failure of Michigan's emerging economic development strategies. According to a 2009 Michigan Women's Commission report on the Status of Young Women in Michigan, Shouldn’t Every Nanny Receive Overtime Pay? only 15% of female students pursu- ing career and technical education hanks to the work of CEW farm hands and a variety of other CEW supports activists like Ai-jen programs in 2006-07 chose higher- Visiting Social Activist Ai-jen Poo, workers, are excluded from basic Poo through the Twink Frey paying non-traditional careers. more than 200,000 domestic work- employment protections that many Visiting Social Activist (VSA) erTs in New York State–most of of us take for granted. When the Program. Each year, the program whom are immigrant women of National Labor Relations Act was sponsors an activist whose work What kinds of support color–will soon have overtime pay, passed in 1935, most of the nation’s affects women and recognizes gen- do women need in order protection from discrimination, domestic and farm workers were der equity issues. By giving notice of termination and other African American. These profes- activists time, space and support to to take advantage of basic benefits. sions were specifically left out of work on a project that would not be training and education- Today an estimated 2.5 million the law at the urging of Southern possible under their usual working women in the United States labor as members of Congress who feared circumstances, the program builds al opportunities in the domestic workers, caring for our the emergence of an African Continued on page 3 high-tech sectors? children, our parents and our American labor movement. homes. Despite the precious items Successful Campaign In this Issue: Americans entrust to their care, Ms. Poo spent six years organizing In 2006, women were only 10% of Page 2 Letter from the Director domestic workers are among the and conducting a statewide cam- undergraduates enrolled in engi- most vulnerable workers in the U.S. paign to pass the Domestic Workers Page 3 Voices of Contingent neering technology and only 17% Many face exploitation and abuse. Bill of Rights, a piece of legislation Faculty of those enrolled in computer They are often paid well below the signed into law by New York Page 5 Combating Isolation: networking and telecommunica- minimum wage, receive no paid Governor David Paterson. This first Women of Color in the tions. Largely because of their Academy Project sick or vacation days, and are U.S. legislation of its kind has career choices, Michigan women forced to work overtime with little encouraged activists in other states Page 6 Women of Color Task Force working full time earn only 72 or no advance notice. Some are to model their efforts on the suc- Promotes Career cents to every dollar earned by Advancement verbally and/or physically assaulted cessful campaign led by Ms. Poo’s comparably employed men-one by their employers or fired without organization, Domestic Workers Page 7 Book Review of the lowest wage ratios in the notice or severance pay. United, and the New York Domestic Page 8 CEW Scholarships: Helping country. These nannies and maids, as well as Workers Justice Coalition. Women Achieve Their Continued on page 4 Dreams CEW STAFF THE DIRECTOR Gloria D. Thomas from Director Kirsten Elling CEW’s Mission Enabling others to reach their Associate Director for Counseling, Programs and Services potential is central to CEW's The University of Michigan Susan Kaufmann mission. Relying on the talents and Associate Director for Advocacy Welcome to our Fall 2010 Center for the Education of beneficence of others, we continual- Kristina Bingham Jacqueline Bowman Newsletter. Women (CEW) advances the ly strive to ensure victories for the Eilisha Dermont women we serve. The annual CEW Valerie Eaglin As part of a year-long reevaluation personal, educational, career, Connie Hansen Scholarship Program, celebrating its Jackie Johnson and strategic planning process, professional and leadership Roxann Keating CEW staff recently refined our 40th year in 2010, is one of our Jeanne Miller most notable examples of helping Catherine Mueller mission statement, which you'll find potential of women. The Doreen Murasky women at the University of Janice Reuben in the box on this page. In addition, services, programs, applied V. Thandi Sule we created a vision for the future of Michigan to succeed. As a way to Beth Sullivan research, and action initiatives share with you some of the high- Ching-Yune Sylvester CEW, with the goal of making the Jean Waltman Center “a preeminent resource and conducted by CEW promote lights of the upcoming October Audrey Williams scholarship awards ceremony, this Betsy Wilson a thought and action leader” on top- inclusiveness and equity ics of importance to women both newsletter gives you an overview of Director Emerita within the Carol Hollenshead locally and beyond. This, of course, the amazing accomplishments and career goals of some of our nearly Graduate Student Researchers has always been CEW's raison University, across the state and Heather Branton d'etre, but recommitting ourselves 1,400 scholars. We are forever Inger Bergom throughout the nation. Greg Storms to the ideal has been exciting and grateful to all of the friends of CEW who give generously of their re-energizing. As the newsletter's lead article Leadership Council time and money to support the Jean W. Campbell, Ann Arbor MI In this newsletter you'll find many shows, The Center stays informed Lee Gorman, Ann Arbor, MI endeavors of so many accomplished Susan S. Gutow, Ann Arbor, MI examples of present, future and about women's issues world-wide, women. Constance M. Kinnear, Ann Arbor,MI on-going efforts to address major in part by supporting visiting Rani Kotha, Ann Arbor, MI Finally, I hope everyone who reads Robert D. Oliver, Ann Arbor, MI issues affecting women locally and researchers and social activists who Ann Sneed Schriber, Ann Arbor MI nationally. Our goals are always to toil on behalf of women every- this newsletter will find something Gil Seinfeld, Ann Arbor, MI where. Our most recent visiting that adds to her or his knowledge of Marina v. N. Whitman, Ann Arbor MI effect change, keep you informed, and summon your help when and social activist, funded by the Twink women's work in the world. Our Emeritae Council where needed. I'm proud of the Frey Visiting Social Activist feature “Books of Interest” may Menakka M. Bailey, Ann Arbor, MI even suggest a novel or non-fiction Lisa Baker, Ann Arbor,MI scope of these endeavors, which Program, was Ai-jen Poo. Her six- Nancy Barbour, Alexandria, VA illustrate our ability not only to act year effort to secure basic employ- book for your reading list. Norma C. Barfield, Bloomfield Hills, MI ment rights for New York's domes- Ellen M. Byerlein, Petoskey, MI independently but also to support As you well know, September on a Lois P. Cohn, Bloomfield Hills, MI the efforts of women and women's tic workers, many of whom are university campus is an exciting Julie F. Cummings, Birmingham, MI organizations and to be an informa- immigrant women of color, has time of new beginnings. I wish you Martha Meier Dean, Newton Square, PA Beverly B. Denbo, Bethesda, MD tion resource for our friends. succeeded. Governor Paterson a happy, rejuvenating Fall. Anthony Derezinski, Ann Arbor MI With respect to a national issue for signed the Domestic Workers Bill Molly H. Dobson, Ann Arbor MI of Rights into law at the end of Anne Duderstadt, Ann Arbor, MI women in academe, CEW's own Susan S. Florsheim, Highland Park, IL research team recently completed a August. Everyone at CEW learned Twink Frey, Grand Rapids, MI so much from Ai-jen about the Beverley Geltner, Ann Arbor, MI three-year project about career sat- Matina Souretis Horner, Belmont, MA isfaction among the ever-growing issues of gendered working condi- Judith H. Lax, Ann Arbor, MI tions and labor laws, and we're Anne E. Lehker, Milford, MI numbers of non-tenure eligible Gloria D. Thomas Ashley M. Maentz, Lake Bluff, IL instructional faculty at our colleges eager to share the successes of Ai- [email protected] William Martin, Ann Arbor, MI and universities. It's amazing to jen's work and how it might be used Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor, MI as a template for similar legislation Ann V. Parfet, Kalamazoo, MI realize that non-tenure track profes- Lana B. Pollack, Ann Arbor, MI sionals now make up close to 70% in other states. Sheila M. Potiker, La Jolla, CA Kathleen K. Power, Ann Arbor, MI of the faculty at all US degree- In addition, throughout the newslet- Desma Reid-Coleman, Detroit, MI granting institutions, and of this ter are examples of the ways that Margaret A. Riecker, Midland MI CEW is using its resources to Karla Scherer, Chicago, IL growing rank, women comprise a Martha R. Seger, Ann Arbor, MI majority. On page 3 you'll find a address women's issues on campus, Carol S. Smokler, Boca Raton, FL summary discussion of the research by supporting the important work of Maxine J.
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