Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBIHHO006245; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:17:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:17:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05100301b845285b73e6@[209.246.106.51]> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1832] Re: alert X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2748 Lines: 60 Daphne, I'd suggest that you promptly forward this very alarming information and an inquiry about what they, you, and members of this listserv can do in protest to the National Organization for Women, the MS Foundation, Catalyst, People for the American Way, the president of the Ford Foundation, the National Coaltion for Literacy, and any other group that concerns itself with the role of women and/or issues of discrimination, justice, and equity in American society. Gail >This just came across my desk-does anyone know anything about it? > >National Partnership Agency Watch Alert >Friday, December 14, 2001 >******************************** > >BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S >BUREAU AT LABOR DEPARTMENT > >As part of our Agency Watch efforts, the National Partnership for >Women & Families has learned that the Department of Labor's 2003 >budget currently being finalized - calls for the elimination of all >the Regional Offices of the Women's Bureau. This follows on the >heels of the elimination of the >White House office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, and the >elimination of the Equal Pay Matters Initiative. Taken together, >these actions constitute a real threat to the well being of working >women throughout the country. > >The mission of the Women's Bureau remains - as it has through all >Republican and Democratic administrations since 1920 - to promote >the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, >increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for >profitable employment. >The ten Regional Offices play an invaluable role in ensuring that >this mission is carried out effectively at the local level. These >offices provide critical services, including educating women about >their legal protections against workplace abuse, providing >specialized information about training >programs and workplace supports to help low-income and low-skilled >women, and assisting women who need language or computer assistance. >These offices also play a central role in meeting the Department's >own goal of helping women become self-sufficient through increasing >access to non-traditional occupations. > >These offices give the Department important information about the >policies and issues that should be addressed locally to increase >women's full participation in the workforce. It is clear that the >elimination of these offices would end programs that are vital and >necessary. > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:TEXT.htm (TEXT/MSIE) (0001476B) -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610
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