Calling it “a very important milestone,” Governor Brown this week signed SB 358, trekking to Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park in Richmond for an celebrating the tough new pay equity bill aimed at closing the historic wage gap between women and men. We asked Susan Rose, our Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women in Politics Correspondent, to interview the measure’s author, Democratic state Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, who represents the central coast, including Santa Barbara, the center […]

LOS ANGELES (WOMENSENEWS)–In 2016, the United States deserves a presidential candidate who will make paid family leave a priority on the campaign platform.That candidate can take over from President Barack Obama who advocated for paid family leave in this year’s State of the Union speech. “Today, we’re the only advanced country on earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers,” Obama said. “Forty-three million workers have no paid sick […]