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Women, Wages & Work Policy Conference
Monday, June 9th UMass Boston Campus Center |
Join us for a day of exciting speakers and strategy sessions to close the wage gap; advocate for family friendly benefits, retirement security, and work/life balance; and examine how to get women what they need in child care and job training. |
Featured Speakers Include: Lilly Ledbetter. Plaintiff in Supreme Court gender wage discrimination case: Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Eleanor Holmes Norton. U.S. Congresswoman (invited) Rosa DeLauro. U.S. Congresswoman (invited) Niki Tsongas. U.S. Congresswoman (invited) Evelyn Murphy. Former Lt. Governor & Author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid as Much as Men and What to Do About It Teresa Heinz Kerry. Philanthropist and Supporter of Women's Retirement Security Suzanne Bump. Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Rocio Saenz. President, SEIU Local 615 Ann Bookman. Executive Director, MIT Workplace Center Ellen Bruce . Director, Pension Action Center, UMass Boston |
Preliminary Program 8:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Informational Booths 9:00 a.m. Welcome 9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker 9:45 a.m. Panel Discussion: Federal & State Legislative Solutions 11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: “Making the Workplace Work for You” Noon. Lunch Speakers 1:30 p.m. Concurrent Strategy Sessions I: Closing the Wage Gap; Advocating for Yourself in the Workplace; Paid Family & Medical Leave; Easing the Childcare Burden for Working Parents; Job/Skills Training; WAGE Project Training; Retirement Planning; Advocacy 101: Becoming an Effective Advocate. 2:45 p.m. Break: Informational Booths Open 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Strategy Session II: Repeat 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks 5:00 p.m. VIP Reception
Dynamic and Interactive Activities • Find out what you don’t know and why you should care: Take the Wage Gap Quiz. • Get trained to advocate for yourself on the job. • Use the “Retirement Calculator” to learn how much the wage gap hurts you. • Connect with local and statewide initiatives: Put your energies to work for women’s economic equality. • Take away a Resource Guide with information on “Best Practices,” local, state and national initiatives, and advocacy groups. • Register to vote at our on-site voter registration booth.
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