Women Bear Brunt of Union Busting

This piece was originally published in Politico

By: Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Heidi Hartmann

Across America, hardworking teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and other public employees are being squeezed from two directions.

On one hand, cutting deficits has become the main budgetary priority in Washington and state capitals, which means pay freezes or layoffs for hundreds of thousands of these middle-class workers. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and other states, governors are using the real problem of budget deficits as a justification to pursue a long-term goal: union busting.

Whether by design or default, this two-pronged assault on the public sector disproportionately hurts women.

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