ISSUE ALERT
The National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW)
has a long history of successful collaboration with the Women's Bureau,
U.S. Department of Labor. Indeed, the Women's Bureau Regional Administrators
were instrumental in establishing commissions for women in the early
1960s. President Obama has proposed a 37% reduction in Women's Bureau
staffing, downsizing the regional offices from 10 to 6, and an
overall 22% funding reduction.
NACW strongly
opposes these severe reductions and has sent letters to
President Obama and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. NACW has
also provided written testimony for the upcoming hearing by the
House Budget Appropriation Committee on Thursday, March 29. This testimony
is available HERE .
Time is of the
essence - help protect the budget of the Women's Bureau, DoL and the
voice of the ONLY federal office concerned exclusively with serving and
promoting the interests of female workers.
Suggestions on
how to use this information:
- Write a letter to
President Obama expressing your opposition to these cuts.
The President
The White House
1600
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington,
DC 20500
Send a copy of the letter to the Secretary of Labor
The Honorable Hilda Solis
Secretary
of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington,
DC 20210
- Send written testimony
(no more than 5 pages, one-sided, double-spaced) by March 28 to lh.approp@mail.house.gov
- Use information in NACW's
testimony to write an op-ed for your local newspaper
- Send letters to your
state's House of Representatives and Senators
- Contact your Department
of Labor, Women's Bureau Regional Administrator (contact information
HERE) to see how you
can support the effort to reinstate funding
- Reach out to other
women's commissions in your region (NACW is divided into the same 10
regions as the Women's Bureau; information HERE) to see how you
can join efforts to bring attention to this critical issue.
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