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Subject: [EDEQUITY]News on Career Education Assistance
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Regarding currently available career education assistance for local and
regional sites:
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National Partnership Agency Watch Alert
Friday, December 14, 2001
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO CLOSE ALL REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE WOMEN'S
BUREAU AT LABOR DEPARTMENT
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.
Forwarded by:
Sundra Flansburg
Director, WEEA Equity Resource Center at EDC
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