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How Unions Help Moms Take Maternity Leave
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Oct. 31, 2018 | BENEFITS | [...] a working woman’s decision whether to take maternity leave is dependent on four factors: availability, awareness, affordability, and assurance. Put another way, if an expecting mother has a paid-maternity-leave benefit available to her, she also has to be aware that the leave exists, she has to be able to afford to take it, and, in the long term, she has to be assured that she won’t be penalized for taking it by losing hours, pay, or promotion opportunities. Drawing from a nationally representative sample of 4,108 workers, researchers found that women represented by unions tend to take leave more often because of activities that aren’t typically found in nonunionized workplaces: Most notably, the presence of union representatives who serve as educators and advocates, as well as union meetings and newsletters… The Atlantic
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