[Sosfbay-discuss] OP-ED by Cathy Deppe on Plight of Low-Income Working Women

[alexcathy at aol.com]

Dear Friends, 





This weekend is the 9to5 Fifth Annual Regional Leadership Conference & Policy Day in Northern California 



SAN JOSE CONFERENCE: SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009, 10 AM – 2 PM

African American Community Services Agency

304 N. 6th Street (at Julian),

San Jose, CA 95112



Keynote Speaker: State Assemblywoman Fiona Ma

Sponsor, California Paid Sick Days



SACRAMENTO POLICY DAY: MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009, 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM



On the eve of the conference, California Progress Report, an
influential progressive web site out of Sacramento, published an Op-Ed
piece by Cathy Deppe.  Dear progressive friends, please click the link
below to check it out and leave a comment.  So far, the only comments
posted have been Rush Limbaugh - styled attacks on "welfare moms,"
"minorities," and "illegal immigration."  Now that the damned
Republicans have finally been thrown out of power, rightwing "trolls"
prowl the Internet, meaner and nastier than ever.  And of course, the
"progressive" California Progess Report, out of "fairness," never
moderates their shit. 



Alex Walker  



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Posted on the California Progress Report, March 19, 2009



www.californiaprogressrep
ort.com/2009/03/low-income_sing.html



Low-Income Single Moms Struggle to Survive in Recession with No Health Insurance





by Cathy Deppe



National Association of Working Women














In California, we a
re facing the worst recession in the past
twenty-five years. Every week, 9to5 California Chapter of the National
Association of Working Women receives calls at our offices in Los
Angeles and San Jose from low-income mothers struggling to survive.





 





We hear stories about the plight of low-income mothers who work at
jobs that lack health insurance and paid sick days. Many are afraid to
go to the doctor because they can't afford to pay. Other low-income
mothers go to work sick because they can't afford to stay home. And
others are getting fired for just being sick...













Read Original Article at:
www.californiaprogressreport.com.
Please
leave a comment. So far, the only comment posted to Cathy's Op-Ed is a
Rush Limbaugh=2
0styled attack on "single mothers on welfare,"
"minorities" and "illegal immigration."









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