Professor Caryn Medved, PhD

Interesting article in the Washington Post on Paid Leave around the world. As we go into our presidential election, some interesting thoughts!

See more information on the Retail Action Project (RAP) working for better working conditions for retail workers in NYC:

Their mission:

The Retail Action Project (RAP) is a member-based organization with the mission of building worker power, elevating industry standards, and promoting family-sustaining jobs. We achieve this through engaging in collective action, highlighting worker voices, growing workers’ professional capacity, and nurturing member leadership.

RAP was founded in 2005 as a community labor partnership between the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU, UFCW) and the Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) which helped thousands of low-wage New York City retail workers fight wage theft and win millions in unpaid wages, and expanded into a membership organization in 2010.

See NYTs magazine on ‘Rethinking the Work-Family Equation’