The Lowe-Down

by Fred Lowe
Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer

The wage gap between female managers and their male counterparts was even greater in 2000 than it had been five years earlier, according to a congressional study of 10 industries.

At a recently-held news conference Reps. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) released an alarming new report on women in the workforce, which demonstrated that the glass ceiling has actually hardened, rather than shattered, since 1995 for women in management positions.

Lorraine Bracco, star of HBO’s The Sopranos, joined Dingell and Maloney in publicly releasing the report, which is the first in a continuing series of federally funded studies examining the status of women and the glass ceiling.

“Historic advances for women in the workplace have eroded in the last five years, according to this report,” said Maloney. “Gains in pay equity and equality in promotions have stalled and even declined for women in management. This is bad news for women and it’s definitely bad news for the majority of families in America that rely heavily on a mother’s income.”

The release of the Dingell-Maloney report follows on the heels of several studies released throughout 2001 on women in the broadcasting industry, the legal profession and the sciences. All of these reports and the Dingell-Maloney report are available on our web site at http://www.liuna777.org.

777 Scholarship Winners Honored!



Pictured (from left) are winners
Priscilla Hernandez, Jennifer Ingram,
Lillian Parker, and Danielle Woo,
along with Fred Lowe and Rocco Davis.

 On March 21, 2002, Local 777 presented four Scholarships for $2,000.00 each to the winners of the essay: “Why Do Working People Need Unions in the United States in the 21st Century?” The date was chosen to coincide with events celebrating the March 31 birthday of the founder of the United Farm Workers union, Cesar Chavez.

Special guest speakers included Rocco Davis, LIUNA Vice President and Pacific Southwest Regional Manager, and Charles Goetzl (President), and Christine McCarthy (Southern Vice President), representing the Academic Professionals of California/LIUNA Local 1002.

APC was responsible for judging and selecting the scholarship applicants. Presiding over the ceremony was Pasadena Councilmember and Local 777 Goverment and Public Affairs Director Victor Gordo.
This year’s winners were from three of the twelve public agencies represented by Local 777.
Priscilla Hernandez graduates in June from Valley View High School in Moreno Valley. Her mother Patricia, is a Local 777 member working as a Child Support Specialist for the County of Riverside.

Jennifer Ingram works full time in ICU at Riverside Community Hospital. Her husband, Paul, is a Local 777 member working for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department as a Community Services Officer.

Lillian Parker is a high school senior who wants to major in Business Law at Loyola Marymount College, with the goal of becoming a City Attorney. Her mother, Lillian Woodfin-Parker, is a Local 777 member working for the City of Los Angeles Police Department as a Supervising Property Officer.

Danielle Woo is a junior at California State University, Northridge. Her stepfather, Colin Singer, is a Local 777 member working in the Alhambra Police Department as a Property Officer.

  

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