To: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Save the Women's Bureau from Trump's Budget Cuts
The Trump Administration wants to eliminate the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor by cutting its budget by 70%, closing down all regional offices and essentially rendering the agency unable to fulfill its mission. The Women’s Bureau is vital to women’s economic security. We urge you to reject these cuts to the Women’s Bureau and restore its full budget and staff levels.
Why is this important?
The Trump Administration’s proposal to cut the Women’s Bureau’s budget by 70%, eliminating all regional offices, would essentially render the agency unable to fulfill its mission of empowering women to achieve economic security.
For nearly 100 years, the Women’s Bureau has served as the only agency in the federal government charged with advocating for the interest of working women and for the economic security of women and their families. It has worked on high priority issues for working women such as paid leave, earned sick time, as well as highlighting the needs of women veterans. It has been at the forefront of addressing equal pay, ensuring breastfeeding and pregnancy accommodation, as well as working with women in the trades.
Issues that the Bureau once raised as “women’s issues” have become the standard for all workers today.
Sign on now to save the Women’s Bureau from the Trump Administration’s budget cuts!
For nearly 100 years, the Women’s Bureau has served as the only agency in the federal government charged with advocating for the interest of working women and for the economic security of women and their families. It has worked on high priority issues for working women such as paid leave, earned sick time, as well as highlighting the needs of women veterans. It has been at the forefront of addressing equal pay, ensuring breastfeeding and pregnancy accommodation, as well as working with women in the trades.
Issues that the Bureau once raised as “women’s issues” have become the standard for all workers today.
Sign on now to save the Women’s Bureau from the Trump Administration’s budget cuts!