DWC in the News

Read the article here. Democratic Women’s Caucus members said they were “deeply concerned,” and that “economic indicators suggest that this exodus of women from the labor force is not entirely voluntary.” Read more »

Read the article here. In a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and acting Women’s Bureau leadership Tuesday, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged the agency to probe why more than 330,000 women have left the workforce since January. Read more »

Read the article here. The Democratic Women's Caucus asked the U.S. Department of Labor to further probe why women are leaving the workforce in droves, after recent job data showed that over 330,000 women have left the workforce since January. Read more »

Watch the video here. So I can assure you that I was very involved from day one when we found out about this. But just to reinforce what my colleague Debbie Wasserman Schultz has said, in 2019 the Democratic Women's Caucus called for an oversight hearing to be held in Palm Beach County. Read more »

Listen to the segment here. Representative Trahan and the Democratic Women's Caucus have been gathering folks to fight against the SCORE Act. So I've been working with a rep for Trahan's office to coordinate efforts, and he reached out to me on Friday with a positive update. The Republicans have delayed the vote on SCORE that was planned for this week due to mounting opposition from a… Read more »

Watch the segment here. I was just reading a letter right before I came back from the last meeting from the women who came to testify. They wrote a letter to the Women's Caucus, the Democratic Women's Caucus, saying thank you so much for hosting us, and we're still so hurt by the fact that the President continues to call our experience a hoax. Read more »

Read the article here. Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBPA, told reporters the union is seeking a revenue-sharing pay system that will allow players to see growth in compensation that coincides with the popularity of the women’s league. “This league is experiencing historic and sustainable growth, from the broadcast deals to the ticket sales to the rising valuations of the teams…We… Read more »

Read the article here. And Wednesday, the union kept applying pressure; 85 lawmakers from the House of Representatives sent a letter to WNBA officials demanding the league “bargain in good faith.” Read more »

Read the article here. On the penultimate day of the WNBA regular season, the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) received Congressional support for its current labor negotiations. The Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) sent a letter to the league urging commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the team owners to "bargain in good faith" with the WNBPA and reach a fair… Read more »

Read the article here. Considering that the league is continuing to grow at an explosive pace and is set to become vastly more lucrative in the coming decade, a lockout is absolutely the last thing they need. And with the players asking for what they believe they deserve, politicians are now getting involved to help resolve the situation. "85 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus… Read more »