Privileged Resolution 000292

..Title Proclaiming the week of May14, 2000 as Working Women's Awareness Week. ..Body WHEREAS, Working women comprise nearly half of the U.S. labor force with over 61 million women in the workplace; and WHEREAS, Women in the workforce face added burdens caused by the demands of balancing family life with full-time jobs. Demands including child rearing and caring for dependent adults; and WHEREAS, Not all women in the workforce have equal pay and advancement opportunities, they face employment discrimination, have fewer health care benefits, and endure social security and pension inequities; and WHEREAS, Government, business and labor leaders should make efforts to find solutions to the special problems working women face; and WHEREAS, Women deserve recognition for the important contributions they make in their workplaces and communities and it is necessary to increase public awareness of those contributions; now therefore RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Declares the week of May 14, 2000 as Working Women's Awareness Week. FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Kathy Black, a tireless advocate for working women, to further express the sincere sentiments of this legislative body. ..End