Last revised 3/4/2002
The challenge of integrating work and family life is part of everyday reality for the majority of American working families. While the particulars may vary depending on income, occupation, and stage in life, this challenge cuts across all socioeconomic levels and is felt directly by both women and men. We call upon working families to unite to improve these circumstances with the help of federal and state governments, employers, unions, and community organizations.
Read the CALL TO ACTION
Read the list of ENDORSEMENTS
Read the EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY (pdf file)
Read the REPORT
(pdf file)
The Roundtable on the report, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the office of Senator Edward Kennedy, and the National Policy Association, was held on February 28, 2002 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. The report is also available at http://mitsloan.mit.edu/iwer. The report is a product of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Work-Family Policy Network, a network involving experts across a wide range of issues. The report was written by:
Lotte Bailyn, T Wilson Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Drago, Professor of Labor Studies and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Kochan, George M. Bunker Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other members of the Sloan
Work-Family Policy Network include:
Randy Albelda (University of Massachusetts/Boston)
Eileen Appelbaum (Economic Policy Institute)
Rosemary Batt (Cornell University)
Ann Bookman (MIT)
Forrest Briscoe (MIT)
Francoise Carre (Radcliffe Public Policy Center)
Susan Cass (MIT)
Susan Eaton (Harvard University)
Mona Harrington (Radcliffe Public Policy Center)
Phyllis Moen (Cornell University)
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes (Boston College)
Kris Rondeau (Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers)
Jennifer Schmidt (University of Chicago)
Frank Stafford (University of Michigan)
Joan Williams (American University)