Under The Bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over

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Caroline Fredrickson is a powerful advocate and D.C. insider who has witnessed the legislative compromises that leave out temps, farmworkers, employees of small businesses, immigrants and other workers who fall outside an intentionally narrow definition of employees. The women in this fast-growing part of the workforce are denied minimum wage, maternity leave, health care, the right to unionize and protection from harassment and discrimination-all within the bounds of the law. If current trends continue, their fate will be the future of all American workers.

Caroline Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society and a senior fellow at Demos. She was chief of staff to Senator Maria Cantwell and deputy chief of staff to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

"I took furious notes while reading Caroline Fredrickson's Under the Bus: How Working Women Are Being Run Over 'Furious' because I had to write fast to keep up with information Fredrickson packs into this relatively slim book, and furious because every new thing I learned made the hair on my neck stand on end." Katie McDonough, Salon "This is a damn fine book that I will reference frequently and at length, forever The book is easy to read and it's easy to recognize myself and the women I've worked with over the years in its pages." Linda Tirado, Elle "This excellent book will contribute to ongoing discussions concerning women in the workplace." Booklist "Offers up fixes for this broken, exclusive system." Mother Jones "A call to action for women who have been left behind in the fight to secure fair labor standards." Washington Independent Review of Books "The most refreshing part about her book is the way Frederickson connects this narrative with her own personal story that even she, as a policy advocate, didn't think about low-wage workers until recently." Feministing "Serves to illustrate how far systemic policy change could go in creating equal opportunity across the board improving working situations for women." Shelf Awareness "An informative, occasionally shocking exploration of the state of women's rights in the workplace." Kirkus