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More working men are caregivers as women leave workforce, survey finds There's not a big shift in gender equality — instead, it's a change in who's going to work.

Important piece from @emilypeck.bsky.social on today's labor market trends: www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...

As more men juggle working & caregiving, it underscores the urgency of policies like affordable child care & paid leave to help everyone meet their responsibilities on the job and at home.

Incisive jobs report thread 🧵by @kfgrobbins.bsky.social

Social Security not planning major disability overhaul amid criticism A reported plan would've reduced the number of people who qualified for disability, panicking advocates.

Social Security backed off a change to the way disability insurance works — a huge relief to advocates and the many people who rely on it — after a raft of criticism. They don't call Social Security the third-rail of politics for no reason.. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/s...

These data reveal an economy in freefall as the impacts of chaotic tariff policies & cuts to public services are increasingly felt. This harm will be magnified as the effects of Trump's OBBB come to fruition, decimating health care funding, giving tax breaks to the ultrawealthy & more. 9/9

The BLS has just announced they cannot retroactively collect this survey data, creating a permanent gap in the data and leaving businesses and policymakers without essential information they use to make decisions that impact hiring, investments, mortgage rates and more. 8/9

The jobs data, which were collected and processed prior to the shutdown, are the last normal jobs day data we will see for some time. That’s because no data were collected during the shutdown, breaking a 900-month streak of data collection. 7/9

Line graph entitled "Women's rating of the government's economic policies has once again hit an all-time low during the Trump era" showing men's and women's ratings from January 2024 through September 2025 of the question, "As to the economic policy of the government - I mean steps taken to fight inflation or unemployment - would you say the government is doing a good job, only fair, or a poor job?" The lines show that in 2024 men's ratings were on average lower than women's but both hovered between roughly 70 to 90. Beginning after January 2025 when President Trump took office, both men's and women's ratings plunged, though women's feel more steeply than men's, twice hitting 40 in April 2025 and September 2025. Since April men's ratings have been between 60 and 70.

The new jobs data are not the only concerning economic data from this fall. Our analysis of consumer sentiment data shows that women’s rating of the government’s economic policies has reached a nearly five-decade low. 6/9

This means that, compared to January 2025, there are 265,000 fewer Black women working in September, driving their employment-to-population ratio down to 57.2% and returning it to a four-year low. 5/9

The data also show alarming developments in Black women’s employment. Black women’s unemployment rate skyrocketed to 7.5% in September, driven by Black women joining the labor market but not finding jobs. 4/9

Women’s jobs have fared somewhat better overall in 2025, buoyed by more than 400K jobs gained in private education & health care. But this respite may be short lived, as hospitals and clinics are closing due to cuts to health care funding in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. 3/9

Today’s data show a dramatically slowing economy that has lost jobs 2 of the last 4 months. Cuts to the federal workforce and losses in transportation and warehousing, which are especially impacted by tariff policies, have contributed to this year’s decline. 2/9

Today the BLS finally released the employment data collected in September. Delayed by the government shutdown, these data are the last snapshot of the economy before the costly shutdown shuttered Head Start centers, reduced food assistance and more. #NumbersDay 1/9

Women's share of the veteran workforce is at an all-time high – but Trump's policies threaten their success | National Partnership for Women & Families Women's share of the veterans' workforce is at an all-time high – but President Trump and Elon Musk's attacks on veterans and service members threatens their employment prospects and economic security...

New analysis out today on the impact of Trump's policies on the veteran women's workforce: nationalpartnership.org/womenveteranworkforce. Some key findings:

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate

This streak dies tomorrow

Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months

This blind spot will remain forever

Congress should reopen the government and increase funding for essential programs to ensure women and families can thrive, not waste money and threaten families’ well being.

6. 683 years of the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline costs $20.5 million each year and fields more than 1 million requests for support and information. The shutdown threatens resources that survivors need to stay safe.

5. More than 3 decades of EEOC funding.
The EEOC, which costs $455m each year, enforces laws that protect civil rights, equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, the ADA & more to keep workers safe on the job. Only a fraction of EEOC workers are on the job during the shutdown, leaving workers in limbo.

4. Roughly 3.5 years of heating assistance.
LIHEAP, which costs just over $4B annually, provides assistance to roughly 6 million households to keep people warm in the winter & cool in the summer. Just as winter sets in across the country, the #shutdown threatens to delay LIHEAP support.

3. Nearly two years of WIC funding.
WIC, which costs about $7.6B a year, provides nutrition support for close to 7m women & children monthly, including 4 in 10 infants. While WIC benefits have continued thus far during the shutdown, the stop gap funding is temporary & their future is uncertain.

2. More than a year of Head Start.
Head Start, which costs $12.3 billion each year, supports the early learning, development and health of more than 700,000 children across the country each year. Head Start programs in 41 states are already threatened by the shutdown.

1. More than a month and a half of SNAP benefits.
Federal spending on SNAP benefits totaled ~$100B last year. SNAP provides nutrition support for more than 40m people each month, primarily children & older adults. Trump has threatened to withhold & delay SNAP benefits until the end of the shutdown.

We are into the 6th week of the longest government #shutdown in history. If this stretches to the end of November, the CBO estimates it will cost the economy $14B. Lemme tell you what else we could have for $14B: nationalpartnership.org/six-things-w...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

We find that among mothers of young children, Black mothers have faced the steepest declines in labor force participation in recent years, with especially dramatic declines for college-educated Black moms.

The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines | National Partnership for Women & Families New analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and The 75 Million Project finds that Black mothers of young children are facing the steepest declines in labor force participation in r...

New: The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines.

nationalpartnership.org/report/share...

The degree of callousness and cruelty to be able to leave a toddler in a car is frightening.

$14 billion is more than what we spend in a year on Head Start, which is at risk of shutting down because of the shutdown.

Make it make sense.

Good day to read this @chabeli.bsky.social piece on how women of color are impacted when there is no new jobs report. #numbersday