March 11, 2021
Since February 2020, 2.3 million women have left the US workforce, meaning they’re neither looking for a job nor working (for pay; they’re doing plenty of unpaid work). According to the National Women’s Law Center, women’s workforce participation dropped in January to its lowest level since 1987. The employment crisis has disproportionately affected Black and Latina women, who are most likely to work in the hardest hit industries, and least likely to have access to good, affordable childcare. Those of us lucky enough to keep our jobs are doing a lot more housework and parenting than men, on average, and we’re more likely to be burned out and considering quitting.
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Mar. 4—Maine is expected to see a dramatic drop-off in COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered next week, just as the state announced that teachers and child care workers are now eligible alongside residents 60 and older. The state will receive 33,500 doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, an 11-percent increase over this week, but will not receive any doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. .
Mar. 3—Maine is opening up coronavirus vaccine eligibility to school staff and childcare providers following a directive from the Biden administration Tuesday that has prompted several states to realign their distribution priorities to include educators. Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that preK-12 school staff and child care providers will be eligible for the vaccine regardless of age, .