Together with our partner Catalyx, The Labor Club is taking on landmark research to study pregnant and postpartum U.S. women who have experienced involuntary job loss.
- A member of The Labor Club who was laid off pregnant has contributed $6,000 toward participant incentives. This is important to all stakeholders because many of our members are still without an income.
- A $6,000 match of her gift will cover the hard cost of going out to a control group in order to make our findings statistically significant.
- Catalyx is generously providing staff labor, survey tooling, resourcing, and a white paper analysis pro bono.
Once the $6,000 hard cost of our control group is fully funded, we can study:
- Maternal and infant health outcomes when a mother experiences job loss while pregnant or postpartum
- Severance packages and the incidence of favorable negotiations for women laid off pregnant or on leave
- The frequency of NDA use by U.S. corporations when women are laid off pregnant or postpartum
- How often women laid off pregnant or postpartum seek out legal guidance — and what obstacles might keep them from doing so
- What percentage of pregnant women who lose their jobs can realistically find new companies to hire them when time off is looming
We'll open-source our findings to help future U.S. women who face this scenario. With access to important facts like these, mothers-to-be and new mothers will be empowered to influence their own employer negotiations.
The Labor Club empowers expecting and new mothers who have experienced involuntary job loss to return to the workforce with confidence. We're fiscally sponsored. Your donation is tax deductible and your receipt will come from our fiscal sponsor Community Initiatives.
