Thread by @Jess_Gagnon

#UCUstrikesBack Since today's @StrathclydeUCU strikers are participating in today's #FeministPicket I want to add a thread about the motherhood penalty and the fatherhood bonus that I mentioned at the teach in last week #IWD2020 #IWD #IWD20 /1

https://twitter.com/Jess_Gagnon/status/1235188538163040259

The motherhood penalty impacts all women - regardless of whether a woman can have or wants to have children - 40% of managers admit to discriminating against women of childbearing age #UCUstrikesBack #FeministPicket #IWD2020 #IWD #IWD20 /2 theguardian.com/money/2014/aug…

"Many mothers also face discrimination from employers. ... This discrimination extends to women without children too, with some employers regarding all women of childbearing age as potential liabilities" (Woodroffe, 2009:3) #UCUstrikesBack /3 bl.uk/collection-ite…

Women do significantly more unpaid care work - Women perform 75% of care work globally, dedicating more than triple the amount of time comapred to men #UCUstrikesBack /4 kcl.ac.uk/news/womens-un…

"Mothers are far more likely than fathers to take time out from paid work, or to work part-time, in order to care for their children. They are, for example, nine times as likely as fathers to arrange not to work during school holidays" (Woodroffe, 2009:3) #UCUstrikesBack /5

Women's unpaid labour is worth £140bn to the UK economy.
inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Globally, The unpaid work women do adds up to $10.8 trillion per year
mother.ly/news/the-value…

#IWD2020 #IWD #IWD20 #FeministPicket #UCUstrikesBack /6

Motherhood penalty: "Mothers are less likely to be hired for jobs, to be perceived as competent at work or to be paid as much as their male colleagues with the same qualifications"

#IWD2020 #IWD #IWD20 #FeministPicket #UCUstrikesBack /7

nytimes.com/2014/09/07/ups…

Fatherhood bonus: "For men, meanwhile, having a child is good for their careers. They are more likely to be hired than childless men, and tend to be paid more after they have children."

#IWD2020 #IWD #IWD20 #FeministPicket #UCUstrikesBack /8

nytimes.com/2014/09/07/ups…

"Before becoming parents, men and women are equally likely to be employed, but childbirth marks the start of a great divide which continues even after children have left home and does lasting damage to women’s careers" (Woodroffe, 2009:7)

#FeministPicket #UCUstrikesBack /9

Fatherhood bonus: "The earnings bonus for fatherhood persists after controlling for an array of differences. ... Men who are white, married, ... college graduates ... receive the largest fatherhood earnings bonuses" #UCUstrikesBack /10 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Fatherhood bonus: In the UK, fathers working full time get a 21% wage bonus according to a study of 17,000 workers aged 42 by @The_TUC @tuc

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bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Motherhood penalty: In the UK, Full-time working mothers see a wage penalty, earning 11% less than their colleagues without children according to a study of 17,000 workers aged 42 by @The_TUC @tuc

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bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Pay gaps across UK #HigherEducation

advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/…

#AdvanceHEstats #UCUstrikesBack /13