The M. L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, is the central body of labor organizations in King County, Washington. We are affiliated with the National AFL-CIO, the central labor organization in the United States, representing more than 13 million working people. Over 150 organizations belong to the Council, and more than 75,000 working men and women belong to Council-affiliated organizations. United, we are a voice for the interests and needs of working people in King County.

The core responsibilities of the M. L. King County Labor Council are to assist workers and their unions in the struggle for social and economic justice; support efforts to organize and bargain fair contracts; lobby, endorse and involve working people in the political process; advocate and support laws that protect working people; support community services outreach work; and unite with community allies who are also struggling for justice.

AFL-CIO, Working America Launch “Ask a Working Woman”
Election-year survey results to be passed on to politicians
www.askaworkingwoman.com

(Washington, May 7) Once upon a time, not very long ago, our mothers (sisters, aunts, cousins and ourselves) brought forth on this continent a new notion, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that when it comes to earning a paycheck, all women were created equal to men.
So how’s that going for you?

In fact, women’s wages are significantly lower than men’s at 77 cents to the dollar.

Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, wants to know what it’s like to be a working woman in America this election year. Today, we launch our 6^th Ask a Working Woman survey online at www.askaworkingwoman.com.
Tell us how much time you have for yourself – and what you do when you need time off to take care of a sick child or an elderly parent.
Let us know whether you think your male coworker in the cubicle next to yours is making more money than you for the same work and whether you think operating in a working environment built for your father’s schedule really works out for you. 
Most importantly, tell us what you need – health care, pension benefits, flex time – to make this juggling act that is working womanhood a little bit easier for you.
Then we’ll crunch the data into survey results on June 24, and we’ll pass what working women have to say along to the politicians with the power to make it better. 
The last time we asked, we heard from 22,000 women. This year, we expect to continue the tradition – begun in 1997 – of collecting one of the largest datasets available about what working women need and want from the political powers that be and the ones to come.
The survey is open to all and will be available on line at until June 20 at www.askaworkingwoman.com or http://aaww.questionpro.com/ .