Democrats are making an eleventh-hour push to attach an extension of federal jobless benefits to the budget agreement, hoping to keep 1.3 million Americans from losing their unemployment checks at the end of the year. read story

New federal workers must contribute more than 5 times what older employees pay toward retirement benefits under the deal. read story

YOUNG WORKING WOMEN STILL SEE PAY GAP, OTHER SEXISM AT WORK: “The Feminine Mystique” may have been replaced by “Lean In,” but for millennial women at work, many of the problems raised by Betty Friedan remain. read story