https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/about daily 1.0 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/c497e05a-cb03-4e15-bef2-4ac2e3a24c73/Mary+Beth+Maxwell.jpg About - Lifelong activist and advocate on issues of workers’ rights, racial justice, immigrant workers’ rights, LGBTQ+ equality, paid leave and the Care Economy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/8e667e7c-345b-4553-b964-a13faaf3c5d7/Toolkit+cover+image.png About - Toolkit: An Organizer’s Guide to Executive Action https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/reports daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638119408494-4ANP8UTTLMKMYY7OLUI6/The+Cost+of+Doing+Nothing_Page_01.jpg Reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638119442896-7U22HFKL5Z32IWJLLNL9/ARAW+Brave+Report_Page_01.jpg Reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638119673681-ADPO7M3EVWWSL9IODARK/Advancing+LGBT+Workplace+Rights.png Reports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/72d15007-f7ec-41ec-976b-19742a6319a7/Toolkit+cover+image.png Reports https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/published-work-blogs daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1637646128527-A3Z8G1VQXLU0VLZQVORV/The+Maxwell+Family+circa+1970.jpg Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1637647804938-FPZ2LOQAYR8ACEZAKQMP/Future+of+Work.png Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1637648775020-HGU3PICB0XFGZS4NX3GT/ROb+Sadler.jpg Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1637649978907-NV9VNJP9C3UQP51M42TQ/Yellowstone-1084-1024x768.jpg Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1637650039146-QCJIDCZARDA0WC9KV4F2/Terrence+Wise.png Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638073949559-4JKTU3XF94U5TPTG0ICD/Pullman_Porters_and_Conducto__date_unkown.png Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638074701259-S1R2X6Z6P6XU70JBY5XC/Productivity-and-compensation.png Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638075168679-FQ0E9RW5SKECIHES7TN5/The-Good-Jobs-Strategy-200x300.jpg Published Work - Blogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1638077661864-2JM39HPKV7X75MQVYWWG/Out+at+Work.png Published Work - Blogs https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-caregiving-challenge daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/179fc9aa-f029-4522-9f4b-471823a815b4/The+Maxwell+Family+1970.jpg The Caregiving Challenge - The Caregiving Challenge The Maxwell Family, 1970 https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/imagining-a-bright-future-of-work daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/039292ca-1504-4313-aad9-bc468264aac6/Future+of+Work.png Imagining a Bright Future of Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/why-i-thankfrank daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/32bc79cb-703d-41b5-8697-9348c6cb9291/Joe+Remmel+and+Tony+Rios.jpg Why I #ThankFrank - Make it stand out Joe Remmel and Tony Rios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/0cb15230-b1ed-4f7e-924b-65a70feab9b8/ROb+Sadler.jpg Why I #ThankFrank - Make it stand out Rob Sadler https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/a-word-from-the-wise-union daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/3da36a1b-5943-410f-b256-46b6b141a335/Terrence+Wise.png A Word From the Wise: Union - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/8646120e-f7d4-4223-9c10-9927b72ad8fb/MinWage-Workers.jpg A Word From the Wise: Union - Make it stand out No one who works full time should have to live in poverty. In late 2013, Secretary Perez presented fast food workers with a poster commemorating the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike for improved working conditions and higher wages. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/giving-mothers-a-raise-one-more-reason-to-lead-on-leave daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/1b7ae468-2bcd-463b-9061-4a384c734e08/Yellowstone-1084-1024x768.jpg Giving Mothers a Raise — One More Reason to Lead On Leave - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/investing-in-the-future-the-workers-lab-sows-seeds-of-change daily 0.75 2021-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/69a87b03-4016-4b33-abdb-8dca59283848/workers-lab-logo.png Investing in the Future: The Workers Lab Sows Seeds of Change - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/timely-lessons-for-worker-voice-today daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/e2eb7d22-f15f-4dc7-92af-a943fc1111f7/A-Philip-Randolph-speaking.jpeg Timely Lessons for Worker Voice Today - Make it stand out A. Philip Randolph speaks to the crowd at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. (Credit: AP photo from Jacksonville.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/9ecbca47-af6a-4acc-b3b9-1e28ebf8a9c8/Pullman_Porters_and_Conducto__date_unkown.png Timely Lessons for Worker Voice Today - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/look-whos-talking-a-new-conventional-wisdom-on-labor daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/390c41d7-e51b-4da9-a775-00896b1a1edd/Productivity-and-compensation.png Look Who’s Talking: A ‘New’ Conventional Wisdom on Labor https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-good-jobs-strategy daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/a424eb34-7fed-43f2-b6b9-068aa005a84c/The-Good-Jobs-Strategy-200x300.jpg The Good Jobs Strategy - The Good Jobs Strategy We’ve begun a new series of policy forums at the Labor Department, hosting national experts on issues that impact and inform our work here. Speakers have included Cass Sunstein (author of Simpler: The Future of Government), Cary Goglianese (Does Regulation Kill Jobs?), and Wage and Hour Administrator David Weil (The Fissured Workplace). Most recently we hosted Dr. Zeynep Ton, who teaches operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and authored the book, The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits. After studying retail operations for more than a decade, Professor Ton has found that some of the most successful businesses are choosing to make significant investments in their employees — and making a lot of money doing it. Professor Ton launched her research by looking for ways to increase efficiency in operations and to improve businesses’ competitiveness. What she found flew in the face of what is sometimes considered conventional wisdom in today’s global marketplace: The days of good jobs are over, especially for low-cost retailers, who often seem to rely on low wages and just-in-time scheduling. Dr. Ton was surprised in discovering example after example of some of the most successful retailers making a very different choice. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/out-at-work daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/3667d1e2-41a4-48b5-849e-7747a1ba5990/Out+at+Work.png Out at Work - Out at Work On National Coming Out Day, Saturday, October 11, we reflect on the courage it takes to come out to our friends and our families, and we celebrate the power of that act. For so many LGBT people, this is a pivotal moment in our lives, a moment when we finally shake off the burden of fear and start living our lives and pursuing happiness on our own terms. Coming out has a ripple effect because it changes the way individuals, and then communities and, ultimately, whole societies perceive us. Harvey Milk used to urge workers to come out, to “stand up and let the world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight,” he would say, “than anybody would imagine…. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights.” https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-family-and-medical-leave-act-20-years-of-working-for-working-families daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/fueling-corporate-accountability daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847763854-OGJIPZXLM6WQ3QJW4MYL/image-asset.jpeg Fueling Corporate Accountability - Fueling Corporate Accountability For the past few weeks, I’ve been traveling around the country listening to workers who are paid at or near the minimum wage. 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These undocumented young people, camped out in sleeping bags on my living room floor, told me they knew the dangers of being out as a “Dreamer,” but they had chosen to emerge from the shadows to claim their identity as Americans. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/a-lesson-of-labor-day daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/562f200e-2214-4b41-aa52-bb84a26509f6/labor-day-750.jpg A Lesson of Labor Day - A Lesson of Labor Day The shared work of the LGBTQ community and the labor movement dates back to the days of Harvey Milk, writes Mary Beth Maxwell of the Human Rights Campaign. As Labor Day arrives and we make plans to fire up the grill or head out for a last round of school shopping, let’s also remember what the long weekend is really about ― the dignity of workers and the critical role the labor movement has played in ensuring equality. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-price-is-right-paid-leave-strengthens-our-families daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/e15e62b7-cf3e-410a-90d3-8bdf6734f5ff/gay_couple_with_baby_460x470_by_Bigstock.jpg The price is right: Paid leave strengthens our families https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-plan-to-combat-global-homophobia-from-peru-to-nigeria daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/304858c9-0f2d-44f1-bcfc-a5d2aec568c0/global-equalityx750.jpg The Plan to Combat Global Homophobia, From Peru to Nigeria - The Plan to Combat Global Homophobia, From Peru to Nigeria The Human Rights Campaign's Global Innovative Advocacy Summit is bringing together world leaders to strategize a global response to hate. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/marginalized-communities-are-under-attack-trump-must-respond daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/b2080c9b-91ef-4dcd-a444-2ba425d39527/casa-ruby-lgbt-community-center-750_0.jpg Marginalized Communities Are Under Attack. Trump Must Respond - Marginalized Communities Are Under Attack. Trump Must Respond Recent attacks on LGBT centers, mosques, and Jewish cemeteries highlight how different communities must stand together against hatred, writes HRC's Mary Beth Maxwell. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/how-the-election-affected-queer-teens daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/7fa1ed97-fd22-47c9-ad5d-5ff40acdea7c/lead_0.jpg How the Election Affected Queer Teens - How the Election Affected Queer Teens More than 50,000 young people told the Human Rights Campaign how they felt after the election of Donald Trump. Their responses were sad and frightening. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/the-lgbtq-community-knows-how-to-fight-and-we-still-have-a-lot-of-fight-left-in-us daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/for-our-communities-hiv-is-too-important-to-ignore daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/d15d8134-742c-4279-9250-41f260cc7f52/latino-man-x750.jpg For Our Communities, HIV Is Too Important to Ignore - For Our Communities, HIV Is Too Important to Ignore Today marks National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, an opportunity to focus the nation’s attention on the impact of HIV and AIDS on Latinx communities. And focus our attention, we must. With HIV transmission rates on the rise among Latinx LGBTQ people, it is imperative that we recognize HIV as the intersectional issue that is it. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/tim-kaines-faith-leads-him-to-embrace-lgbtq-equality-pence-uses-his-to-deny-it daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/a-high-school-report-card daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/9fc59c3a-7104-4c47-95af-ae752b52782e/Teacher.jpg A High School Report Card - A High School Report Card There is a false perception of what life is like today for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer high schoolers in America. Yes, it is certainly better than it was for me 35 years ago in Nebraska, but every high school isn't a great, or even safe, place for every student. Not every kid is alright. https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/we-who-believe-in-freedom-cannot-rest daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/026dde4b-d176-4260-85d5-78b5bb013853/2016-07-15-1468614740-3472881-Ella_Baker_and_SNCC-thumb.jpg We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/closing-the-book-on-hate daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/93a333cd-9c23-4efe-b7a2-a2b0aae849fb/2016-04-27-1461786291-5204937-image1-thumb.png Closing the Book on Hate https://www.marybethmaxwell.com/in-the-media daily 0.75 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/5fe51c5c-a13c-4aef-9948-f1fff81ba2a3/Mary+Beth+Maxwell.jpg In The Media - “One of the myths in our country is that minimum wage workers are just teenagers in the suburbs earning extra pocket money. That’s not who I’ve been seeing at these minimum wage roundtables. I’ve been seeing and hearing stories of people who are working very, very hard. They are proud of the work they do, and they are frustrated. Some of them have been moved to tears because they want to be able to support their families with their work, with their wages.” — Mary Beth Maxwell from Dean, A. (2013, April 12). Labor Dept. Deputy: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage. Yes! Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/556e83ac-4707-42a3-b56b-f8bc0bef4f75/ratio3x2_750.jpg In The Media - ““There is this basic bargain in America that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to support yourself,” Maxwell said.” — Brezosky, L. (2013, March 14) . Low-wage San Antonio workers get to tell their stories. My San Antonio News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cf1138122bd9f0001922a7e/475eb3af-398f-42c7-93f8-3b0c26f59fdd/MB+8.jpg In The Media - “The decisions reached by the EEOC and others — that Title VII’s prohibition of the ‘entire spectrum” of sex discrimination encompasses discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, including transgender status — were the product of long, careful, and conscientious study and independent consideration across multiple agencies,” the brief concludes. — Johnson, C. (2019, July 8). Former Obama admin officials urge Supreme Court to uphold LGBT protections. 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She is also a consultant and strategist on labor policy as well as issues affecting civil rights and the LGBTQ+ community. Mary Beth Maxwell began her career as a national field director for Jobs with Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based national workers' rights coalition. During her seven years there, she co-founded its Workers Rights Board and Student Labor Action Project, which was instrumental in the organization becoming a national leader in its field. Maxwell next founded American Rights at Work (ARAW) in 2003 and served the following six years as its first executive director. Under her guidance, ARAW became the leading advocacy voice in the U.S. for the restoration of workers' rights to collective bargaining. She helped achieve this by funding a variety of strategic communications, research, and field organizing activity nationwide in addition to creating diverse leadership teams to support the organization's agenda. She also co-authored its inaugural report—Some of Them Are Brave: The Unfulfilled Promise of American Labor Law—and created the Partnerships That Work initiative to draw attention to businesses with successful labor-management practices. In 2009, Maxwell was appointed by President Barack Obama as a senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor. She served in a variety of roles over six and a half years including leading the Wage and Hour Division and Deputy Chief of Staff and ultimately served as Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy where she managed a team of 36 full-time equivalent employees and a $6.5 million budget. She helped secure policy victories that raised the minimum wage and overtime pay, ended discrimination against LGBTQ+ workers employed by federal contractors, promoted paid leave, and improved working standards for 2 million homecare workers, a majority of whom are Women of Color and immigrant workers. After working in the Obama administration, Maxwell returned to the nonprofit sector and served as senior vice president for foundation programs at the Human Rights Campaign, where she led programs focused on the workplace, youth, health and aging, and other critical issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S. and abroad. She was a leader in mobilizing the LGBTQ+ community around issues of racial justice, including supporting immigrant rights and opposing Trump’s Muslim ban. She returned to strategic consulting on labor policy and the Future of Workers for OSF, Public Welfare Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, and others. More recently, Maxwell was a member of the DOL Personnel Team for the Biden-Harris Transition.