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Why are Women More Likely to Quit Jobs in Manufacturing? “Even as the industry has started to recover, women in manufacturing face persistent problems— including sexual harassment, inequality in pay and promotions, and dissatisfaction with family leave,” says a new report. Women are more likely to leave their jobs if they work in manufacturing compared to men in the same field. Women are also more likely to leave manufacturing compared to other industries. These are the findings of a recent study by “Factory Flaw, The Attrition and Attention of Women in Manufacturing”, published by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). These findings hold true when controlling for age, race, marital status, parental status, union membership, region and local economic activity, the report notes. The issues behind this departure are, unfortunately, not new. “Even as the industry has started to recover, women in manufacturing face persistent problems—including sexual harassment, inequality in A2Z MANUFACTURING SW
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pay and promotions, and dissatisfaction with family leave—and are more likely to leave their jobs than women in other industries,” the report concludes. Pay is a very large issue. The report found that men are more likely than women to hold the highestpaying manufacturing jobs. For example workers in petroleum and coal earn $43 an hour, and only 17% of women hold these jobs. But in textile jobs, which pay under $20 an hour, women account for more than half of these jobs. Additionally, the percentage of women in manufacturing jobs has decreased, and these jobs generally pay higher. Another critical area that causes women to leave jobs is family leave policies. The AAUW study showed that 69.2% of women were not satisfied with the amount of paid family leave. Some comments from the survey made this point.“Offer maternity leave with full pay rather than just shortterm disability pay,” one woman suggested. While others wanted “more paid time off for pregnancy, taking care of a child, and other related care” and others wanted to see an increase in the number of weeks given for maternity leave. Addressing these issues will benefit both the workers and the industry as a whole, the association
