Advocacy takes many forms in professional life. Learning to advocate for yourself, for your company, and for your industry will pay dividends throughout your career. We provide knowledge, tips, and training to help you hone your best advocacy skills, and facilitate opportunities to make your voice heard.
With talk of “reciprocal tariffs” and “retaliatory tariffs” dominating the global print economic news, U.S. women are starting to hear more – and say more – about another type of tariff. A sneaky little personal one that has long caused women’s clothing, shoes, and undergarments to cost more than men’s. It’s termed the “pink tariff”...
Are you a woman in print executive who is passionate about promoting and protecting print? And one who’s interested in learning how to effectively advocate on behalf of the industry to ensure elected officials are fully informed on key policy issues? If so, consider attending the PRINTING United Alliance Legislative Fly-In, a biannual government affairs...
If you think you’ve seen an onslaught of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) news in the media lately, it’s not your imagination. President Trump was sworn into office just over three weeks ago and one of his first executive actions dealt with DEI, mostly in a dismantling fashion with ripple effects. But even before the...
U.S. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer – a founding co-chair of the Congressional Print Caucus – has been nominated by President-elect Trump to serve as Secretary of Labor in his administration. Chavez-DeRemer co-founded the Congressional Print Caucus along with a fellow female Republican House member and two Democrats, as a “platform dedicated to advancing a public policy...
Want to put another arrow in your professional quiver? Then check out the Special Post-Election Discussion on-demand webinar recently hosted by Women in Print Alliance. Being conversant and educated on trending public policy topics impacting your company, customers, and industry can help women advances their careers. No one is suggesting you need to become a...
We’re barreling to Election Day and the majority of Americans are a collective ball of stress and anxiety. According to the American Psychiatric Association‘s annual poll, 73% of us report experiencing mental health pressure brought on by the upcoming US national election. A recent Forbes Health survey confirms this, finding more than 60% of respondents...
Women in Print Alliance members Brooke Hamilton, Jaime Herand, and Lane Hickey-Wiggins recently visited Capitol Hill as part of their volunteer service on the PRINTING United Alliance Board of Directors. The delegation met with members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to deliver an overview of today’s modern printing industry and...
Non-competes – formally known as “non-competition agreements” and, for the purposes of this blog post, “NCs” – are a hot topic due to the recently announced Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that bans virtually all existing and future NCs. How will this seismic labor regulatory shift affect women in the printing industry? We explore this...
If you’re a woman in print who has been considering seeking a board of directors seat as a means to further your executive leadership skills and/or give back to the industry, the Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) call for nominees may be a good place to start. (And, yes! You can nominate yourself.) The P+PB,...
While Women in Print Alliance advocates for women working inside the printing industry, we also seek to expand an external network of women stakeholders positioned to champion print. Female lawmakers – whether at the municipal, state, or federal level – are a prime example of the type of stakeholders whose work can influence policies in...
