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04/17/12

By the age of 30 in 2012, I have already built a 15 year career in the restaurant industry. Hospitality runs in my family, so working with people, food and beverage has always been a passion of mine. Additionally, both of my parents are Marines; hard work, discipline, and pride for one's country...

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Nikki Lewis

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/17/12

I’m making a film about the pay gap that I hope will ignite some serious change in the way America does business. Why I’m making this film. I started on this project last year after several years of working as a copywriter. Copywriting was one of those choices I’d stumbled on and stayed with out of...

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Kate Bryant

Realistic & Fair Wages Family Economic Security

04/17/12

Equal Pay Day and Tax Day both fall on April 17 this year due to a simple calendar coincidence . But the connection between the two and the financial impact for women and especially mothers is no coincidence. April 17, 2012 is the day that symbolizes how far into 2012 a woman has to work to match...

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Kristin Maschka

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/17/12

Somehow that great umpire in the sky keeps missing the call on equal pay for women. Men run 100 yards to score a touchdown for seven points while women run those same 100 yards but it’s only worth five points? Video replay anyone? Isn’t this America where we value fair play? A woman can be fired...

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Janet Hill

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/17/12

Fifteen months and 17 days. That’s how long it takes most women to earn what the average man makes in one calendar year. Seventy-seven cents to the dollar. That’s what women, on average, earn compared with men. Women stand by their male counterparts in corporate boardrooms, in operating rooms, and...

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Mary Kay Henry

Immigration

04/17/12

There are stories of human pain and workers' rights abuses that are oftentimes ignored or simply never told. Through their labor, workers are fundamental to the prosperity of American society but they hardly receive bonuses, incentives, awards or medals for keeping the wheels of our economy turning...

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Hector E. Sanchez

04/17/12

I agree with those of you who were bothered last week by Hilary Rosen’s statement that ,“Ann Romney never worked a day in her life”. But I think I would have been ok if she only added two words - “for pay”. (That is assuming Ann Romney never has worked outside of her home for pay). Truth is that...

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Carol Joyner

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/17/12

Women's work. Last week, when Hilary Rosen used words she quickly admitted were poorly chosen, we were all reminded that it remains a huge flashpoint in our society. But there are some truisms that will hold even after the media frenzy and politically-motivated discourse subside. First, America's...

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Debra L. Ness

04/17/12

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org While I hunted for those last elusive hidden eggs, writer and end-of-life issues expert Janice Lynch Schuster graciously permitted me to cross post her thoughtful piece about Bruce, Clarence...

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Valerie Young

Realistic & Fair Wages

04/17/12

I worked in a restaurant as a server earning $2.65 and could not afford to eat. Like many women across the country, I worked as a server at a neighborhood restaurant. During the year the job was fine, I made just enough money to cover my expenses. But when the summer came, even though I was working...

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