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Facing the Wage Gap as a Female College Grad

April 17, 2012
As someone who considers herself to be pretty plugged in to gender issues, I have often heard the statistic about the ratio of women’s and men’s earnings, and figured I knew most of the story. The past few months I have been going merrily along pursuing job leads in preparation for graduation from...
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On Equal Pay Day Let’s Demand Change from Walmart

April 17, 2012
Last week, I talked to a cashier at a Ralph’s grocery store in Orange County, California. She told me she lives with and supports her 82-year-old mother and her disabled 56-year-old sister. She represents a growing group in the United States: a working woman who is head of household and also a...
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UPDATEDx3! Equal Pay Day: A Joint Blog Carnival With National Women's Law Center

April 17, 2012
Today is not just Tax Day. It is also Equal Pay Day - the day that symbolizes how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men already earned in 2011. That’s right. Women have to work for 16.5 months to earn what men make in 12 months. Even though it is 2012 and even though the Equal Pay Act was...
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The True Value of Work: A Blog Carnival Honoring Latinas and Equal Pay Day

April 17, 2012
Today is Equal Pay Day, which marks the end of the catch-up game women in the United States involuntarily play every year. But unlike most games, there is no grand prize. Instead, women receive a brutal reminder that it takes from all of 2011 until April 2012 —more than 100 days since the beginning...
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This is the Year to Close the Wage Gap

April 17, 2012
Tuesday, April 17 is Equal Pay Day, again. Equal Pay Day 2009 was impetus for my starting this blog. That day I dropped my son at school; at my request he was wearing red – one of the ways activists observe the day. As he was filing into class, I turned to a group of mothers and noted how proud I...
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Low-Income Women & Their Families Can’t Afford a Gender Wage Gap

April 17, 2012
When you look at the budget of a low-income, single woman with children, one of the first things you’ll notice is that pretty much every dollar is reserved for the most basic necessities. In Washington, DC, half of her income might go toward childcare, another third could be reserved for rent, and...
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Out of the kitchen and into the streets!

April 17, 2012
For hundreds of millions of working women across America, paycheck fairness is about the fact that, on average, women earn about seventy cents for every dollar a man makes. For the more than 5 million women in the restaurant industry, however, paycheck fairness is about that, and much more. In many...
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Women Are Worth More Than $2.13

April 17, 2012
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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A Small Doc for Equal Pay; A Giant Leap for One Woman

April 17, 2012
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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More Than a Date: The Connection Between Tax Day and Equal Pay Day

April 17, 2012
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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