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Where's My 20?

April 12, 2011
As the economy of the United States slowly recovers, one faction of the population is still struggling for wage equality – women. The American workforce today is more female and more diverse. Women account for nearly half of our nation’s workers. Yet, women on average still earn 20% less than their...
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Sara Manzano-Diaz
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I'm reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness Act today

April 12, 2011
In America today, women now make up half of the workforce, and two-thirds of women are either the sole bread-winner or co-breadwinner in their family. Women are also more likely than men to graduate from college. They run more than 10 million businesses with combined annual sales of $1.1 trillion,...
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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Visualizing the Gender Wage Gap

April 12, 2011
On April 12, we will “celebrate” Equal Pay Day , held on a Tuesday every year to symbolize how far into a second work week women must work to earn the same amount men earn in a single work week. Research shows that the wage gap is real and has had adverse effects on women’s lifetime earnings and...
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Clark Jennifer
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Don't shortchange our moms, daughters and families! A Blog-a-thon for Fair Pay Day

April 12, 2011
Today - Tuesday, April 12 - is Equal Pay Day. The day that symbolizes how far into 2011 women have had to work to earn what men earned in 2010 - for the same work. That’s right. We’re four months into 2011 and women have *just* caught up to earning what men earned in 2010 for the same work ...
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Ruth Martin
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A Woman's Work on Pay Equity is Never Done

April 12, 2011
Photo by Ian Bratton at Freefoto.com A divorced janitor, a 27-year employee and the mother of a seventeen-year old son with the mental capacity of an 18-month old, fails to report for mandatory overtime one Saturday when her son’s caregiver could not work because of a sick child. She calls twice...
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Kristin Maschka
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Feeling Poor? Protest!

April 12, 2011
April 12 is Equal Pay Day. Chicago women will gather at noon at Daley Plaza! Pay equity is the thorn in corporate America’s side. Every company claims it pays equitably. No employer thinks that it contributes to the 19.8-cents-on-the-dollar pay gap. Yet the evidence keeps piling up. A long-...
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Joanne Cleaver

A Mother Fights Back Against The Daddy State — And Wins

April 12, 2011
Mie Lewis, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project Here at the ACLU, we've seen — and challenged — many of the ways in which the government singles out women for surveillance and control over our private lives. The never-ending fight for reproductive freedom is one obvious example. But...
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Roger Baldwin
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Personal Reflections on Wage Inequality

April 12, 2011
I was a professional recruiter when I was pregnant with my first child in 2001. Two weeks into my maternity leave my job was eliminated, leaving this new mom without the full-time income that my husband and I had planned on. The day after I was laid off was September 11, the day of the domestic...
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Angela Sasseville
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Fair pay: It starts at the interview! A recent college grad's experience

April 12, 2011
If there are images in this attachment, they will not be displayed. Download the original attachment “Hello, my name is Nelsy. I’m 26 years old, and I have many qualities that you would like”… You would think I’m signing up for match.com , but I’m not. I’m signing up for please-hire-me-now.com...
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Nelsy Batista
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Paycheck Fairness: Progress for America’s Women and Economic Security For the Middle Class

April 12, 2011
As we continue to mourn the passing of Geraldine Ferraro, and honor her extraordinary life, women today must not forget the words she spoke in her 1984 convention speech, “The issue is not what America can do for women, but what women can do for America.” These words should serve as a clarion call...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

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