Listen to MP3:
http://www.kclu.org/audio/local_news/KCLU_local_news_203.mp3

“Mr. President, the pay gap is true regardless of skill, or education. And it’s so deeply ingrained in our society that many jobs dominated by women pay less than jobs dominated by men – even when the work they do is almost the same. In my home state of Washington, a woman with a college degree earns about $20,000 less each year than a man with the same education.

According to a study by the American Association of University Women, the difference starts as soon as women enter the workforce. AAUW found that within a year after graduating from college, a woman will already earn less than her male classmates in nearly every major. And it’s a lifelong problem. By the end of her career, a female worker will have lost an average of $250,000.”

The full text of the senator’s speech is available on her website at http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=296524.

Gregory Freeland, Associate Professor of Political Science, organized a panel discussion co-sponsored by AAUW Thousand Branch today at the new Student Union Building at CLU. He arranged for presentations from two faculty members and a representative from Sage. Suzi Wedel, Cynthia Grether, and I passed out PAYDAY bars. Dr. Damooei took off from his Economic Lab to be on the panel and told his students to attend. We had over 50 people there. There were additional people from the CLU community.

What was great is that Rachel McGrath came from the Ventura County Star to cover our event for the newspaper. Look for the article. And, Lance Orozco from CLU interviewed Dr. Damooei and I and Lance will be playing clips of our interview on CLU all this week, as there is alot of news today because of the Pennsylvania primary. Listen on KCLU at 88.3.

The posters on the table were sent to me from National and they also sent stickers to hand out. I was surprised that people actually stuck them on their shirts and blouses.
I still have the posters we can use.

Here was what the announcement was on the CLU website:
http://www.callutheran.edu/cej/vccsj/calendar/event_detail.php?event_id=32

What will you do to help the disparities in the Alabama legal system to prevent Officers of the court from hiding the truth when large corporations that discriminate against employees, refuse to pay women equal to what they pay men and retaliate against employees by termination even though they are in a protecive class? Injustice anywhere is a treat to justice everywhere and justice delayed is still justice denied. It’s wrong what some attorneys, clerks and other Officers of the court are doing to hide the truth and facts under the law.

Although, it is illegal for employers to fire employees for asserting their rights under the state and federal antidiscrimination laws, I was retaliated against and terminated by my employer. I requested equal pay for equal work but received injustice. The attorney of record refused to file an appeal. This case need to be investigated, I am requesting you do a full investigation based on facts and the law. If you need more details please contact me at the above email.

Thank you,

Patricia Mason

http://www.mpadvantage.net