This is the final post in a five-part series debunking the myths surrounding the Paycheck Fairness Act. Midterm elections are over, but now isn’t the time to relax. Quite the contrary — the Senate reconvenes in just 10 days, and women’s voices must be heard. The Senate needs to be told in no uncertain terms [...]
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Paycheck Fairness and the Myth of Runaway Verdicts
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Civil Rights, Women & Economic Security, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, Social Justice, Voter Education, Sexism, tagged Congressional Voting Record, Equal Pay, Paycheck Fairness Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Paycheck Fairness, runaway verdict on November 5, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The Godmother of Title IX
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged AAUW Woman of Distinction, Bernice Sandler, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Edith Green, Equal Pay Act, Morag Simchak, Paycheck Fairness Act on July 1, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW has spent the better part of the last 90 years fighting to achieve gender pay equity for American women. We like to believe that we are as well-versed in the history of this epic struggle as just about anybody, and today we are working nonstop to see the Paycheck Fairness Act become law. Occasionally, [...]
Sen. Robert Byrd: An Institutional Legacy
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Civil Rights Act of 1964, Robert Byrd, U.S. Senate on June 30, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) passed away early Monday morning. At age 92, Byrd was the longest serving senator in history, and he devoted 57 years of congressional service to the citizens of West Virginia. Elected in 1952, he served with 11 presidents and cast more than 18,500 votes during his tenure. During his extensive legislative [...]
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed into Law
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Barack Obama, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay discrimination, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Supreme Court, Title VII on January 29, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signing “This is a wonderful day.” Those are the words President Obama spoke moments before signing his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The law makes it easier for workers to seek redress for discrimination on the job. By his side was Lilly Ledbetter, the woman [...]
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