This is the third post in a five-part series debunking the myths surrounding the Paycheck Fairness Act. Tough economic times do not justify pay discrimination. This point rings even truer when fiscal arguments against civil rights laws are premised on faulty claims. Business interests have consistently attacked the Paycheck Fairness Act by labeling it a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Equal Pay Act of 1963’
Still Fighting, 47 Years Later
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Equal Pay Act of 1963, equal pay day, John F. Kennedy, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, websticker on June 10, 2010, | 1 Comment »
On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, giving women the promise of equal pay for equal work. And yet today, 47 years later, woman still get paid only 77 cents on average for every dollar a man makes; women of color still face an even wider [...]
Marking Equal Pay Day
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Blog for Fair Pay, EPD, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Act of 1963, equal pay day, In the Red, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Faierness Act, Paycheck Fairness on April 20, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW members and pay equity advocates all across the country are marking Equal Pay Day today. Marking the day, not celebrating the day. We will celebrate when we no longer need Equal Pay Day, when pay discrimination and the wage gap are things of the past, when women’s wages are finally equal to men’s. Until [...]
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