“Women bring a different life experience to the table. All of our differences make the judicial conferences better. That I’m a woman is part of it.” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Did you know that for 140 years, there were no women in the federal judiciary? Think about it. It wasn’t until [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Equal Pay Act’
Fighting the (Port) Authority
Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Women and Work, tagged Equal Pay Act, pay equity, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap on December 2, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that accused the Port Authority of pay discrimination against its female employees. The Port Authority, a two-state agency that runs several of the largest transportation hubs in the Northeast, is accused of [...]
What a Difference a Year Almost Made
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged #PFA, AAUW, Equal Pay Act, equal pay day, fair pay, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Linda Hallman, Lisa Maatz, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage discrimination, wage gap on January 29, 2010, | 1 Comment »
A year ago today, men and women across the country celebrated as our nation’s new president signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. Linda Hallman, AAUW’s executive director, and Lisa Maatz, AAUW’s director of public policy and government relations, had front-row seats for this historic event, which was also the first bill signing [...]
Celebrate Action Network Successes in 2009!
Posted in The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Action Network, Equal Pay Act, Hate Crimes, Healthy Families Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Paid Parental Leave Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, reproductive rights, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything on December 23, 2009, | 1 Comment »
The growing power and reach of AAUW’s Action Network can claim some impressive achievements. Just consider that over the past year, together, we have: Regained ground in the fight for pay equity by successfully advocating for the enactment of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama on January 29, 2009. [...]
Women, Ignorance, and Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged 125th Birthday, Birthday, Elenor Roosevelt, Equal Pay Act, October 11, Paycheck Fairness Act, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything on October 9, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Searching the back corners of my mind, I vaguely remember a saying that the opposite of truth is not lies but ignorance. This came to mind recently while reading an earlier AAUW blog post, Time to Draw the Line on Tucker Max, a man who delights in bashing women and yet who has a large following, [...]
It’s the Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, but I’m Not Quite Ready to Celebrate
Posted in Women and Work, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, college grads, Equal Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, wage gap, Women and Work on June 9, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
On June 10, 1963, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. Forty-six years later, as I prepare to graduate from college and enter the workforce, there are so many career options and opportunities at my fingertips that a woman in 1963 would not have had access to. I take the wide breadth of [...]
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