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. [...]
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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 »
Are we preaching to the choir?
Posted in Women and Work, tagged Equal Pay, Glass Celings, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Moms to Work, momstowork.com, Paycheck Fairness Act, Preading to the Choir on October 27, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Every time we talk about working through the system to get equal pay for women, you have to wonder if we are preaching to the choir. You would figure women should know already know about the inequity they experience—in pay, in job promotions, in caring for family members. Shouldn’t we focus our attention on getting [...]
Pay Equity in the Obama White House
Posted in Women and Work, tagged economic security, jobs, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, news, Obama, pay equity, salary, White House, workplace on July 8, 2009, | 5 Comments »
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed his first bill into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Noting that women make just 78 cents for every dollar men earn and “women of color, even less,” the president said that the Ledbetter Act would establish that There are no second-class citizens in our workplaces [...]
AAUW National Convention Opening Ceremony
Posted in 2009 AAUW Convention, tagged 2009 AAUW National Convention, Fair Pay Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Valerie Jarrett on June 28, 2009, | 1 Comment »
AAUW’s 2009 National Convention opening session started out on a high note with a video welcome message from White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett extended a special greeting from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and applauded AAUW’s commitment to gender equity, work-life balance, and education. After a brief introduction from AAUW [...]
Equal Pay Day 2009 — A Roundup
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged pay equity, women leaders, equal pay day, Equal Pay, Behind the Pay Gap, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, Lilly Ledbetter, Fox news, Diversity Inc, Linda D. Hallman, Joint Economic Committee, shero, women's enews on April 29, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
This year, Equal Pay Day fell between two major national news stories — the swine flu outbreak and Obama’s 100th day in office. Fortunately, the issue of pay equity didn’t fall off the media’s radar screen, as economic issues remain a top concern among Americans. Here is a news roundup of Equal Pay Day through [...]
On Lincoln, AAUW, and Economic Recovery
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged economic recovery, economic stimulus, economy, Keep the Change, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, tax credit on February 13, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The following is excerpted from a letter I sent to AAUW Action Network members. The complete letter including details about AAUW’s role in promoting another form of economic stimulus – pay equity – may be found on the AAUW website. Dear AAUW Friends: Today I was honored to attend the national ceremony celebrating President Abraham Lincoln’s [...]
A Shove in the Right Direction
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Lilly Ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity, pay gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Student Advisory Council, wage gap on February 10, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
The passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is the talk of the town. Only after becoming involved in women’s studies and subsequently becoming a member of AAUW’s Student Advisory Council did I become aware of the pay gap. When I first enrolled in college, I was coming from such a place of poverty [...]
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