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 [...]
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Equal Pay for Equal Work
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged #PFA, Chris Dodd, equal pay day, Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness, wage gap on April 20, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
By Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Re-posted with permission. Today is Equal Pay Day, the day until which women have to work to make up the earnings they were shorted in 2009 compared to their male colleagues. Frankly, it’s a little embarrassing that the fight for equal pay continues in the year 2010. It’s hard to [...]
Paycheck Fairness Act Senate Hearing
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged #PFA, gender-based wage discrimination, pay equity, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paycheck Fairness Act Senate Hearing, wage discrimination on March 12, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Missed yesterday’s live blog of the Paycheck Fairness Act hearing? Read the complete transcript below: 9:04 Good morning one and all! 9:05 and welcome to AAUW’s live-blogging of the Paycheck Fairness Act hearing 9:05 my name is Adam Zimmerman, and I am AAUW’s Regulatory Affairs Manager 9:06 it’ll be my pleasure to bring you through [...]
What a Difference a Year Almost Made
Posted in Women & Economic Security, The AAUW Community, 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 [...]
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