Equal Pay Day

Scott Walker Defends Repealing Equal Pay Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Tuesday defended his recent decision to repeal the state's 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, saying tha...

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Equal Pay Apps: Knowledge To Fight The Wage Gap At Your Fingertips

Elianne Ramos | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Minority Wage Gap, Wage Gap, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, US Department of Labor, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay, Latino Voices News

What do you think about these new Equal Pay apps? Do you think they will help women as they fight for Equal Pay?

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More Green, Less Red

Emma Goss | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Columbia University, Salary Negotiation, Economic Inequality, Barnard College, Women and Money, Equal Pay Day, Junaid Chaudhry, Lee Bollinger, Career Advice for Women, College News

On Equal Pay Day on April 17, we are reminded that discrimination and inequality still pervade our society.

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Equal Pay Day 2012: Don't Get Mad, Get Even

The Levo League | Posted 04.17.2012

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Let's take today to focus on how you can elevate your own career and start asking for more out of your employer and personal life alike.

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Reframing Equal Pay Day: ASK for What You're Worth

Natalie MacNeil | Posted 04.18.2012

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To close the pay gap, women have to ask for more.

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11 Secrets Hiring Managers Aren't Telling You

LearnVest | Posted 04.17.2012

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What you don't know can hurt your chances of landing a job and commanding a higher salary.

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Equal Pay Is About Economic Security For Middle Class Families

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 04.17.2012

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Let's pledge to make sure that this day continues to move earlier and earlier in the year until women don't have to work even one day more than men to earn the same wage.

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Equal Pay Day: It's Time to Close the Earnings Gap

Kirsten Swinth | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Equal Pay Day, Income Gap, Equal Rights, Equality, Tax Day, Equal Pay, Income Inequality, Politics News

The old-fashioned kind of income inequality that still keeps women earning less than men on average holds families back, and perpetuates the gulf between the 1 percent and the 99 percent

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The Worst State For Being Paid Equally

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.17.2012

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Even as we discuss how women are becoming “The Richer Sex,” American women still earn a lot less than their male counterparts -- 23 percent less o...

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unEqual Pay Day

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 04.17.2012

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There is cruel irony in having Equal Pay Day fall on Tax Day. Women and men share the responsibility of paying taxes, but there is no sharing when it comes to receiving equal pay for comparable work.

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Women's Work: A Political Flashpoint and an Urgent Policy Imperative

Debra L. Ness | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Women, Paid Sick Days, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paid Leave, Business News, Working Mothers, Fair Pay, Wage Gap, Wage Discrimination, Equal Pay Day, Politics News

Much more important than the rhetorical war around Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney is the urgent need to finally adopt policies that address the needs of employed women and their families, now and in the future.

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More Than a Date: The Connection Between Tax Day and Equal Pay Day

Kristin Maschka | Posted 04.16.2012

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Equal Pay Day and Tax Day both fall on April 17 this year due to a simple calendar coincidence. But the connection between the two and the financial i...

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We Can't Wait for Fair Pay

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 04.16.2012

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The serious wage gap, combined with pay secrecy policies, means that many women are not only being paid less than their male co-workers, but they have no way of knowing it. And if they don't know it, they can't fight it. Thankfully, this Equal Pay Day, we can do something to change that.

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We're Number One, But We're Not Cheering

Catherine Hill | Posted 04.16.2012

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Change is around the corner we're told. Unfortunately, the truth is that women are far from earning wages equal to men's, let alone surpassing them.

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New Generation, Same Story?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.21.2012

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When young women declare themselves optimistic about women in the workplace in the very same survey in which they point out gender-based inequities, you kind of have to worry.

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The Privilege That Dares Not Speak Its Name?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.25.2011

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When the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dismissed on Tuesday, it occurred to us that what we had in front of us was a good metaphor for one of the tawdry underbellies of American life.

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Equal Pay: Why Aren't We There Yet?

Linda Basch | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Gender Discrimination, Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Politics News

'These are tough times.' We've all heard the phrase time and time again -- especially now during the fierce battles over public spending -- to justify...

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When Will Employers Stop Treating Women Like Second Class Citizens?

Debbie Hines | Posted 06.12.2011

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With women making up roughly 46% of the US working population, it's a wonder why women earn less. We have come a long way, but still have got a long way to go to equal a man's paycheck.

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Paycheck Fairness: Progress for America's Women and Economic Security For the Middle Class

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 06.12.2011

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It is time to recognize that the women's movement is stalled. We have spent the last decade fighting to protect the hard fought gains of my mother's generation. This is not good enough.

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Dancing to Equal Pay

Linda Hallman | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Equal Pay for Women, Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay, Video, Politics News

Although the government will ultimately have to decide to enforce pay equity, we can make sure our support and the impact of pay inequity are known now. And one way to do that is by dancing.

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Why Young Americans Should Care About Equal Pay Day

Melody Barnes | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Melody Barnes, Lilly Ledbetter, Equal Pay Day, College News

More needs to be done to ensure that our policies address persistent discriminatory employment practices, including unequal pay, so that college graduates entering today's workforce have the pay they deserve.

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Another Equal Pay Day? Really?

Marlo Thomas | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Equal Pay Day 2012, Women Equal Pay, Women Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay Day, Gender Pay Disparity, Gender Discrimination, Walmart Gender Pay, Marlo Thomas, Business News

I can't believe we're having another one. I still have my little green button from 1970 with "59¢" emblazoned on it. Now we're at 77 cents. Forty years and 18 cents. A dozen eggs has gone up 10 times that amount.

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On Equal Pay Day, Step Up or Step Out of the Way

Deborah Frett | Posted 06.11.2011

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It's time for America's business community to step up with fair pay or step out of the way of legislation like the just re-introduced Paycheck Fairness Act that will help ensure pay equity.

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What!? 77 Cents to Every Dollar? Even Now?

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Gender Equality, Equality, Politics, Income Inequality, Breaking Politics News, Moms, Momsrising, Equal Pay Day, Politics News

It's ridiculous that modern women are still making less than men for the same work -- and Equal Pay Day will end when women and men are equally paid for equal work in each given year.

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Women Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work

Sen. Tom Harkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Fair Pay Act, Women Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, Equal Pay Day, Politics News

On April 20th, Americans observe Equal Pay Day -- the date that marks the 110 extra days that women must work into 2010 in order to equal what men earned in 2009.

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