Paycheck Fairness Act

Continuing the Commitment to Working Mothers and Families

Debra L. Ness | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Workplace Equality, Pregnancy Discrimination, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paid Sick Days, Paid Leave, Fair Pay, Congress, Working Women, Mothers Day, Rebuild America Act, Healthy Families Act, Wage Discrimination, Equal Pay, Women News
Debra L. Ness

The sad truth is that becoming a mother in this country too often means the loss of a job and/or the beginning of financial hardship.

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The Promise of Economic Security for Our Mothers

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Mother's Day, Equal Pay, Paycheck Fairness Act, Women Equal Pay, Economic Security Women, Women News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

As we all know, there is no harder, or more rewarding job, than being a Mom. But for so many mothers who work outside of the home, it's made even harder by the lack of equal pay for women in our country.

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2012 or 1963?

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Wage Gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Equal Pay, John F. Kennedy, ACLU's Liberty Watch Women's Rights Scorecard, Aclu, Equal Pay Act, Women News
Deborah J. Vagins

I find it surprising that, in 2012, presidential candidates and pundits are debating issues so central -- and so seemingly settled -- to women's equality.

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A Major Career Woman? Rethinking Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Sarah Damaske | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Working Women, Paycheck Fairness Act, Working Class, Middle Class, Women in the Workforce, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Gender Wage Gap, Business News
Sarah Damaske

If we want Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to benefit all of our children, additional focus must be placed on girls growing up in working-class families. These girls are the ones who might benefit most.

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unEqual Pay Day

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Equal Pay Day, Gender Gap, Gender, Taxes, Tax Day, Equality, Income Inequality, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness Act, Tax Day 2012, Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Equal Rights, Women News
Rep. Jackie Speier

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
Debra L. Ness

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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Equal Pay for Equal Work

Christine Bork | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Pay Inequity, Walmart Class Action Suit, Pay Gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Gender Pay Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Chicago News
Christine Bork

Many critics believe pay differences between men and women are simply a matter of personal choices, like women choosing to take time off to raise children. Research proves otherwise.

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It's Time For Congress To Act On The Paycheck Fairness Act

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Off the Sidelines, Walmart, Walmart Supreme Court Ruling, Walmart Class Action Suit, Paycheck Fairness Act, Equal Pay, Women News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

In the U.S. today, women are paid only 78 cents on the dollar that men make. If the highest court in the land won't protect women from discrimination in the workplace, then we must stand together and demand action from Congress.

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Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act Is Good for Women and the Economy

Debbie Hines | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Politics, Women's Rights, Women, Congress, Women's Issues, Paycheck Fairness Act, Economy, Equal Pay, Politics News
Debbie Hines

With the loss of equal pay for women amounting to approximately $11,000 in lost income per year, the sagging economy is affected. If we equalize pay, a woman could earn tens of thousands of dollars more.

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Empowering America's Women

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Women, Mother's Day, Education, Women's Issues, Paycheck Fairness Act, Department of Labor, Mother's Day 2011, Barbara Mikulski, Politics News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

When women earn more, families are stronger and children have better access to quality health care and education. We must close the chronic wage gap that shortchanges women.

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A Crisis Averted?

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Aclu, Women's Rights, Women, Equality, Pay Discrimination, Paycheck Fairness Act, Working Women, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Equal Pay, Politics News
Deborah J. Vagins

Today, April 12, 2011, is Equal Pay Day -- the day into 2011 that a woman has to work, on average, to make the same as a man did in just 2010 alone.

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When Will Employers Stop Treating Women Like Second Class Citizens?

Debbie Hines | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Salary, Sex Discrimination, Equal Pay, Paycheck Fairness Act, Woman's Wages, Rosa DeLauro, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Equal Pay Day, Fair Pay Act of 2011, Senator Tom Harkin, Wage Discrimination, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Business News
Debbie Hines

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

Read More: Kirsten Gillibrand, Paycheck Fairness Act, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Politics News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

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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Wow! What a Party for International Women's Day!

Lenora M. Lapidus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cedaw, Women's History Month, Women's Rights, Aclu, International Women's Day, Paycheck Fairness Act, Women's Day, Politics News
Lenora M. Lapidus

Yesterday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, was quite a celebration! The day was marked by events, rallies, marches over bridge...

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We Must Fix the Filibuster

Wade Henderson, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Filibuster Reform, Filibuster, Civil-Rights-Act-of-1957, Civil Rights, Department of Justice, Bill Frist, Paycheck Fairness Act, Antilynching Law, Brown vs the Board of Education, Racial Segregation, DREAM Act, Civil Rights Act of 1957, Politics News
Wade Henderson, Esq.

What spurred civil rights advocates to mobilize around this filibuster issue remains true today: the basic civil rights of all Americans should never be subject to the whims of one person.

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Women's Rights Worth the Work

Hilary A. Doe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Paycheck Fairness Act, Gender Salary Gap, Gender Gap, Politics News
Hilary A. Doe

If the Republicans want to wage war on President Barack Obama, this isn't the time or place. Gender equity isn't taxes, gun control or welfare. And with 47 percent of the workforce vulnerable to sex discrimination, it is time to realign priorities.

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Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment Benefits

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Review, House, Paycheck Fairness Act, Charles Ferguson, The Progressive, Movie, Ui, The Nation, Film, Denise DiStephan, Extension, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Unemployment, Matthew Rothschild, Quantitative Easing, Working in These Times, In These Times, David Moberg, Senate, Economy, Dean Baker, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment BenefitsEditor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't ...

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How to Get a Fair Paycheck (Since the Law Won't Help)

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Negotiating, Paycheck Fairness Act, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

Now that the Paycheck Fairness Act has failed, if you think you're being unfairly paid, you're pretty much on your own. You probably feel disillusione...

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A Sad Day for Equal Pay, but Not the End

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Pay Discrimination, Aclu, Paycheck Fairness Act, Equal Pay, Equality, Women, Working Women, Politics News
Deborah J. Vagins

The Senate had the opportunity make a real difference in the lives of millions of American women by voting to support the Paycheck Fairness Act, but instead the bill became a victim of partisan gridlock.

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Senate Republicans Tell Women: You Are Mere Pawns

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Paycheck Fairness Act, Republicans Paycheck Fairness Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paycheck Fairness Act Passage, Republicans, Politics News
Eleanor Smeal

In the great game to topple the President and beat the Democrats, every Republican Senator voted as a united bloc to stop the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act for women.

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GOP Spring Loaded to a Hostile Position: The Response George Soros Wants

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Female Voters, President Obama, Paycheck Fairness Act, George Soros, Political Communication, Political Messaging, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

The vote against paycheck fairness for women this week is a sign of what's to come from the GOP: pathological politics and hostility all the way.

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How the GOP Blew it on the Paycheck Fairness Act -- and Who the Biggest Cowards Were

Amy Siskind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Women's Rights, Valerie Jarrett, Paycheck Fairness Act, Olympia Snowe, The New Agenda, Harry Reid, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Republican Party, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Politics News
Amy Siskind

Well, it didn't take long. The Republican Party was handed a historic opportunity with women. And yet, this week, the Senate voted 58-41 against allowing debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act. Not a single Republican voted "yea."

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Continuing the Fight for Pay Equity

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Labor, Hilda Solis, Wages, Paycheck Fairness Act, Gender Wage Gap, Labor Department, Department of Labor, Wage Gap, Equal Pay, Equal Pay Act, Politics News
Sec. Hilda Solis

Earlier today, the Senate failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am disappointed, but remain committed to the fight to ensure women are not treated as second-class citizens by employers who refuse to compensate them in a fair manner.

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Fair Pay, Fertile Future

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fertility, Paycheck Fairness Act, Interdependency of Fertility and Pay, Motherhood, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

At first blush, the debate over the Paycheck Fairness Act may not look like part of our ongoing national fertility discourse. But the two kinds of "wo...

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Amanda Terkel

Republicans Block Bill Preventing Wage Discrimination In The Workplace

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Women's Rights, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Pay Discrimination, Wage Discrimination, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Filibuster, Republican Filibuster, Lilly Ledbetter, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, Paycheck Fairness Act, Fair Pay Act, Sexism, Ben Nelson, Sen. Harry Reid, GOP Filibuster, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats were unable to overcome a Republican filibuster of the Paycheck Fairness Act on Tuesday, with the chamber falling two v...

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