Tuesday, April 14 is Equal Pay Day – the day into the new year by which a woman in the United States would have to work just to make as much money as a man did last year.
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April 12, 2011
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis on Equal Pay Day
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement regarding Equal Pay Day, April 12, 2011
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November 19, 2010
Senate Republicans Block Paycheck Fairness – Again
Bill doesn’t even get chance to be debated Saying ‘No’ is something the Republican minority in the United States Senate does well (and often). Taking action on behalf of workers? Not at all. From the AFL-CIO Blog: Just three days into the lame-duck Congress, Republicans returned to their obstructionist ways. Today, all the Senate Republicans voted […]
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August 20, 2010
U.S. Chamber: Women Choose to be Paid Less
Gender pay gap is their own fault This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce chose the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – which gave women the right to vote – to blame women for the fact that they get paid 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. In a […]