Posted by bneufeld on April 17, 2012 at 11:27 am
2012 Equal Pay Day/Sen. Gillibrand w/ Maria Hinojosa
On Monday, April 16 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand addressed 300 advocates at a forum (#equalpaydayny) sponsored by the Equal Pay Coalition NYC, a project of the New York Women’s Agenda, with co-sponsors, A Better Balance and NYU Law Women. “As we mark yet another Equal Pay Day, it is alarming that in the 21st century, millions of women who make up half the workforce are earning 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. We must close this chronic gap that shortchanges America’s women,” Read More
Posted by bneufeld on April 11, 2012 at 15:03 pm
FOR EQUAL PAY DAY….TURN UP THE VOLUME! Blog….Call Radio Show…Talk about wage discrimination #equalpaydayny
CLICK TO EMAIL THE GOVERNOR ABOUT EQUAL PAY
TELL OUR NY LEADERS TO CLOSE THE WAGE GAP IN NEW YORK!
PREFER TO WRITE DIRECTLY…Here are the addresses!
FACT: $8,590 is the wage gap between full-time working men and women in the state. That’s: 64 weeks of food, 3 years of family health insurance premiums, 2,000 additional gallons of gas AND $22,000,000,000 (Yes, BILLION) in lost wages are due to unequal pay.
EMAIL GOVERNOR CUOMO, SPEAKER SILVER & MAJORITY LEADER SKELOS: PASS STRONGER EQUAL PAY LAWS THIS SESSION!
Posted by bneufeld on March 27, 2012 at 20:22 pm
6th Annual Equal Pay Day NYC
Monday April 16, 2012 – 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Special Guest: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Panel moderated by – NPR Host Maria Hinojosa
NYU Law School – 40 Washington Square South – NYC
RSVP IS REQUIRED
Co-Sponsored By: A Better Balance & NYU Law Women
*Wear RED on Equal Pay Day to symbolize how far
women and minorities are “in the red” with their pay!
Contact: info@newyorkwomensagenda.org
Posted by bneufeld on March 24, 2012 at 19:59 pm
Simple Truth About the Wage Gap
The Pay Gap is explained in this easy to read, clear guide written by AAUW. Causes and solutions!
Posted by bneufeld on March 24, 2012 at 16:02 pm
Equal Pay Coalition is hosting a Equal Pay Day forum with Senator Gillibrand on April 16th! Call to action for the Equal Pay Day Celebration on April 17th! More information to follow.
Posted by claire on February 13, 2012 at 13:11 pm
(National Organization of Women) For full-time, year-round workers, women are paid on average only 78 percent of what men are paid; for women of color, the gap is significantly wider. These wage gaps stubbornly remain despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963, and a variety of legislation prohibiting employment discrimination.
Women still are not receiving equal pay for equal work, let alone equal pay for work of equal value. This disparity not only affects women’s spending power, it penalizes their retirement security by creating gaps in Social Security and pensions. Read more –
Posted by claire on February 13, 2012 at 13:08 pm
Want to know how your state rates in pay equity? Check here -
http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/statedata/WageGapMap.cfm
Posted by claire on February 13, 2012 at 12:42 pm
(AAUW) Pay equity is the achievement of the appropriate recognition, status and value for the work performed by women and people of color. Work value is reflected in the wage rate. But pay equity is more than money.
Achieving pay equity for all women is a long-term goal and there are a variety of ways to get there. As a resident of your local community you are the expert on what strategies may work in your area right now. Anyone can contribute to this goal by taking part in activities that would best fit their current community, resources and situation. Read more –
Posted by claire on February 13, 2012 at 12:34 pm
by Hilda Solis and Aneesh Chopra
On February 1st, we celebrated the launch of an open innovation initiative to eliminate the gender gap in pay. Working together with the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, we commenced the “Equal Pay App Challenge” – a national competition to develop software applications, or “apps,” that leverage public data to promote equal pay for men and women.
Last Tuesday in his State of the Union address, President Obama recognized that “an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country.” “That,” the President emphasized, “means women should earn equal pay for equal work.” Read more —
Posted by claire on February 13, 2012 at 12:21 pm
This date symbolizes how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men earned in 2011.
Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages.
Since Census statistics showing the latest wage figures will not be available until late August or September, NCPE leadership decided years ago to select a Tuesday in April as Equal Pay Day. (Tuesday was selected to represent how far into the work week women must work to earn what men earned the previous week.) The date also is selected to avoid avoid religious holidays and other significant events.
Because women earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. The wage gap is even greater for most women of color. Read more …
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