Paycheck Fairness Act Press Conference, May 21, 2009
Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) held a press conference discussing the Paycheck Fairness Act. “In Connecticut, women are paid only 76 cents to every dollar that men are paid,” Dodd said. “That’s not only discrimination- it’s robbery. Over a lifetime, that can cost $400,000 to $2 million in lost wages, pensions and Social Security benefits. The time has come to level the playing field once and for all – to insist that women be paid what they deserve.”
Dodd, Mikulski and DeLauro were joined at the event by supporters of the bill, including representatives from National Women’s Law Center and the American Association of University Women.
For photos from the event, please click here. For video of Senator Dodd’s remarks, please click here.
Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 28
Equal Pay Day is held each April symbolizing, on average, how far into the year a woman must work to earn as much as a man earned the previous year.
WICT's PAR Initiative measures Pay Equity among its three criteria gor the status of women employees in the cable industry. Now in its seventh year, WICT's PAR Iniative measures and advocates for:
The initiative is WICT's advocacy program which helps cable operators, programmers and other industry-affiliated companies implement processes, track progress and adjust inequalities in the workplace. To read the 2008 Executive Report, click here.
Photo credit: Melanie Ross Levin, National Women's Law Center
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 into law. To learn more about the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, click here.
To Learn More About Equal Pay, click on:
The Fact Sheet on Paycheck Fairness Act
How The Paycheck Fairness Act Will Strengthen The Equal Pay Act
The Fair Pay Act Take Action page
Test Your Knowledge of Fair Pay from the National Committee on Pay Equity.
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