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Equal Pay Act Suffers Scrutiny at 30th Anniversary
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WASHINGTON _ Thirty years after Congress passed the Equal Pay
Act, women workers have closed one-fourth of the earnings gap
that separates them from men.
On June 10, 1963, as he signed the bill into law, President
John F. Kennedy said he hoped that the bill _ passed after a
battle that had lasted 18 years _ would "call attention to the
unconscionable practice of paying female employees less wages
than male employees for the same job."
What the law didn't affect was policies...
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Pelosi: 'We Must Ensure Equal Pay for Women and Families'
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, April 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes the day each year that women's wages catch up to men's wages from the previous year: "Equal pay is not simply a women's issue, but a family issue. The
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PELOSI: 'WE MUST ENSURE EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES'
Capitol Hill Press Releases
; Capitol Hill Press Releases 04-19-2005 For Immediate Release Pelosi: 'We Must Ensure Equal Pay for Women and Families' April 19, 2005 Contact: Brendan Daly 202-226-7616 Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes the
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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What we have to do to ensure equal pay for women; The Women & Work Commission has reported an 18 per cent gap between men and women's pay. Here, Terry Pye the West Midlands regional secretary for Amicus, asks what can be done.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Byline: Terry Pye Thirty years after legislation saying employees should receive equal pay for work of equal value the law is blatantly being flouted in workplaces across Britain. The Women & Work Commission has called for more government support and better vocational training to close the gap
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7000 WOMEN IN EQUAL PAY FIGHT WITH COUNCIL
Evening Times
; COUNCIL chiefs in Glasgow face legal action in an equal pay row involving 7000 women workers. Another 10 authorities - including four in the west of Scotland - could also be threatened with court action. Union leaders with GMB Scotland say female care assistants, school cooks, catering staff and
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Proponents of equal pay unbalanced? Women's earnings continue to divide advocacy groups, even as two bills intended to counter discrimination wind their way through congress. (Money).(Brief Article)
Insight on the News
; Women who wore Where's my 26 cents? buttons to work recently in honor of Equal Pay Day don't have their facts straight, according to Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba, authors of Wornen's Figures, a provocative book published by the American Enterprise Institute. The writers argue that
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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British women falling behind on equal pay.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: DICK MURRAY BRITAIN is lagging well behind other EU countries on equal pay for women, a new survey reveals today. Women in the private sector earn nearly 30 per cent less - an average of [pound]123 a week - than their male counterparts for doing the same work. And even when women start on
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Women say they don't get equal pay -- men wonder law proponents still see a big problem
Chicago Sun-Times
; 'In Illinois, women earn 71 cents for every $1 a man earns." A color poster bearing that statement will be distributed to each of the state's 10,000 largest employers in the coming weeks by the Illinois Labor Department. The poster, unveiled Sunday by Gov. Blagojevich, shows two quarters, two dimes
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Women face another 30-year fight for equal pay
The Independent - London
; THE 20 per cent pay gap between men and women will take another 30 years to close because of the slow progress of the Government and employers, it was claimed yesterday. A report by the Trades Union Congress, published today to mark the 30th anniversary of equal pay legislation, shows that three
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British Women Lose Ground in Battle for Equal Pay with Men in 2002.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Malik Thahid, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9--She is the envy of countless women when she picks up her pay cheque ... 2003, Sunday Business, London. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. BCS,
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Scant progress in working women's fight for equal pay
The Boston Globe
; ... that the old laws aren't enforced enough, click onto the depressing union Web page (www.aflcio.org/women/). There's a lot of bad news. The gender gap between male and female accountants is $201 a week. The gap between bartenders is $48. And, to pick another occupation ...
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