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Together We Can Make Pay Equity a Reality for All Working Women

AFL-CIO

Today is the 54th anniversary of the passage of the Equal Pay Act, the 1963 law that prohibits employers from paying men and women different wages for the same work solely based on sex. The Equal Pay Act’s passage is an important example of the labor movement’s long history of partnering with progressive women’s organizations to advocate for equal pay for women. Indeed, Esther Peterson—one of the labor movement’s greatest sheroes—was instrumental in the enactment of this landmark legislation.

Pay equity and transparency are bread and butter issues for working women; when they come together to negotiate collectively for fair wages and important benefits, like access to health insurance and paid leave, they can better support their families. (Indeed, women in unions experience a smaller wage gap than women without a union voice).

 Since the passage of the EPA, the gender wage gap has narrowed, but it persists. Women overall typically are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts, and that number has barely changed in the past 10 years....

Samantha Geimer asked Judge Scott Gordon to either dismiss the case outright or sentence Roman Polanski to the six weeks he served in prison.

Derick Almena, the operator of an Oakland warehouse where 36 people died in a fire, is experiencing a near mental breakdown since his arrest, his lawyer said.