Archive for the ‘Equal Pay’ Category

Cheers to 90 years!

In: Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Women's Leadership

26 Aug 2010

After nearly a century of struggle, on August 26th, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. In 90 years women voters have made a lot of progress – we’ve seen pioneering women like Shirley Chisholm, Hillary Clinton, and Margaret Chase Smith make bids for the presidency, and we have passed landmark legislation [...]

Video: Salary Moms Earn Far Less

In: Caregiver Discrimination|Equal Pay|Women's Leadership

24 Aug 2010

Watch Kristine of MomRising.org on Good Morning America speak to how ”the maternal wall is getting in the way of the glass ceiling.”

Step Up, Man. Step Up and Change the Law

In: Congressman Michaud|Congresswoman Pingree|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

21 Jul 2010

Vice President Biden didn’t mince words when he called upon reticent Senators to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act yesterday.  Official after official headlined the Middle Class Task foroce event, calling for an end to pay discrimination.  The Administration is in our corner on this — the House has already passed the bill, thanks to Representative [...]

It’s Only Fair: Paycheck Fairness Now!

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Obama

20 Jul 2010

Vice President Biden, along with members of the White House Middle Class Task Force and Council on Women and Girls, will announce recommendations from the Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to help families negotiate the work-family balance. The passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act is among these recommendations. President Obama made it clear that equal [...]

Statement by the President on the Anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay

11 Jun 2010

On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act, which sought to end wage discrimination on the basis of sex. At the time, women were paid 59 cents for every dollar earned by men. 47 years later, pay parity remains far from reality, as women in the United States [...]

Maine Equal Pay Day

In: Equal Pay|Women's Leadership

6 Apr 2010

Each year in April we celebrate Equal Pay Day. This day in April indicates how far into each year a woman must work to earn as much as men did the previous year. Nationally this day is observed on April 19th, but in Maine, in line with Maine’s wage gap we observe the day the [...]

The Maine Women's Policy Center Brings Lilly Ledbetter to Maine!

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Labor|Maine Women's Policy Center

31 Mar 2010

Some of us in a photo with Lilly after her inspiring speech! Stay tuned for more on Lilly’s visit later this week.

The women of the Maine Women's Lobby reflect on the 124th

In: Charlotte Warren|Civil Rights|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Girls' Day|Governor Baldacci|Hannah Pingree|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Marriage Equality|Obama|Paid sick days|Press Link|Sarah Standiford|Speaker of the House

24 Jun 2009

Last week, the Village Soup posted an article featuring reflections on the 124th session from capital-area legislators. Their reflections are really interesting – and got me wondering what others thought. So, I started asking around … and here are some reflections from the women of the Maine Women’s Lobby: Here’s what Laura had to say: [...]

Maine Groups Cheer Sotomayor Nomination

In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Supreme Court|Susan Collins|Women's Leadership

27 May 2009

Maine Fair and Independent Federal Courts Coalition Lauds Historic Nomination (Augusta) Today in a news release, organizations representing Maine people celebrated the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. “In selecting Judge Sotomayor to be his nominee to the highest court, President Obama has chosen someone who is superbly qualified and has [...]

Calling on Maine Senators to "Tweak the Bill"

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Labor|Olympia Snowe|Press Link|Susan Collins

1 May 2009

Senators Snowe and Collins will have an opportunity to make some changes to the Paycheck Fairness Act which will come before the United States Senate soon. According to an editorial by the Portland Press Herald, the bill could use a little tweaking. They state, “Overall, putting more teeth into requirements that employers pay women fairly [...]


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  • Linda Mitchell: Make Lilly Right is a campaign, started by two women in Seattle, to get one million women to each se [...]
  • Lynne: Thank you for a terrific, inspiring event that showed us once again that one strong woman can make a [...]
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  • Kathleen Skillings: I would like to take this opportunity to address the editorial I read in yesterdays news. As a smal [...]
  • Donna Maria Coles Johnson: Interesting comment from Emily Caswell. I am not a resident of Maine, but I do buy natural personal [...]

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