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21 Oct 2010

Did you hear? Our Executive Director, Sarah Standiford, debated well-known critic of feminism, Christina Hoff Sommers at the Maine School of Law earlier this week. The resolution? The Paycheck Fairness Act. The conclusion? Sarah knocked it out of the house for Paycheck Fairness! Despite Ms. Sommers’ declaration the the legislation is, a “mean spirited little [...]

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Tags: Christina Hoff Sommers, Sarah Standiford

you asked…

In: Charlotte Warren|Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|She Decides

29 Sep 2010

… and, they answered. Where do your candidates stand on the SheDecides Pocketbook agenda? The SheDecides action team showed up at the candidate forum today to pitch this very question to their candidates. This crew of women took 77 steps – signifying the difference in earnings between men and women – and to ask their [...]

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Closing the wage gap: It’s a matter of survival for working families

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay

20 Sep 2010

Hear from Presidential adviser, Valerie Jarrett, on the wage gap: America first put an equal-pay law on the books in 1963, when women earned 59 cents for every dollar earned by a man. While this legislation was landmark at the time, its core provisions require updating if it is to fulfill its promise. Nearly 50 [...]

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Tags: Valerie Jarrett

Women are not worth less

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay

16 Sep 2010

Check out this great video on fair pay:

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tick tock

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

15 Sep 2010

…the clock is ticking. The U.S. Senate is back in session, and the clock is ticking for fair pay. With three weeks remaining to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, we need our Senators to act – which means they need to hear from us today! Call your Senator at 1-877-667-6650 and ask them to pass [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Gender equality, Paycheck fairness, Paycheck Fairness Act

Equal Pay for Equal work!

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay

9 Sep 2010

Women are not worth less! Read this piece co-authored by Maine Women’s Lobby Executive Director, Sarah Standiford and Charmen Goehring-Fox, president of AAUW Maine: Monday’s Labor Day holiday is about a lot more than parades and backyard barbecues. It’s about acknowledging America’s workers. And, what better way to honor workers and their families this year [...]

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Before you fire up that grill

In: Congresswoman Pingree|Equal Pay|Fair Pay

3 Sep 2010

Labor Day in Maine is about more than parades and backyard barbecues. It’s about honoring America’s workers. And, what better way to honor workers and their families than to guarantee equal pay for equal work? Women in the U.S. make only 77 cents, on average, for every dollar their male counterparts earn. Now more than [...]

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Cheers to 90 years!

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 [...]

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Step Up, Man. Step Up and Change the Law

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 [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter, National Partnership for Women and Families, Paycheck Fairness Act, Portia Wu, Representative Michaud, Representative Pingree, Senator Collins, Senator Snowe

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 [...]