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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 2009Maine 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 [...]
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- Tags: Discrimination, Equal Justice, Fair Federal Courts, Maine Women's Lobby, SCOTUS, Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Calling on Maine Senators to "Tweak the Bill"
In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Labor|Olympia Snowe|Press Link|Susan Collins
1 May 2009Senators 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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- Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Pay Gap, Portland Press Herald
Equal Pay Day Number TWO
In: Equal Pay|Events|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins|Uncategorized
24 Apr 2009Maine stands out cause we have our OWN Equal Pay Day. By statute – yes the Lobby had a little something to do with this - celebrated each year on the first Tuesday in April. Now, we get to celebrate again (ok, celebrate is the wrong word, since we’re essentially talking about how long into the [...]
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- Tags: AAUW, economic security, Equal Pay, equal pay day, pay equity, Pay Gap, Tuesday April 28
Will Snowe & Collins Walk the Walk on Wage Gap?
16 Jan 2009In the early part of this decade, Maine lawmakers took action to address the gender wage gap — in which women earned less than men for comparable work — by passing legislation requiring full implementation of Maine’s Equal Pay Law. But as critical as this law has been, Maine’s wage gap is actually widening. In [...]
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- Tags: Kennebec Journal, Pay Gap
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