Posts Tagged ‘Gender equality’
Day One at the State House: Eliminate…
In: Charlotte Warren|Labor|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby
30 Nov 2010The new Maine Legislature meets for the first time tomorrow. And, the first order of business of Maine’s new legislative leadership may be to eliminate the Labor Committee – the committee that serves the needs of women workers. The Labor Committee has existed in the Maine Legislature continuously since 1887 (yes, that’s right – over [...]
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- Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Family Medical Leave Insurance, Family Values at Work, Gender equality, Maine Women's Lobby, work-family
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
Kagan on the work-family bind
In: Supreme Court
7 Jul 2010Something happens when one is questioned for 5 days straight by the Senate Judiciary Committee: some of their answers get lost in the thick of it all. So, just in case you missed it, Kagan had some spot-on things to say about women and work. Kagan commented that “while women have more educational opportunities than [...]
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- Tags: Elena Kagan, Gender equality, work-family
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