Posts Tagged ‘Pay Gap’

dollars to donuts

In: Uncategorized

19 Jun 2009

(Yeah, I can’t explain the donuts reference except that I’m hungry, and I mentioned bagels last week – figure I better give donuts their proper due.) Anyway, I’m pretty psyched about a recent editorial by the Bangor Daily News called “Equal Pay Helps All.” “The fact that women in the same job make only 78 [...]

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 [...]

Equal Pay is still Far Away

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Labor

1 May 2009

AAUW posted a round up of all the media covering the 2009 equal pay day. It is really worth checking out!

Equal Pay Day Number TWO

In: Equal Pay|Events|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins|Uncategorized

24 Apr 2009

Maine 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 [...]

Wage Equity Suffers from Don't Ask, Don't Tell…

In: Equal Pay|Press Link

24 Feb 2009

A bill sponsored by Sen. Deb Simpson, D-Auburn, that would allow employees to ask colleagues how much they earn without fear of retribution from their employer passed unanimously out of the Legislature’s Labor Committee on Monday according to the Sun Journal.  The goal of the legislation is to shrink the pay gap between working Maine [...]

LD84 Protects Workers Who Talk Money

In: Equal Pay|Press Link

5 Feb 2009

Should employees be allowed to discuss their wages at work? WCSH takes a look…

Will Snowe & Collins Walk the Walk on Wage Gap?

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

16 Jan 2009

In 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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