Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Don't Discount Women Demand Fair Change Not Spare Change.







Dear Sheila,

Have you heard the great news?

Millions of home-care workers who tirelessly care for seniors and people with disabilities will be protected by the basic wage and hour protections guaranteed under federal law! Under the long-awaited rules issued today, these workers — 9 in 10 of whom are women — will receive basic protections like minimum wage and overtime pay.

Please join us in thanking Secretary of Labor Tom Perez — and urge him to take the next step towards equal pay by releasing a new tool to collect pay information from federal contractors.


Today's news shows just how much women workers need the Department of Labor to continue to push for more protections for women workers. Here's why:
According to the new U.S. Census numbers released today, women and families are struggling to keep their heads above water. More than one in seven women, nearly 17.8 million, lived in poverty in 2012. And poverty rates were particularly high for women of color and women who head families.
The wage gap between men and women is still stuck at 77 cents, despite important laws that prohibit pay discrimination.Collecting pay information from federal contractors would make it easier to enforce laws that prohibit discrimination.
A compensation data toll would help individuals like Lilly Ledbetter and Betty Dukes — women who fought for fair pay against some of the largest employers in the United States. Women like them shouldn't have to go at it alone.
Since 2006, the federal government has had NO tool that effectively monitors wage discrimination based on race, national origin and gender by private employers. As a result, our tax dollars could be going to federal contractors who don’t pay women fairly.Enough is enough. Today's victory was an important step for women workers, but we still have a lot to do!

Please take action today by contacting the Department of Labor. It only takes a minute.

Thanks for pushing forward!

Sincerely,




Joan Entmacher
Vice President, Family Economic Security
National Women's Law Center







Fatima Goss Graves 
Vice President for Education and Employment
National




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