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A Crisis Averted?

By aclu | Published: April 12, 2011

TweetBy Deborah J. Vagins, Senior Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office Today, April 12, 2011, is Equal Pay Day — the day into 2011 that a woman has to work, on average, to make the same as a man did in just 2010 alone. As I write on this year’s Equal Pay Day, I cannot [...]

Pay equity for women

By Working Woman | Published: April 12, 2011

On April 12, the nation observes Equal Pay Day to symbolize that women on average have to work a year plus more than three months to equal what men make in a year. This past year, women were paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men in the United States. But women are demanding more because it's the right thing to do for women, families and our country.