EQUAL PAY NEW YORK

Equal Pay Day 2009

Posted by bneufeld on May 8, 2009 at 11:53 am

Albany-Equal Pay Day: Lois Haignere (NYSPEC), Barbara Bartoletti (LWV) Beverly Neufeld (NYWA/EPCNYC), Sonia Ossario (NOW-NYC), Linda Hartley (WID-NY)

IN ALBANY: Calls for passage of NYS Fair Pay Act

EPCNYC was there!

Ø  Women’s eNews: Wage Gap Study Arrives in Time for Equal Pay Day

Ø  Fox Business covers Equal Pay Day…at request of NYWA/EPCNYC! Video Clip    

Media consultant Rachelle Pachtman has pursued Fox for a story on pay equity for a year.  Her efforts paid off! They featured our friend Jocelyn Samuels of the NWLC.

NATIONAL COVERAGE OF EQUAL PAY DAY:

Ø  DAILY KOS: It’s Common Cents  

Ø  THE HILL: Time to Get Even

 Ø  Senator Tom Harkin continues fights for pay equity; Reintroduces Federal Fair Pay Act

Ø  300 groups – including EPCNYC - sign letter in support of Paycheck Fairness Act

Ø  Presidential Equal Pay Day Proclamation

NEW RESEARCH RELEASED:

Ø  IWPR: Men Out Earn Women in almost all Occupations 

Ø  AAUW: State-by-State Wage Gap Data