Labor & Employment Law

Tell Senate It?s Time to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act?Now!

By Mike Hall

Time is running out for the Senate to follow the lead of the House of Representatives and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182) to help close the wage gap between women and men. The Senate is back to work but could be gone for the fall elections in three weeks.

Call your senators today toll free at 1-877-667-6650 and urge them to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act before the end of September. Even if your senators are co-sponsors, they need to hear from you today, so the bill can be put on the Senate?s to-do list before adjournment.

The bill would deter wage discrimination by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and barring retaliation against workers who disclose their wages to co-workers.

The AFL-CIO, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and other leading organizations in the Paycheck Fairness Act coalition have made today a nationwide call-in day to push the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.

In July, President Obama called the Paycheck Fairness Act a:

common-sense bill that will help ensure that men and women who do equal work receive the equal pay that they and their families deserve?.Paycheck discrimination hurts families who lose out on badly needed income. And with so many families depending on women?s wages, it hurts the American economy as a whole. In difficult economic times like these, we simply cannot afford this discriminatory burden.

Call toll free at 1-877-667-6650, and tell your senators it?s time to do the right thing and pass Paycheck Fairness for women and their families.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 15, 2010 (boomark / email).