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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jenifer Grady</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jgrady@ala.org">jgrady@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:48 PM<br>
Subject: [APACOUN ] Equal Pay Day and the Paycheck Fairness Act<br>To: <a href="mailto:apaforum@ala-apa.org">apaforum@ala-apa.org</a>, <a href="mailto:apacoun@ala-apa.org">apacoun@ala-apa.org</a>, <a href="mailto:moneytalks@ala-apa.org">moneytalks@ala-apa.org</a>, <a href="mailto:Publib@webjunction.org">Publib@webjunction.org</a>, Global Personnel Officers List <<a href="mailto:PERSN-L@listserv.temple.edu">PERSN-L@listserv.temple.edu</a>><br>
Cc: Michele Leber <<a href="mailto:michele.leber@comcast.net">michele.leber@comcast.net</a>><br><br><br>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please consider supporting the Paycheck Fairness Act by signing onto the Women's Law Center petition AND supporting Equal Pay Day by wearing <span style="COLOR: red">RED</span> on Tuesday, April 28.</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The emphasis for Equal Pay Day next Tuesday is the Paycheck Fairness Act, passed by the House of Representatives on January 9 and awating action in the Senate.</span><span></span></p></div>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PFA (S.182) currently has 29 cosponsors in the Senate; see the list at </span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00182:@@@P" target="_blank">http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00182:@@@P</a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PFA is desinged to strengthen and update the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and to require the federal government to be more proactive in preventing and battling wage crimination. Among other things, PFA also would close a significant loophole in the Equal Pay Act to allow for full compensation for sex-based wage discrimination<strong><span>. </span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On or before Equal Pay Day, please contact your senators, either to urge them to support the bill and become cosponsors, or to thank them for their support. Call the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121 or e-mail Senators at :</span></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a href="https://secure2.convio.net/nwlc/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=335&JServSessionIdr010=gwm4x46ue8.app1b" target="_blank">https://secure2.convio.net/nwlc/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=335&JServSessionIdr010=gwm4x46ue8.app1b</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NCPE will participate in a Congressional hearing on the bill from 2 to 3 pm Thursday, April 30 in Room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. I will present the NCPE Winn Newman Award at that time.</span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On Equal Pay Day Sen. Tom Harkin will reintroduce the Fair Pay Act, which calls for equal pay for work of equal value.</span><span></span></p></div>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NCPE member organizations have been active in promoting Equal Pay Day and planning events. Among them are:</span><span></span></p></div>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * AAUW, with its "Keep the Change Until Women Have Real Change" campaign - <a href="http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.cfm</a> - and recent release of state wage gap information; see attachment.</span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * National Women's Law Center, with its Fair Pay Campaign - <a href="http://www.nwlc.org/fairpay" target="_blank">www.nwlc.org/fairpay</a> - and blog at <a href="http://action.nwlc.org/site/PageServer?agename=Blog_for_Fair_Pay" target="_blank">http://action.nwlc.org/site/PageServer?agename=Blog_for_Fair_Pay</a>. </span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * Coalition for Labor Union Women, urging calls to Senators to support both PFA and the Employee Free Choice Act; see <a href="http://www.cluw.org/programs-payequity.html" target="_blank">http://www.cluw.org/programs-payequity.html</a></span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * BPW, with Equal Pay Day information at <a href="http://www.bpwusa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3586" target="_blank">http://www.bpwusa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3586</a></span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Center for American Policy Action Fund's program "We're Not There Yet - Equal Pay Day 2009" will be Monday, April 27 from 10-11:30 am in Washington DC - see information and invitation at <a href="http://zedc4test.techprogress.org/events/2009/04/equalpay.html/rsvp" target="_blank">http://zedc4test.techprogress.org/events/2009/04/equalpay.html/rsvp</a>.</span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">DC NOW is having a Pay Equity and Financial Literacy Conference on Saturday, April 25; see <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/washingtondcnow/" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/washingtondcnow/</a></span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NOW has a national cartoon contest, closing today - see below.</span><span></span></p></div>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NCPE's Equal Pay Day information at <a href="http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html" target="_blank">http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html</a> includes an interactive Activity Response Form at <a href="http://www.pay-equity.org/day-kit-proclamation.html" target="_blank">http://www.pay-equity.org/day-kit-proclamation.html</a>. Let us know how you and/or your organization will observe the day.</span><span></span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Michele Leber, Chair<br>National Committee on Pay Equity<br>c/o AFT<br>555 New Jersey Ave., NW<br>Washington, DC 20001-2029<br>Attn: C. Cordovilla<br>Tel: (703) 920-2010<br>Fax: (703) 979-6372 Attn: M. Leber<br>
<a href="mailto:fairpay@pay-equity.org" target="_blank">fairpay@pay-equity.org</a><br><a href="http://www.pay-equity.org/" target="_blank">www.pay-equity.org</a></span><span></span></p></div>
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<div></div><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br>