Most posters above from White House, 2014
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National Committee on Pay Equity including:
Graduating to a Pay Gap (AAUW, October 2012): explores the earnings difference between male and female college graduates working full time, one year after graduation using the latest nationally representative data available. The report compares “apples” to “apples” by looking at the pay gap after controlling for various factors known to affect earnings, such as occupation, college major, and hours worked. The report also looks at one immediate effect of the pay gap for many women, high student loan debt burden
Simple Truth About the Pay Gap(AAUW) - updated annually, March: You’ve probably heard that men are paid more than women are paid over their lifetimes. But what does that mean? Are women paid less because they choose lower-paying jobs? Is it because more women work part time than men do? Or is it because women tend to be the primary caregivers for their children? AAUW’s The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap succinctly addresses these issues by going beyond the widely reported 77 percent statistic. The report explains the pay gap in the United States; how it affects women of all ages, races, and education levels; and what you can do to close it
Fair Pay (National Partnership for Women & Families); see also Paid Leave; Paid Sick Leave; Equal Opportunity; Low Income Families
Impact of Raising the Minimum Wage on Women (White House Report, March 2014)
Equal Pay and the Wage Gap (National Women's Law Center) - resources on this topic plus Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Higher State Minimum Wages Promote Fair Pay for Women (National Women's Law Center, March 2014)
Salary Negotion: $tart$Smart and Wage Project [Women Are Getting Even]: September, 2014: For six years, AAUW and The WAGE Project have successfully collaborated to expand $tart $mart from 31 workshops in 2008 to now more than 740 $tart $mart workshops at 336 colleges, community colleges and universities across the country. $tart $mart currently has a presence in 49 states, with more than 1,100 facilitators trained to lead workshops. In these highly interactive workshops, 20-40 women participants at a time gain the tools of salary negotiation and the confidence to negotiate to get paid fairly. To date, the programs have reached roughly 20,000 college women on campuses. In late 2013, AAUW approached WAGE with an offer to acquire $tart $mart and Work $mart. AAUW proposed to increase the frequency and number of these workshops to reach 200,000 women-- a scale WAGE believes could markedly impact the gender wage gap. Since the mission of The WAGE Project is to eliminate the gender wage gap, we are excited to announce that WAGE and AAUW have agreed to a fair and wise transfer of these workshops to AAUW leadership.
AAUW Info and Activism for Fair Pay
Gender Pay Gap by State and Congressional District (AAUW)
