Sex & Salary: the Senate to Vote on Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (S. 1843) Next Week

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 7:48 AM PDT

2008/04/18 · 07:48

It's a busy time for the Equal Pay Movement! Next Tuesday, April 22nd, is Equal Pay Day. In addition, today is "Blog for Fair Pay Day". The National Women's Law Center is hosting a sign-up for the event.

Why is this so important? It's been nearly a year since the Supreme Court's May 29th 5-4 decision, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. that dramatically regressed the Equal Pay laws of this country.

In a time when women are still only paid 77 cents or less for every dollar a man is paid, it is obvious that equal pay protection is still badly needed in this country. This is despite the fact that wage discrimination was outlawed in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Well finally, the Senate is set to vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843) next week!

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 12:20 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 12:20

I just got back from voting in the Wisconsin Primary Election. Deciding who to vote for was a very difficult choice, as I was originally an Edwards supporter. However, I noticed something today that has been bothering me. This is an error made in campaign literature distributed by the Obama campaign regarding Same-Day Voter Registration.

*NOTE: This is not a campaign diary, nor is it anti-Obama. It is about a voter registration issue in the Wisconsin Primary Election.

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Thursday February 07, 2008 · 2:44 PM PST

2008/02/07 · 14:44

I first read about this story today on Feministing, and it was so vile and outrageous that I thought the DKos Community should be aware of it.

Sources:
The Colorado Springs Gazette Article, "State lawmaker's comment about unwed parents deemed offensive"

Rocky Mountain News Article, "Lawmaker sorry about 'sluts'"

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