Posted on 04/24/2007 10:57:09 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 04/24/2007 Pelosi: ‘Working Women and Their Families Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work’
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this morning at an Education and Labor Committee hearing on equal pay:
“I want to thank the Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller for convening this critical hearing today on Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women.
“I also want to recognize the leadership of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a champion for equal pay in the Congress, who for 10 years has been introducing the Paycheck Fairness Act.
“Over the last four decades, we have made strides in closing the wage gap between women and men. But it has not been enough. Working women now earn about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The earnings for African-American women are 68 percent of men’s earnings; the earnings of Hispanic women are 57 percent of men’s earnings; and the earnings of Asian-American women are 88 percent of men’s earnings.
“Today, almost four full months into the new year, women throughout the country mark the date to which they have worked just so their wages equal the same amount paid to men in the previous year. That is because it takes the average woman 16 months to earn what men earn in one calendar year. This is not just and does not reflect appropriately the contributions they make.
“For many, closing the wage gap is not just a matter of equity, but survival. Many low-wage women workers are the source of sole support for their families. Economic equity and self-sufficiency are essential to achieving the American dream. It is outrageous that women begin the quest to achieve that dream already at a deficit.
“Working women and their families deserve equal pay for equal work and I am proud that the Education and Labor Committee, led by Chairman Miller are addressing this issue today.”
The ERA, back from the dead.
If women are paid less for equal work, why would any employer hire a man?
What’s the average pay of African-Americans vs. everyone else, or Asian-Americans vs. everyone else, or ugly people vs. everyone else, etc. The march toward socialism continues...
Having to have George Miller as the permanent House member for the district I lived in is yet another reason why I moved out of California.
I have lost count of the number of them, but every day seems to bring a few more I hadn’t even thought of.
Exactly.
If those numbers are correct, the entire US workforce should be Hispanic women...
My sister managed to get her husband a job at the same company in Boston after he got laid off. They are both architects and she was torqued off that he got more pay than her. The problem was he asked for the higher rate and they gave it to him.
I’d really like to see the raw data they are using to make these silly comparisons. Statistics - what an easily manipulated means of comparing disparate issues.
Pelosi is a sleaze bag demo-whore. Now pandering for the female vote for 2008 — gee, I thought she was thrown in jail for breaking foreign policy laws — not yet?? Oh well, hopefully soon.
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Pelosi makes a lot more than I do, and she doesn’t do squat.
Uhh Nancy, if you force employers to pay men and women equally, there are going to be a lot of women in the unemployment line.
Of course that’s what the Rats want in the first place, more serfs beholden to them.
and she’s a millionaire
I thought federal law already states women and men should get equal pay for equal work. Hasn’t that been the law for decades now? If there are inequities they probably will blame those evil Republicans. But why didn’t Democrat presidents and congresses do something? Hmmm.
Besides the factors for
choosing fields that aren’t paid as much
working fewer hours
unwillingness to travel
taking more time off for families, short or extended
there is the factor, covered by Suze Orman, that women don’t negotiate hard enough for the higher pay.
Luckily, I'm sure that money just comes out of thin air.
See link at post #11.
The 2008 election could really give the voters a sharp, clear choice between the two parties. Democrats are coming out more and more, staking out liberal positions on issues such as this so called pay gap.
Anything that clarifies where the Democrats really stand is good. Let them have their hearings now that they control Congress and try to score political points. Middle American may be turned off by the Democratic party in this coming election cycle because of far left ideas like this so called pay gay.
I bet they cannot point to one single place in America that men are paid more than women for the same job, NOT ONE!...........It’s illegal to do so.......
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