McCain helped defeat the Fair Pay Act this week – which concerns your pay check and that guy in the cube next to you.

If you have the same education and training as the guy next to you, you’re making less money. Here’s a statistical fact: If you’re a childless woman you make 73 cents to his dollar. If you’re a mother you make only 60 cents to his dollar.

The Fair Pay Act would have allowed you to sue your company for discrimination for this inequality.

McCain says he doesn’t think our lack of pay equity this is “fair.” But he also …read more

This just in from the American Association of University Women:
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case in May severely limited the ability of victims of pay discrimination to vindicate their rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restores the law to how it was previously applied to be consistent with Congress’ intent and the Court’s own precedents. The bill would also apply to all claims of discrimination in compensation. Thanks to the hard work of AAUW members and coalition partners, the House passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay …read more