News & Commentary about Equal Pay
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May 6, 2015
Home Health Care Workers Aren’t Guaranteed Minimum Wage or Overtime, and the Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Are the Reason Why
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Mar 26, 2015
Half a Century Later, Mad Men's Peggy Olson Is Still Waiting for Paycheck Fairness
![Women who work full time still earn, on average, only $0.77 for ever $1 men earn](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog_equalpayday_coins-400x266.jpg)
Apr 10, 2014
Equal Pay's Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat
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Feb 6, 2014
Executive Action Needed to End Employment Discrimination
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Feb 3, 2014
Fulfilling the Promise of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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Jan 29, 2014
Lilly Ledbetter: Celebrating a Champion Still Fighting for Us
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Aug 26, 2013
Celebrate Women's Equality Day – Support Equal Pay Today!
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Jun 14, 2013
Stopping Pregnancy Discrimination Once and For All: New York Leads the Way