women
Rallies demand equal pay
April 10, 2014How unequal are women's wages? Women in the U.S., on average, are now paid only 77 cents to every $1.00 of men's average pay.
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President Obama orders stronger federal equal pay rules
April 8, 2014The president signed the order in a dramatic White House ceremony as Lilly Ledbetter stood beside him; it marked Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how long a woman must work into 2014 to earn...
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Report: Supreme Court has weakened sexual harassment protections for workers
April 2, 2014The NWLC released a report featuring new information that underscores the urgent need to strengthen workplace protections from sexual harassment.
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Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
March 27, 2014Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
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Today in women’s history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
March 24, 2014On March 24, 1974, the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded by some 3,000 women trade unionists from 58 labor organizations at a meeting in Chicago.
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